Rita Moreno
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Gender | Female |
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Age | 92 |
Date of birth | December 11,1931 |
Zodiac sign | Sagittarius |
Born | Humacao |
Puerto Rico | |
Height | 157 (cm) |
Spouse | Leonard Gordon |
Children | Fernanda Luisa Gordon |
Job | Singer |
Voice acting | |
Dancer | |
Books | Rita Moreno: A Memoir |
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Grandchildren | Justin Fisher |
Cameron Fisher | |
Parents | Paco Alverío |
Rosa María | |
Nominations | Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role |
Upcoming movie | Fast X |
Siblings | Francisco Alverio |
Dennis Moreno | |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 453640 |
The King and I
Carmen Sandiego
Oz
Carnal Knowledge
Rio 2
The Rockford Files
Casa de los Babys
Happily Divorced
The Night of the Following Day
Popi
Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego?
Garden of Evil
The Ritz
Marlowe
The Deerslayer
So Young, So Bad
Happy Birthday, Gemini
The Four Seasons
Summer and Smoke
Piñero
Slums of Beverly Hills
Seven Cities of Gold
I Like It Like That
King of the Corner
Pagan Love Song
The Boss's Son
The Toast of New Orleans
Cane
Fort Vengeance
Cry of Battle
The Vagabond King
The Yellow Tomahawk
The Lieutenant Wore Skirts
Cattle Town
This Rebel Breed
B. L. Stryker
The Spree
Untamed
Italian Movie
Portrait of a Showgirl
Latin Lovers
The Fabulous Senorita
Age Isn't Everything
The Wharf Rat
A Gift of Miracles
Nina's World
The Cosby Mysteries
West Side Story
One Day at a Time
In the Heights
Singin' in the Rain
Kennedy Center Honors
Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award
Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play
TCA Lifetime Achievement Award
Grammy Award for Best Album for Children
Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
Primetime Emmy Award for Individual Performance - Variety Or Music Program
ALMA Award for Outstanding Actress in a Television Series
ALMA Ricardo Montalban Lifetime Achievement Award
ALMA Award for Favorite TV Actress - Drama
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress - Single Appearance in a Drama or Comedy Series
Ellis Island Medal of Honor
Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Rita Moreno Life story
Rita Moreno is a Puerto Rican actress, dancer, and singer. She is noted for her work on stage and screen in a career spanning over seven decades. Moreno is one of the last remaining stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood.
Grammy Awards 2023: Viola Davis becomes an EGOT
... The 17 other EGOT winners include Sir John Gielgud, Rita Moreno, Andrew Lloyd Webber, John Legend and Jennifer Hudson...
Rita Moreno: If I wasn't Hispanic, I'd have had a different career
...By Nomia IqbalBBC 100 WomenFamed for her role in West Side Story, Rita Moreno says the discrimination she faced in Hollywood stopped her from getting good parts in other films...
BBC 100 Women marks 10th year with focus on progress
... In addition to the interview with Eilish, BBC 100 Women have also exclusively spoken with Chopra Jonas, actress and disability activist Selma Blair and Hollywood icon Rita Moreno...
Apple's Coda beats Netflix's The Power of the Dog to historic Oscar win
... Ariana DeBose won best supporting actress for playing Anita in West Side Story, 60 years after Rita Moreno won the same award for playing the same role in the musical s first film adaptation...
15 films to look out for in the Oscars race
... Plus 90-year-old Rita Moreno, who won best supporting actress in the original 1961 version, is probably the front runner to take that award again - this time for playing a new character called Valentina...
10 musical moments, in 2020
... Rita Moreno, who won an Oscar for her portrayal of Anita in the original film, also returns in a newly created role...
Not to miss movies lookahead: 20--films up to 2020
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... Meanwhile, best supporting actress nominee Ariana DeBose could win the same award and for the same part as her predecessor Rita Moreno, who picked up an Oscar for the 1961 version...
Rita Moreno: If I wasn't Hispanic, I'd have had a different career
By Nomia IqbalBBC 100 Women
Famed for her role in West Side Story, Rita Moreno says The discrimination she faced in Hollywood stopped her from getting good parts in other films.
" Had it not been for The fact that I'm Hispanic, I would have had a different career, " she says.
Now aged 90, Rita Moreno has overcome typecasting to become an elite performer known as an EGOT - The Winner of Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Awards - Something only 17 artists have ever achieved.
" You sink or swim, " she says, " and I just opted to swim. "
When Moreno first came to New York from Puerto Rico , aged five, she was subjected to racist abuse.
