Sonia Manzano
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
Sonia Manzano is an actress and writer, known for Sesame Street (1969), Follow That Bird (1985) and Firepower (1979). She has been married to Richard Reagan since 1986. They have one child.
Known For
Filmography
STREET SMART: Lessons from a TV Icon
2025
as Self
The Casagrandes Movie
2024
as Rosa (voice)
Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On
2022
as Self
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
2021
as Self
Sesame Street: 50 Years of Sunny Days
2021
as Self
Godmothered
2020
as Opal
Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration
2019
as Maria
I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story
2015
as Self
Sesame Street: Play All Day with Elmo!
2015
as Maria
Sesame Street: Elmo's Super Numbers
2014
Sesame Street: Wild Words and Outdoor Adventures
2011
Sesame Street: C Is for Cookie Monster
2010
Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days
2010
as Maria (uncredited) (archive footage)
Sesame Street: The Best Pet in the World
2010
as Maria
The Guitar
2008
as Lady (uncredited)
A Sesame Street Christmas Carol
2006
as Maria (archive footage)
Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song?
2004
as Maria
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!
2004
as Maria
Sesame Street: Kid's Guide to Life: Big Bird Gets Lost
2003
as Maria
Sesame Street: Elmo Visits the Firehouse
2002
as Maria
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland
1999
as Maria
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland: Sing and Play
1999
as Maria (archive footage)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Gloria Pepitone
Sesame Street: Elmopalooza!
1998
as Maria
Sesame Street: The Alphabet Jungle Game
1998
as Maria Rodriguez (voiceover)
Sesame Street: Fiesta!
1997
as Maria Rodriguez
Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas
1996
as Maria
Baby Balloon
1995
as Narrator (voice)
Sesame Street: The Best of Elmo
1994
as Maria Rodriguez
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
1994
as Maria
Sesame Street's 25th Birthday: A Musical Celebration
1993
as Maria
Sesame Street Stays Up Late!
1993
as Maria
Getting Ready to Read
1992
as Maria
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!
1990
as Maria
Barney's Campfire Sing-Along
1990
as Tina's mom
Law & Order
1990
as Barbara Benitez
Sesame Street: 20 Years & Still Counting! 1969-1989
1989
as Self – Maria
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie
1988
as Maria
Barney and the Backyard Gang
1988
as Tina's mom
Sesame Street: Sing Along
1987
as Maria
2 Flies
1987
as Narrator (voice)
Sesame Street: Sleepytime Songs & Stories
1986
as Maria Rodriguez
Follow That Bird
1985
as Maria
The Muppets Take Manhattan
1984
as Customer at Sardi's
Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
1983
as Maria
Night-Flowers
1979
as Galicia
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
1979
as Maria (archive footage) (uncredited)
A Special Sesame Street Christmas
1978
as Maria
Christmas Eve on Sesame Street
1978
as Maria
Sesame Street- Do you know where Ernie lives?
1975
Death Wish
1974
as Grocery Clerk (uncredited)
Sesame Street
1969
as Maria Figueroa Rodriguez