Rita Moreno

Rita Moreno

Birthday: 1931-12-11

Place of birth: Humacao, Puerto Rico

Also known as: Rosa Dolores Alverío, Rosita Moreno , ریتا مورنو

imdb_id: nm0001549

Biography:

Rita Moreno (born Rosa Dolores Alverío Marcano; December 11, 1931) is a Puerto Rican actress, dancer, and singer. Noted for her work across different areas of the entertainment industry, she has appeared in numerous film, television, and theater projects throughout her extensive career spanning over seven decades. Her work includes supporting roles in the classic musical films Singin' in the Rain (1952), The King and I (1956), and the 1961 and 2021 film adaptations of West Side Story. Her other notable films include Popi (1969), Carnal Knowledge (1971), The Four Seasons (1981), I Like It Like That (1994) and the cult film Slums of Beverly Hills (1998). She is also known for her work on television including the children's television series The Electric Company (1971–1977), and as Sister Peter Marie Reimondo on the HBO series Oz (1997–2003). She voiced the titular role of in Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego? from 1994 to 1999. She also gained acclaim for her roles in Jane the Virgin (2015–2019) and the revival of Norman Lear's One Day at a Time (2017–2020). In theater, she is best known for her role as Googie Gomez in the 1975 musical The Ritz. Among her numerous accolades, Moreno is one of a few performers to have been awarded an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony (EGOT). She is also one of 24 people who have achieved what is called the Triple Crown of Acting, with individual competitive Academy, Emmy and Tony awards for acting. In 2004, she received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, America's highest civilian honor bestowed upon her by George W. Bush. In 2009, President Barack Obama presented her with the National Medal of Arts. In 2013, she received the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award. In 2015, she was awarded a Kennedy Center Honor for her contribution to American culture through performing arts. She was awarded the Peabody Award in 2019. Her life was profiled in the 2021 documentary Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It.

Played in movies:

