"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 ...

The woman who played Maria on Sesame Street has confessed to having a flirtatious relationship with Oscar the Grouch. “That’s ...

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

Lessons From a TV Icon, the shifting landscape of children's programming, and why cuts to public broadcasting risk harming ...

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 ...

Bustamante said the doc was born after he read Manzano’s memoir, Becoming Maria: Love and Chaos in the South Bronx. A TV ...

It's the end of an era for "Sesame Street": Sonia Manzano--Maria for more than four decades--is retiring from the beloved children's program. News of Manzano's departure arrived in the form of a tweet ...

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 ...

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, ...

LOS ANGELES - "Sesame Street" is losing one of its most recognizable faces. Sonia Manzano, who played Maria on the long-running PBS children's show, is retiring 44 years after joining the series, she ...