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   Who is Rita Moreno?

   • Rita Moreno is a Puerto Rican actress known for her role as Anita in 'West Side Story.' The PEGOT winner broke new ground for Latinos in entertainment.

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   Was Rita Moreno in West Side Story?

   • Rita Moreno in West Side Story (1961). Although Moreno subsequently appeared in several notable films—including the musicals Singin’ in the Rain (1952) and The King and I (1956), playing a starlet and a slave, respectively—her early career was hampered by studios wanting to cast her in stereotypical ethnic roles or as a sexpot.

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   Did Rita Moreno have a role model as a child?

   • Rita Moreno won an Academy Award for best supporting actress for her portrayal of Anita in the 1961 film West Side Story. Actor Rita Moreno never had an on-screen, Latina role model as a child. "There was no such thing then," she says. "Certainly not for little Puerto Rican girls like me."

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   Does Rita Moreno Whin about her 100-year-old knees?

   • Two West Side Storys. Seventy years in show business. At 90, Rita Moreno is nowhere near finished telling her story. The Ritaissance is comin’, and it’s gonna be great. “No whining,” reads the pin Rita Moreno wears when we meet. At 90, she has every right to. She could whine about her “100-year-old” knees.

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2. www.biography.com › actors › rita-morenoRita Moreno: Biography, Actress, West Side Story, Age & Facts

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   Mar 5, 2024 · Rita Moreno is best known as Anita in West Side Story in 1961, a role that earned her an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, making her the first Latina actress to win the honor.

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   Jun 7, 2021 · Rita Moreno won an Academy Award for best supporting actress for her portrayal of Anita in the 1961 film West Side Story.

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   In 1961, Moreno landed the role of Anita in Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins' film adaptation of Leonard Bernstein's and Stephen Sondheim's groundbreaking Broadway musical West Side Story, which had been played by Chita Rivera on Broadway. Moreno earned acclaim for her performance.

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   May 9, 2024 · Rita Moreno, Puerto Rican-born American actress, dancer, and singer who accomplished the rare feat of winning the four major North American entertainment awards (EGOT): Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony. She was also the first Hispanic woman to receive an Oscar (Academy Award).

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   Actress: West Side Story. Rita Moreno is one of the very few performers to win an Oscar, an Emmy, a Tony and a Grammy, thus becoming an EGOT. She was born Rosita Dolores Alverío in the hospital in Humacao, Puerto Rico on December 11, 1931 (but raised in nearby, smaller Juncos, which had no hospital), to seamstress Rosa María (Marcano) and ...

   • Birth Date: December 11, 1931

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   Sep 29, 2021 · In 1961, she became the first, and still only, Hispanic woman to win an acting Academy Award, for her turn as Anita in “West Side Story.” Following her Oscar, Moreno was one of the few to...

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   Feb 22, 2022 · Before West Side Story streams on Disney Plus, Rita Moreno looks back on her career, and plots for what's next, including another project with Tony Kushner.