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 ...

Big Bird, Cookie Monster and Oscar the Grouch will be losing a good friend next season on "Sesame Street." Sonia Manzano, the actress who played shop owner 'Maria' for 44 years on the award-winning ...

Sonia Manzano's acting career began when she was in the original cast of Godspell — a musical which began as a student production on campus,... For the last 44 years, you could ask Maria how to get to ...

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 ...