"He would just say things, 'If you don't want to be a murderer, don't be around people who shouldn't be killed,'" Sonia Manzano said of her "Sesame Street" co-star.

Sonia Manzano, SESAME STREET’s Maria and 15-time Emmy Award winner, opened up about her new documentary, STREET ...

Lessons from a TV Icon review - Sesame Street star Sonia Manzano gets her flowers for entertaining and educating generations ...

Sonia Manzano has spent the past 44 years of her career on Sesame Street as Maria, but that is all coming to an end. During a recent appearance at the American Library Association’s annual conference, ...

Long before “Sesame Street” premiered, Sonia Manzano lived there — minus the Muppets. Manzano spent 44 years on the beloved children’s show as Maria, joining two years after its 1969 debut that showed ...

Sonia Manzano's acting career began when she was in the original cast of Godspell — a musical which began as a student production on campus,... For the last 44 years, you could ask Maria how to get to ...

It’s no exaggeration to say that Sonia Manzano has been a source of inspiration to millions of children. The actress began playing Maria, one of the human residents of Sesame Street, in 1971, when she ...

NEW HAVEN -- "Sesame Street" viewers have watched Sonia Manzano grow up before their eyes, going from the young, wide-eyed teenager Maria she started as 40 years ago to the woman whose life ...

NEW YORK (AP) — “Sesame Street” is about to be less A-OK. Sonia Manzano, who has played the role of Maria on the groundbreaking kid show since 1971, is retiring. Manzano, 65, broke the news earlier ...

All right. As we heard, puppeteer Caroll Spinney died yesterday. He gave life to Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch on "Sesame Street." Through them, he taught so many kids about letters and numbers and ...

In 1971, Sonia Manzano was in her early 20s. She was a junior in college, studying acting. She had just gone back home to New York for her first gig, which was a role in an off-Broadway musical called ...

Long before “Sesame Street” premiered, Sonia Manzano lived there — minus the Muppets. Manzano spent 44 years on the beloved children’s show as Maria, joining two years after its 1969 debut that showed ...