Born in New Hyde Park, New York to choreographer and television director Tony Mordente and actress/dancer Chita Rivera (her birth postponed her mother"s opening in the West End production of West Side Story ), Mordente made her Broadway debut opposite Alexis Smith in the short-lived 1978 musical Platinum.
Mordente"s television credits include a regular role on the summer 1976 series Viva Valdez and guest appearances on Starsky and Hutch, Welcome Back, Kotter, Chico and the Manitoba, The Cosby Show, and The A-Team. Mordente also sang a duet with Adam Sandler called "Crazy Love" on his 1996 What the Hell Happened to Maine? comedy album.
