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Rita Moreno

Stage Actress / Television Actress / Film Actress / Voice Actress / Actress | * 12/11/1931 (92) | Humacao (Puerto Rico)
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Rita Moreno (born Rosa Dolores Alverío Marcano; December 11, 1931) is a Puerto Rican actress, dancer, and singer. She has performed on stage and screen in a career spanning over eight decades. Moreno is one of the last remaining stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood. Among her numerous accolades, she is one of the few actors to have been awarded an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony (EGOT) and the Triple Crown of Acting, with individual competitive Academy, Emmy, and Tony awards. Additional accolades include the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2004, the National Medal of Arts in 2009, the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 2013, the Kennedy Center Honor in 2015, and a Peabody Award in 2019. Moreno's early work included supporting roles in the classic musical films Singin' in the Rain (1952) and The King and I (1956), before her breakout role as Anita in West Side Story (1961), which earned her the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, becoming the first Latin American woman to win an Academy Award. Her other films includ... ()
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Rita Moreno (born Rosa Dolores Alverío Marcano; December 11, 1931) is a Puerto Rican actress, dancer, and singer. Noted for her work across different areas of the entertainment industry, she has appeared in numerous film, television, and theater projects throughout her extensive career spanning over seven decades.Her work includes supporting roles in the classic musical films Singin' in the Rain (1952), The King and I (1956), and the 1961 and 2021 film adaptations of West Side Story. Her other notable films include Popi (1969), Carnal Knowledge (1971), The Four Seasons (1981), I Like It Like That (1994) and the cult film Slums of Beverly Hills (1998). She is also known for her work on television including the children's television series The Electric Company (1971–1977), and as Sister Peter Marie Reimondo on the HBO series Oz (1997–2003). She voiced the titular role of in Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego? from 1994 to 1999. She also gained acclaim for her roles in Jane the Virgin (2015–2019) and the revival of Norman Lear's One Day at a Time (2017–2020). In theater, she is best known for her role as Googie Gomez in the 1975 musical The Ritz.Among her numerous accolades, Moreno is one of a few performers to have been awarded an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony (EGOT). She is also one of 24 people who have achieved what is called the Triple Crown of Acting, with individual competitive Academy, Emmy and Tony awards for acting. In 2004, she received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, America's highest civilian honor bestowed upon her by George W. Bush. In 2009, President Barack Obama presented her with the National Medal of Arts. In 2013, she received the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award. In 2015, she was awarded a Kennedy Center Honor for her contribution to American culture through performing arts. She was awarded the Peabody Award in 2019. Her life was profiled in the 2021 documentary Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Documentaries

Known for these Movies & Shows

Two youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy. ...

West Side Story

PG-13

2021 | 3.5/5 | 2h 36min
Drama, Romance / Love, Crime
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In the slums of the upper West Side of Manhattan, New York, a gang of Polish-American teenagers called the Jets compete with a rival gang of recently immigrated Puerto Ricans, the Sharks, to "own" the ...

West Side Story

G

1961 | 3.7/5 | 2h 32min
Crime, Drama, Romance / Love
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Widowed Welsh mother Anna Loenowens becomes a governess and English tutor to the wives and many children of the stubborn King Mongkut of Siam. Anna and the King have a clash of personalities as she wo ...

The King and I

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1956 | 3.6/5 | 2h 13min
Drama, Romance / Love, Adventure, Music
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The daily lives of prisoners in Emerald City, an experimental unit of the Oswald Maximum Security Prison where ingroups - Muslims, Latinos, Italians, Aryans - stick close to their mutual friends and t ...

