"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 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, ...

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

The woman who played Maria on Sesame Street has confessed to having a flirtatious relationship with Oscar the Grouch. “That’s absolutely true,” Sonia Manzano, 75 — who depicted the character “Maria” ...

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

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 ...