Sesame Street is losing one of its most celebrated residents, Maria Figueroa. After 44 years, Sesame Street's beloved Maria is moving on to greener climates as Sonia Manzano is retiring. The ...

In a new documentary, Manzano recalls how producers told her before filming, "Sonia, be yourself. We just want you to be ...

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 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 ...

Sesame Street is back with brand-new episodes as Netflix and PBS reimagine the iconic children’s show for a new generation ...

María, TV wife of Luis, with whom she runs the Fix It Shop on America's best known street, Sesame Street, is exiting the stage of Big Bird, The Count and Elmo. Though she's more accustomed to hearing ...

On November 10, 1969, Sesame Street debuted and transformed early childhood education through a mix of storytelling, music, ...

NEW YORK -- "Sesame Street" is about to be less A-OK. Sonia Manzano, who has played the role of Maria on the groundbreaking children's show since 1971, is retiring. Manzano, 65, broke the news earlier ...

In 1972, early into his tenure at Sesame Street, Norman Stiles thought up a pun. The former Merv Griffin comedy writer had spent his first year penning scripts around the kids program’s strict ...

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 ...