West Side Story
2021
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Her mother moved to New York City in 1937, taking Rita with her while leaving her reportedly unfaithful husband and Rita's younger brother behind. Rita's professional career began before she reached adolescence. From the age of nine, she performed as a professional dancer in New York night clubs.
Mar 2, 2022 · Mar 2, 2022. Growing up, a young Rita Moreno couldn’t find a Latina role model in Hollywood. But when the Puerto Rican actress landed her breakout role as Anita in 1961’s West Side Story, the...
Sep 28, 2021 · Around the age of 6, Moreno began taking Spanish dance lessons from Paco Cansino, the teacher and uncle of Rita Hayworth. At the age of 9, Moreno had her first performance dancing at a nightclub ...
Mar 5, 2024 · Moreno began her career in show business at early age. She appeared on Broadway and in her first film role in her early teens, and left school around the same time. 'West Side Story' Success
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 ...
Jun 7, 2021 · 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." That changed when Moreno ...
Jun 25, 2021 · By Melena Ryzik. Published June 25, 2021 Updated June 29, 2021. Rita Moreno was all of 6 when she made her professional debut, duetting with her Spanish dance instructor on a stage in Greenwich ...
