Sonia Manzano

Personal Info

Birthday

June 12, 1950

(75 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Sonia Manzano

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

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order

Sesame Street

Death Wish

The Casagrandes Movie

Godmothered

Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas

The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland

Filmography

2025
STREET SMART: Lessons from a TV Icon
as Self
2024
The Casagrandes Movie
as Rosa (voice)
2022
Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On
as Self
2021
Sesame Street: 50 Years of Sunny Days
as Self
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
as Self
2020
Godmothered
as Opal
2019
Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration
as Maria
2015
I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story
as Self
2010
Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days
as Maria (uncredited) (archive footage)
2006
A Sesame Street Christmas Carol
as Maria (archive footage)
2004
Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song?
as Maria
2002
Sesame Street: Elmo Visits the Firehouse
as Maria
1999
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland
as Maria
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland: Sing and Play
as Maria (archive footage)
1998
Sesame Street: Elmopalooza!
as Maria
Sesame Street: The Alphabet Jungle Game
as Maria Rodriguez (voiceover)
1997
Sesame Street: Fiesta!
as Maria Rodriguez
1996
Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas
as Maria
1995
Baby Balloon
as Narrator (voice)
1994
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
as Maria
Sesame Street: The Best of Elmo
as Maria Rodriguez
1993
Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration
as Maria Rodriguez
1990
Barney's Campfire Sing-Along
as Tina's mom
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!
as Maria
1988
Sesame Street | Put Down the Duckie: An All-Star Musical Special
as Maria
1987
Sesame Street: Sing Along
as Maria
1986
Sesame Street: Sleepytime Songs & Stories
as Maria Rodriguez
1985
Follow That Bird
as Maria
1984
The Muppets Take Manhattan
as Customer at Sardi's
1983
Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
as Maria
1979
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
as Maria (archive footage) (uncredited)
Night-Flowers
as Galicia
1978
A Special Sesame Street Christmas
as Maria
Christmas Eve on Sesame Street
as Maria
1977
Sesame Street at Night?
as Maria (archive footage)
1974
Death Wish
as Grocery Clerk (uncredited)