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Rita Moreno
Rita Moreno is a Puerto Rican actress, dancer, and singer. With a career spanning eight decades, she is known for her roles on stage and screen, and 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. She has been honored wi…
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entertainment · Puerto Rican actress, singer, and dancer (born 1931) · singer · stage actor · television actor · dancer · film actor · voice actor · actor · also Rita Moreno, Rosita Moreno, Rosa Dolores Alverio Marcano, Moreno
Born 11 December 1931 · Q230151
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2024· 8 entries
Yahoo: Rita Moreno Once Went on a Date With Elvis Presley to Get Back at On-Off Ex Marlon Brando
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Forbes: Rita Moreno Honored With A Barbie Doll From Mattel
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Yahoo: An EGOT wasn't enough: Rita Moreno now has her own Barbie, too
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News 6 WKMG: How Rita Moreno uses honors like an upcoming public television award to further her philanthropy
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New York Post: Rita Moreno, 92, is ‘constantly calling upon’ daughter for help, has trouble ‘remembering names’
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CNN: Rita Moreno tells a very charming story about meeting Lenny Kravitz
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The Hollywood Reporter: Rita Moreno Says She Was “Astonished” by Lenny Kravitz’s Reaction to Meeting Her
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2023· 1 entry
Moreno starred in the sports comedy 80 for Brady about four elderly women who travel to see Tom Brady and the New England Patriots play at the Super Bowl LI
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2022· 2 entries
Awarded BBC 100 Women (2022).
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Awarded Producers Guild Stanley Kramer Award (2022).
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2021· 1 entry
Moreno took part in the "Wicked in Concert" special on PBS, PBS
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2015· 2 entries
Awarded Kennedy Center Honors (2015).
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Was awarded a Kennedy Center Honors Lifetime Artistic Achievement Award for her contribution to American culture, through performing arts
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2014· 2 entries
Awarded Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award (2014).
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Moreno appeared in the NBC television film Old Soul, alongside Natasha Lyonne, Fred Willard and Ellen Burstyn
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2013· 2 entries
And was awarded the Peabody Award in 2019
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Received the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award which was presented to her by Morgan Freeman
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2012· 1 entry
Awarded Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (2012).
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2009· 2 entries
Won National Medal of Arts (2009).
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President Barack Obama presented her with the National Medal of Arts
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2007· 1 entry
Awarded California Hall of Fame (2007).
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2006· 1 entry
Portrayed Amanda Wingfield in Berkeley Repertory Theatre's revival of The Glass Menagerie
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2004· 3 entries
Won Congressional Gold Medal (2004).
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Won Presidential Medal of Freedom presented by George W. Bush (2004).
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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
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2000· 3 entries
Awarded Library of Congress Living Legend (2000).
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On the Varèse Sarabande label, with liner notes by Michael Feinstein
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Released album “Rita Moreno”.
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1993· 1 entry
Moreno was invited to perform at President Bill Clinton's inauguration and later that month was asked to perform at the White House
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1977· 1 entry
And 1978 for her performances in The Muppet Show and The Rockford Files, respectively
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1976· 1 entry
Starred as Googie Gomez in Richard Lester's film adaptation of the comedy farce The Ritz alongside Jack Weston, Jerry Stiller, and F
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1975· 3 entries
Awarded Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play (1975).
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Awarded Amateur Cartoonist Extraordinary Award presented by National Cartoonists Society (1975).
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Won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for The Ritz
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1972· 2 entries
And played Sister Peter Marie Reimondo on the HBO series Oz (1997–2003)
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Received a Grammy Award for Best Children's Album for The Electric Company
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1965· 1 entry
Moreno married cardiologist and internist Leonard Gordon, who became her manager after he retired from medicine
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1964· 1 entry
And in Neil Simon's The Odd Couple in 1985
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1962· 2 entries
Awarded Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for West Side Story (1962).
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Won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for West Side Story
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1961· 1 entry
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 B
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1959· 1 entry
Moreno appeared as Lola Montez in Season 3, Episode 23, of the TV western Tales of Wells Fargo, episode title "Lola Montez"
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1952· 1 entry
Appeared in Stanley Donen's musical comedy film Singin' in the Rain alongside Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds and Donald O'Connor
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1936· 1 entry
Taking her daughter, but not her son, Moreno's younger brother, Francisco, whom Moreno would not see again until 2021
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1931· 2 entries
Born 1931-12-11.
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In a Humacao, Puerto Rico, hospital to Rosa María (née Marcano) (1912–1999), a seamstress, and Francisco José "Paco" Alverío, a farmer who was born in 1908
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