Oz

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1997 | 4.0/5 | 1h per episode
Crime, Drama
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Awards & Nominations for Rita Moreno

Kennedy Center Honors Presidential Medal of Freedom Congressional Gold Medal National Medal of Arts Library of Congress Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award California Hall of Fame Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Library of Congress Living Legend Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program Grammy Award for Best Album for Children 100 Women (BBC) Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
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Movies with Rita Moreno as Actress(94)

as Mrs. Wheeler2024 The Prank
as Abuelita Toretto2023 Fast X
as Narrator (voice)2023 Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration
as Maura2023 80 for Brady
as Self (archive footage)2023 Paul Newman: The Restless
2023 Family Switch
as herself2022 Still Working 9 to 5
as Belle2022 Santa Bootcamp
as Mrs. McClaren (voice)2022 My Father's Dragon
as herself2022 Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter
as herself2022 The Stories of West Side Story
as herself2021 Something's Coming: West Side Story
as herself2021 Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
2021 Wicked in Concert: A Musical Celebration of the Iconic Broadway Score
as Gertrude St. John(voice)2021 Curious George: Cape Ahoy
as Valentina2021 West Side Story
2019 Still Laugh-In: The Stars Celebrate
as Aunt Francine2018 Torch
as herself2018 Every Act of Life
as herself2016 West Side Stories: The Making of a Classic
as herself2016 De Puerto Rico para el mundo
as Nanna2016 Remember Me
as Beverly Davis2015 A Gift of Miracles
as herself2015 The Latin Explosion: A New America
as Ida Barksdale2014 Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks
as Self - Actress2014 Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
as Aunt Mimi (voice)2014 Rio 2
as Self (archive footage)2014 And the Oscar Goes To...
as herself2014 Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
as Tutti2013 Nicky Deuce
as herself2009 I Know a Woman Like That
as herself2009 Celebrity Habla
as herself2008 Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
as herself2006 The Electric Company's Greatest Hits & Bits
as herself2006 Best Ever Muppet Moments
as Narrator (voice)2005 The Life and Times of Frida Kahlo
as Inez2004 King of the Corner
as Lydia Fitch2003 Open House
as Señora Muñoz2003 Casa de los Babys
as Doña Dolores / Woman #3 (voice)2003 Scooby-Doo! and the Monster of Mexico
as herself2003 West Side Memories
as Maggie Cavallo2000 Blue Moon
as Mimi1999 Resurrection
as Rita Kapkovic Landale1999 The Rockford Files: If It Bleeds... It Leads
as Irma Kelly1998 The Spree
as Belle Abromowitz1998 Slums of Beverly Hills
as Mom1996 The Wharf Rat
as herself1995 Carmen Miranda: Bananas Is My Business
as herself1995 Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King
as Madame Rulenska1995 Angus
as Rosaria Linares1994 I Like It Like That
as herself1994 Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl
as Isabella1993 Italian Movie
as Rita1991 Age Isn't Everything
as Waitress1982 Working
as Rosella DeLeon1982 Portrait of a Showgirl
as Claudia Zimmer1981 The Four Seasons
as Renata Riguel1981 Evita Peron
as Lucille Pompi1980 Happy Birthday, Gemini
as Nina1979 Anatomy of a Seduction
as herself1979 The Muppets Go Hollywood
as Esther Rose1978 The Boss' Son
as Googie Gomez1976 The Ritz
as Self / Divorce Woman / Posy / Spectator / 50s Dancer1974 Out to Lunch
as Louise1971 Carnal Knowledge
as herself1971 Voice of La Raza
as Lupe1969 Popi
as Blonde1969 The Night of the Following Day
as Dolores Gonzáles1969 Marlowe
as Sisa1963 Cry of Battle
as Woman Convict1962 Samar
as Rosa Zacharias1961 Summer and Smoke
as Anita1961 West Side Story
as Lola Montalvo1960 This Rebel Breed
1960 Mga Alamat Ng Sandaigdig
as Hetty Hutter1957 The Deerslayer
as Sandra Roberts1956 The Lieutenant Wore Skirts
as Huguette1956 The Vagabond King
as Tuptim1956 The King and I
as Ula1955 Seven Cities of Gold
as Julia1955 Untamed
as Cantina Singer1954 Garden of Evil
as Honey Bear1954 The Yellow Tomahawk
as Maroa1954 Jivaro
as Jara1953 El Alaméin
as Bridget Fitzgibbon1953 Fort Vengeance
as Christina1953 Latin Lovers
as Queli1952 Cattle Town
as Lucy Gomez1952 The Ring
as Zelda Zanders1952 Singin' in the Rain
as Manuela Rodríguez1952 The Fabulous Senorita
as Tina1950 The Toast of New Orleans
as Dolores Guererro (as Rosita Moreno)1950 So Young, So Bad
as Terru1950 Pagan Love Song

