After more than 40 years, "Maria" is saying goodbye to Sesame Street. Sonia Manzano will not return to the show as the character she's portrayed since the 1970s. Manzano announced her retirement at an American Library Association conference and in an
Sonia Manzano, the woman known by generations of Sesame Street fans as Maria, has revealed that she will be leaving the show at the end of the current season. After 44 years playing the role of Maria, the woman who lived
Sonia Manzano stars as Maria on Sesame Street (archive). Sonia Manzano starred as Maria on PBS' children's show Sesame Street created by Joan Ganz Cooney and Lloyd Morrisett in 1969. Hailey Baldwin and Justin Bieber jet Read More · 1:29min.
After 44-years, Sesame Street's Maria is retiring. Actress Sonia Manzano first joined the cast of the PBS show in 1971. She has won 15 Emmys for her writing on Sesame Street. Manzano is keeping busy in retirement. She has
Sonia Manzano, who has played Maria on the PBS show for more than four decades, said Monday that she is retiring. Ms. Manzano, 65, made the announcement during a speech at the annual conference of the American