West Side Story
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Jun 7, 2021 · June 7, 20211:38 PM ET. Heard on Fresh Air. Terry Gross. 44-Minute Listen. Playlist. Enlarge this image. Rita Moreno won an Academy Award for best supporting actress for her portrayal of Anita...
In 2020–21, Moreno starred in and executive-produced the Steven Spielberg–directed adaptation of West Side Story. Moreno plays a newly created character, Valentina; she famously won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for playing Anita in the 1961 original movie .
West Side Story: Directed by Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise. With Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn, Rita Moreno. Two youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy.
Mar 11, 2022 · It didn’t hurt that the film she was nominated for — “West Side Story,” the Robert Wise-Jerome Robbins adaptation of the Broadway musical — was a hit both at the box office and among critics,...
Mar 5, 2024 · Early Life. 'West Side Story' Success. Other Achievements and EGOT Status. PEGOT. Personal Life. Who Is Rita Moreno? Rita Moreno is best known as Anita in West Side Story in...
Nov 30, 2021 · Tonight, Tonight. Rita Moreno Is Thrilled That There’s Finally an Authentic West Side Story. “I am so proud every single Latino character is portrayed by a Latino actor,” the Oscar winner...
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 ...