TV Shows/Series with Rita Moreno as Actress(70)

as Ah Puch (voice)2021 Maya and the Three
as Self - Guest2019 Tamron Hall
as Dookess (voice)2019 Green Eggs and Ham
as Lydia Riera2017 One Day at a Time
as herself2016 To Tell the Truth
as herself2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Abuelita2015 Nina's World
as herself2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Liliana De La Vega2014 Jane the Virgin
as Lita2013 Welcome to the Family
as Dori Newman2011 Happily Divorced
as Amalia Duque2007 Cane
as Aunt Mirta2006 Ugly Betty
2005 Wanted
as Mildred Quintana2005 Law & Order: Trial by Jury
as herself2005 The Reichen Show
2003 The Handler
2002 George Lopez
2001 The Guardian
as Frances Goren2001 Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Mildred Quintana1999 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Self - Guest1997 The View
as Sister Peter Marie Reimondo1997 Oz
1995 Women of the House
1994 The Cosby Mysteries
as Carmen Sandiego1994 Where on Earth is Carmen Sandiego?
as Mrs. Wickervich Stone1993 The Nanny
1993 Bonkers
1992 The Larry Sanders Show
as Alixandra Stone1991 Top of the Heap
1989 B.L. Stryker
as Self - Guest1988 LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Renee Corliss1985 The Golden Girls
1984 The Cosby Show
1984 Miami Vice
as Violet Newstead1982 9 to 5
1979 The Marti Caine Show
1979 Trapper John, M.D.
1977 Lanigan's Rabbi
as Self - Special Guest Star1976 The Muppet Show
as herself1976 The Captain and Tennille
as Rita Capkovic1974 The Rockford Files
as Carmela1971 The Electric Company
1969 Medical Center
as Self - Guest1968 The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Interviewee1968 60 Minutes
as Self - Guest1967 The Carol Burnett Show
as Anita1965 Run for Your Life
as Margaret Cowls1963 Burke's Law
1959 Bourbon Street Beat
as Inez Sanders1959 Adventures in Paradise
1958 Cimarron City
as Maria Ferrari1957 Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957 Trackdown
as Rita1956 Playhouse 90
as Linda1956 Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1955 The 20th Century Fox Hour
as Alicia Conception Osante Williams1955 The Millionaire
1955 Matinee Theater
as Irene1954 Climax!
as Maria1954 Climax!
as Denise Cardoza1954 Climax!
as Francesca1954 Climax!
1953 GE Theater
as Princess Michal1953 GE Theater
as Serene Crane1952 The Ford Television Theatre
1952 Cavalcade of America
as Lit-Lit1951 Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as herself1948 The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 Ford Theatre

Movies with Rita Moreno as Crew(1)

Production/Executive Producer2021 West Side Story

Additional Information

Full Name: Rita Moreno
Born: Friday, 12/11 1931 (December) in Humacao (Puerto Rico) (current age: 92 years + 131 days)
Zodiac sign: Sagittarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Goat)
Languages: English (EN), Spanish (ES)
Other names for Rita Moreno (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Rosa Dolores Alverío"
Rita Moreno frequently works together with these people:
Vincent Price (20x, Actor)
Eddie Albert (20x, Actor)
John Ericson (19x, Actor)
John Hoyt (18x, Actor)
Kevin McCarthy (18x, Actor)
Vera Miles (17x, Actress)
Don Taylor (17x, Crew)
Skip Homeier (17x, Actor)
Stephen McNally (17x, Actor)
Dick Wolf (16x, Crew)
Carl Benton Reid (16x, Actor)
Jerome Robbins (8x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:52159, Added: 05/17/2018, Last updated: 04/19/2024