Rita Moreno

Rita Moreno as Maggie in Castle Hill's Blue Moon - 2000

Biography

Born 12/11/1931

A petite dynamo whose career has encompassed stage and screen, Rita Moreno is one of only eight individuals to have earned each of the major entertainment awards--the Oscar, Grammy, Emmy and Tony--in competition. (Helen Hayes, John Gielgud, Audrey Hepburn, Marvin Hamlisch, Richard Rodgers, Mel...
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Awards

  • In 1997, received CableACE Award for Actress in a Dramatic Series
  • In 1978, received Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress for a Single Performance in a Drama or Comedy Series
  • In 1977, received Emmy for Outstanding Continuing or Single Performance by a Supporting Actress in Variety or Music

Highlights

  • In 2001, Had co-starring role as the title character's mother in the biopic "Pinero"
  • In 1999, Made NYC cabaret debut at the Oak Room of the Algonquin Hotel
  • In 1999, Reprised her Emmy-winning role in the TV-movie "The Rockford Files: If It Bleeds ... It Leads" (CBS)

Family & Companions

  • Elvis Presley: dated
  • Marlon Brando: had highly publicized multi-year on-again, off-again relationship from the 1950s to 1961
  • Rosa Alverio: mother (born c. 1917; divorced from Moreno's father; died in October 1999)

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