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

Gloria Pepitone

Sesame Street

Maria Figueroa Rodriguez

Law & Order

Barbara Benitez

The Casagrandes Movie

Rosa (voice)

Follow That Bird

Maria

Death Wish

Grocery Clerk (uncredited)

Godmothered

Opal

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2024	The Casagrandes Movie	Rosa (voice)
2024	Jim Henson Idea Man	Maria (archive footage)
2022	Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On	Self
2021	Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street	Self
2021	Sesame Street: 50 Years of Sunny Days	Self
2020	Godmothered	Opal
2019	Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration	Maria
2015	I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story	Self
2014	Sesame Street: Elmo's Super Numbers
2010	Sesame Street: C Is for Cookie Monster
2010	Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days	Maria (uncredited) (archive footage)
2006	A Sesame Street Christmas Carol	Maria (archive footage)
2004	Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song?	Maria
2002	Sesame Street: Elmo Visits the Firehouse	Maria
1999	The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland	Maria
1999	The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland: Sing and Play	Maria (archive footage)
1998	Sesame Street: Elmopalooza!	Maria
1998	Sesame Street: The Alphabet Jungle Game	Maria Rodriguez (voiceover)
1997	Sesame Street: Fiesta!	Maria Rodriguez
1996	Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas	Maria
1995	Baby Balloon	Narrator (voice)
1994	Sesame Street: The Best of Elmo	Maria Rodriguez
1994	Sesame Street \| All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!	Maria
1993	Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration	Maria Rodriguez
1990	Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!	Maria
1990	Barney's Campfire Sing-Along	Tina's mom
1988	Sesame Street \| Put Down the Duckie: An All-Star Musical Special	Maria
1987	Sesame Street: Sing Along	Maria
1986	Sesame Street: Sleepytime Songs & Stories	Maria Rodriguez
1985	Follow That Bird	Maria
1984	The Muppets Take Manhattan	Customer at Sardi's
1983	Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art	Maria
1979	Night-Flowers	Galicia
1979	A Walking Tour of Sesame Street	Maria (archive footage) (uncredited)
1978	A Special Sesame Street Christmas	Maria
1978	Christmas Eve on Sesame Street	Maria
1977	Sesame Street at Night?	Maria (archive footage)
1974	Death Wish	Grocery Clerk (uncredited)
	Getting Ready to Read	Maria

Year	TV Show	Role
1999	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Gloria Pepitone
1990	Law & Order	Barbara Benitez
1989	Barney and the Backyard Gang	Tina's mom
1969	Sesame Street	Maria Figueroa Rodriguez