
Rita Moreno
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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.
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Grey's Anatomy

The Love Boat

The Oscars

Golden Globe Awards

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Ed Sullivan Show

Touched by an Angel

Tony Awards

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

The Rockford Files

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

The Kelly Clarkson Show

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

60 Minutes

Burke's Law

The Nanny

Medical Center

Climax!

The Carol Burnett Show

The $100,000 Pyramid

Grace and Frankie

Miami Vice

Trapper John, M.D.

Jane the Virgin

The Muppet Show

The Golden Girls

The Millionaire

Richard Diamond, Private Detective

Matinee Theater

General Electric Theater

The 20th Century Fox Hour

Playhouse 90

Hollywood Squares

Hearts Afire

The Larry Sanders Show

The Guardian

The Magic School Bus

The Handler

The Cosby Show

Bless This Mess

Trackdown

Law & Order: Trial by Jury

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Ugly Betty

Cimarron City

Welcome to the Family

Wanted

Lanigan's Rabbi

Run for Your Life

Miss USA

Maya and the Three

Still Laugh-In: The Stars Celebrate

Fast X

Rio 2

Singin' in the Rain

West Side Story

Celebrity Habla

Oz

Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me

Jivaro

The Wharf Rat

Jim Henson Idea Man

Open House

Family Switch

West Side Story

The Cosby Mysteries

Cane

Green Eggs and Ham

Where on Earth is Carmen Sandiego?

Anatomy of a Seduction

80 for Brady

The Vagabond King

Summer and Smoke

One Day at a Time

Resurrection
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