Rita Moreno (born Rosa Dolores Alverío Marcano; December 11, 1931) 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 with Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2004, 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.
Moreno's early work included supporting roles in the classic musical films Singin' in the Rain (1952) and The King and I (1956), before her breakout role as Anita in West Side Story (1961), which earned her the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, becoming the first Hispanic woman to win an Academy Award. Moreno returned in the supporting role of Valentina in the 2021 Spielberg-directed remake of the same name. Her other films include Popi (1969), Carnal Knowledge (1971), The Four Seasons (1981), I Like It Like That (1994), Slums of Beverly Hills (1998), and Fast X (2023).
In theater, she starred as Googie Gomez in the 1975 Terrence McNally musical The Ritz earning her the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. She reprised her role in the 1976 film directed by Richard Lester which earned her a BAFTA Award for Best Actress nomination. She also acted in Lorraine Hansberry's The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window in 1964 and in Neil Simon's The Odd Couple in 1985.
She was a cast member in The Electric Company (1971–1977), for which she earned an Emmy in 1972, and played Sister Peter Marie Reimondo on the HBO series Oz (1997–2003). She received two consecutive Primetime Emmy Awards for her roles on The Muppet Show in 1977 and The Rockford Files in 1978. She acted in Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego? (1994–1999), The CW series Jane the Virgin (2015–2019), and the Netflix revival of One Day at a Time (2017–2020). Her life was profiled in Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It (2021).
Devamını oku...11 Aralık 1931, Cuma yıldız işaretinin altında bir ♐ idi. Yılın 344 günüydü. Amerika Birleşik Devletleri Başkanı Herbert Hoover idi.
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Date: 12 December 1931
By GEORGE E. SOKOLSKY
George SOKOLSKY
Article on part played by students
Date: 12 December 1931
Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES
Britons blame loans to German shipping cos; Brit Govt refuses funds; statement by Sir P E Bates
Date: 11 December 1931
Student organizations rally to support of Meehan
Date: 11 December 1931
Benefit performances of Notte di Zoraima and Oracolo by Met Opera
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Amer Paper & Pulp Assn rept for Oct
Date: 12 December 1931
Date: 12 December 1931
Special to The New York Times
Sharp price advance
Date: 12 December 1931
Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES
Discussed by Sec Mellon in defense of Hoover war-debt policy