" My Mom left Puerto Rico and came by ship to America, New York City. Like many women from Puerto Rico she didn't know a word of English, " says Moreno.
" It's obvious I got that kind of strength of character from her. "
Moreno is one of The Women featured on The List , which each year names 100 inspiring and influential women around The World . This year The List is honouring The progress that has been made since its inception 10 Years ago.
Moreno describes leaving Puerto Rico as a " reverse Wizard of Oz" going from The brightly coloured island of Her Birth to The Grey , industrial island of Manhattan.
Aged just 18, she signed to MGM Studios. But in what would be her first clear experience of how little power she had in that era, The teenager known as Rosa Dolores Alverio was forced to change her name.
" They didn't know what to do with me because of my name, " she says.
" I didn't like The name Rita but they chose it because I liked The Actress Rita Hayworth . Moreno was my stepfather's last name so I took that. "
There is no chance she would ever change it now, she says. " I wouldn't answer to it, I'm so used to Rita! "
The Path to Hollywood was painful. Even her Oscar-winning role in The 1961 film West Side Story had its troubles.
" One Day in rehearsal I looked at The Song we had to sing, America. And The lyrics were: 'Puerto Rico , you ugly island. Island of tropic diseases. '
" I thought, 'I cannot do this,'" she says.
The lyrics were changed but The Film is still criticised for its crude stereotypes.
Moreno would come up against typecasting over and over again.
" You can't afford to say no! " she says.
" I made so many crappy movies and played more 'Island Girls ' than you can imagine. Island Girls don't have Love Scenes : Island Girls are raped or abused.
" I suppose The Fear , especially when you're an ethnic minority woman in a Very competitive industry, you don't want those opportunities to disappear if you keep saying no. "
But there were notable appearances in The King And I, Carnal Knowledge and The TV show Jane The Virgin - as well as The Role of flapper movie girl Zelda Zanders in Singin' in The Rain .
" Oh I loved that part so much, it was The Best . So much fun, " she says.
Her career has now come Full Circle , with a part in The Steven Spielberg 2021 remake of West Side Story.
" When we first met, I put on my most polite voice and said, 'Mr Spielberg, I'm really flattered. But I don't do cameos. '"
But he wasn't offering her a cameo, he was offering a full part, and - in A Sign of The Change in power Dynamics - a role as an executive producer.
It was a stark contrast from one of her early setbacks.
Sixty years ago, West Side Story was breaking Box Office records and Moreno had become The First Latina to win an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress.
" I approached an agent, a Very successful woman and asked, 'Do you suppose you would Take Me on as a client?'
" And she Very quickly responded, 'No,'" says Moreno. " It's like The Blood left my entire body in a pool around my ankles. "
But it was her follow up remark that cut deepest: " Sweetheart, you don't have what it takes. "
Having been a star during Hollywood's Golden Age, as well as The Rock and roll era, it is unsurprising that Moreno has been romantically involved with some of The entertainment industry's most famous men.
" I had several dates with Elvis, who was quite beautiful by The Way - he was Gorgeous . . Very shy, Very sweet, Very beautiful, " she says.
" And Then he asked me out and we went out a couple of times, and that was a disaster because I was madly in love with Marlon. "
Her relationship with Marlon Brando was troubled. While she describes him as The " lust" of her life, their problems had a real impact on her Mental Health .
" I tried to end My Life , " she says. " I thought it was The only Way I could end it. I was so obsessed with him, and he with me. "
Moreno became pregnant at a time when abortion was still banned in The US. Brando paid for her to have an illegal procedure, but it went wrong and she had to be taken to hospital.
Moreno was particularly shocked when Roe v Wade, effectively ending a constitutional right for millions of women in The US to access abortion.
" I wept, " says Moreno.
" I couldn't believe it. I'm absolutely astonished because of what it does to Very Young Women . It's always The Poor People , The People who are struggling to survive who get The worst of this. "
Politics and representation are important to Moreno and she cares deeply about how Hollywood portrays Ethnic Minorities .
Viola Davis , who is black, once said she had a career comparable to Meryl Streep 's but wasn't paid or recognised in The same Way as a white actress. Rita relates wholeheartedly.
" Oh, I would have been perceived on The same level if I was white, I honestly do. I could be Dead Wrong . We'll never know. But it does hurt. "
Nevertheless she still loves acting and continues to work, including in The latest instalment of The Fast and Furious franchise.
She wants To Live to see progress made where The World can name More Than one Puerto Rican superstar.
" Jennifer Lopez is great, but why is she The only one that anyone thinks of when It Comes to The Hispanic community? "
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Source of news: bbc.com