Wicked in Concert: A Musical Celebration of the Iconic Broadway Score

Score: 10.0

Still Working 9 to 5

Score: 10.0

My Favorite Things: The Rodgers & Hammerstein 80th Anniversary Concert

Score: 10.0

When It Was a Game 3

Score: 9.0

Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl

Score: 9.0

Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King

Score: 8.5

Singin' in the Rain

Score: 8.1

Paul Newman: The Restless

Score: 8.1

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies

Score: 8.0

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History

Score: 8.0

West Side Stories: The Making of a Classic

Score: 8.0

Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter

Score: 8.0

Portrait of a Showgirl

Score: 8.0

The Latin Explosion: A New America

Score: 7.9

The Stories of West Side Story

Score: 7.8

Jim Henson Idea Man

Score: 7.7

The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years

Score: 7.5

Something's Coming: West Side Story

Score: 7.5

Carmen Miranda: Bananas Is My Business

Score: 7.4

Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It

Score: 7.3

Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire

Score: 7.3

Scooby-Doo! and the Monster of Mexico

Score: 7.3

West Side Story

Score: 7.2

My Father's Dragon

Score: 7.1

The King and I

Score: 7.1

Fast X

Score: 7.0

Every Act of Life

Score: 7.0

Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me

Score: 7.0

I Know a Woman Like That

Score: 7.0

West Side Story

Score: 7.0

Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration

Score: 6.7

Cattle Town

Score: 6.7

Summer and Smoke

Score: 6.7

Carnal Knowledge

Score: 6.6

Angus

Score: 6.6

Rio 2

Score: 6.5

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories

Score: 6.5

Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women

Score: 6.5

Family Switch

Score: 6.4

I Like It Like That

Score: 6.4

Nicky Deuce

Score: 6.4

The Muppets Go Hollywood

Score: 6.3

Slums of Beverly Hills

Score: 6.3

The Four Seasons

Score: 6.3

80 for Brady

Score: 6.3

The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema

Score: 6.2

Piñero

Score: 6.2

Fort Vengeance

Score: 6.2

The Life and Times of Frida Kahlo

Score: 6.2

Garden of Evil

Score: 6.1

Santa Bootcamp

Score: 6.1

Popi

Score: 6.1

The Ritz

Score: 6.1

The Night of the Following Day

Score: 6.0

Marlowe

Score: 6.0

The Electric Company's Greatest Hits & Bits

Score: 6.0

Best Ever Muppet Moments

Score: 6.0

The Rockford Files: If It Bleeds... It Leads

Score: 6.0

Out to Lunch

Score: 6.0

The Fabulous Senorita

Score: 6.0

The Yellow Tomahawk

Score: 6.0

This Rebel Breed

Score: 6.0

A Gift of Miracles

Score: 5.8

King of the Corner

Score: 5.7

The Vagabond King

Score: 5.7

The Deerslayer

Score: 5.6

Untamed

Score: 5.6

Anatomy of a Seduction

Score: 5.5

Casa de los Babys

Score: 5.5

Seven Cities of Gold

Score: 5.5

The Lieutenant Wore Skirts

Score: 5.5

So Young, So Bad

Score: 5.4

The Prank

Score: 5.3

Still Laugh-In: The Stars Celebrate

Score: 5.3

The Toast of New Orleans

Score: 5.2

Jivaro

Score: 5.2

Resurrection

Score: 5.0

The Spree

Score: 5.0

Blue Moon

Score: 5.0

Pagan Love Song

Score: 4.8

The Ring

Score: 4.7

Curious George: Cape Ahoy

Score: 4.7

The Wharf Rat

Score: 4.6

Latin Lovers

Score: 4.6

Working

Score: 4.3

Cry of Battle

Score: 4.2

Happy Birthday, Gemini

Score: 3.2

Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks

Score: 3.2

Open House

Score: 3.0

Age Isn't Everything

Score: 2.0

De Puerto Rico para el mundo

Score: 1.5

Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's

Score: 0.0

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression

Score: 0.0

West Side Memories

Score: 0.0

Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage

Score: 0.0

Voice of La Raza

Score: 0.0

El Alaméin

Score: 0.0

Italian Movie

Score: 0.0

The Boss' Son

Score: 0.0

Remember Me

Score: 0.0

Clemente

Score: 0.0

Theirs

Score: 0.0

Mga Alamat Ng Sandaigdig

Score: 0.0

The Day Of The Dead

Score: 0.0

Samar

Score: 0.0

Evita Peron

Score: 0.0

Celebrity Habla

Score: 0.0

Rita Moreno: Now You Can!

Score: 0.0

1989 Walt Disney World 4th of July Spectacular

Score: 0.0

Carlo's Wake

Score: 0.0

The Muppet Revue

Score: 0.0

Torch

Score: 0.0

Actresses Turned Producer/Directors

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Nina's World

Score: 10.0

Grey's Anatomy

Score: 8.2

Law & Order: Trial by Jury

Score: 8.1

The Nanny

Score: 8.1

Oz

Score: 8.0

Green Eggs and Ham

Score: 8.0

The Muppet Show

Score: 8.0

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Score: 7.9

Jane the Virgin

Score: 7.9

Maya and the Three

Score: 7.9

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Score: 7.8

One Day at a Time

Score: 7.8

The Wonderful World of Disney

Score: 7.8

The Carol Burnett Show

Score: 7.7

The Larry Sanders Show

Score: 7.7

Grace and Frankie

Score: 7.7

Playhouse 90

Score: 7.6

The Magic School Bus

Score: 7.6

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Score: 7.6

George Lopez

Score: 7.6

The Rockford Files

Score: 7.6

The Golden Girls

Score: 7.5

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Score: 7.5

Miami Vice

Score: 7.5

The Ford Television Theatre

Score: 7.3

Hearts Afire

Score: 7.3

Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego?

Score: 7.3

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Score: 7.3

The Abbott and Costello Show

Score: 7.2

Golden Globe Awards

Score: 7.2

Touched by an Angel

Score: 7.2

Wanted

Score: 7.2

Run for Your Life

Score: 7.2

The Electric Company

Score: 7.1

In Plain Sight

Score: 7.1

Strong Medicine

Score: 7.1

The Cosby Show

Score: 7.0

The Oscars

Score: 7.0

The $100,000 Pyramid

Score: 6.9

Captain Planet and the Planeteers

Score: 6.8

The Dick Cavett Show

Score: 6.8

The Ed Sullivan Show

Score: 6.8

9 to 5

Score: 6.8

The Guardian

Score: 6.8

60 Minutes

Score: 6.7

Burke's Law

Score: 6.7

Dinah!

Score: 6.7

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Score: 6.5

Trapper John, M.D.

Score: 6.5

Trackdown

Score: 6.4

The Handler

Score: 6.4

Ugly Betty

Score: 6.4

Getting On

Score: 6.3

The Love Boat

Score: 6.3

General Electric Theater

Score: 6.3

General Electric Theater

Score: 6.3

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Score: 6.2

The Merv Griffin Show

Score: 6.2

To Tell the Truth

Score: 6.2

Richard Diamond, Private Detective

Score: 6.2

Bless This Mess

Score: 6.1

Medical Center

Score: 6.1

Miss USA

Score: 6.0

B.L. Stryker

Score: 6.0

Women of the House

Score: 6.0

Top of the Heap

Score: 6.0

Burke's Law

Score: 6.0

The Jennifer Hudson Show

Score: 6.0

Tony Awards

Score: 5.9

Tony Awards

Score: 5.9

Happily Divorced

Score: 5.8

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Score: 5.8

Adventures in Paradise

Score: 5.7

Cane

Score: 5.6

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Score: 5.5

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

Score: 5.5

The Captain and Tennille

Score: 5.5

The 20th Century Fox Hour

Score: 5.4

Welcome to the Family

Score: 5.4

The Mike Douglas Show

Score: 5.4

The Cosby Mysteries

Score: 5.3

Tamron Hall

Score: 5.1

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Score: 5.1

Hollywood Squares

Score: 5.0

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

Score: 5.0

Seaway

Score: 5.0

On the Rocks

Score: 5.0

Cimarron City

Score: 5.0

Matinee Theater

Score: 5.0

The Millionaire

Score: 5.0

Lanigan's Rabbi

Score: 5.0

Bourbon Street Beat

Score: 5.0

The Reichen Show

Score: 4.8

Intimate Portrait

Score: 4.5

The View

Score: 4.3

Sherri

Score: 3.8

Cavalcade of America

Score: 3.5

Climax!

Score: 3.3

Climax!

Score: 3.3

Climax!

Score: 3.3

Climax!

Score: 3.3

Stars in the House

Score: 0.0

The Marti Caine Show

Score: 0.0

Ford Theatre

Score: 0.0

China Smith

Score: 0.0