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Rita Moreno
Actor, ProducerBorn December 11, 1931 (93 years)
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.
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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| 2023 | Family Switch · as Angelica |
| 2023 | Fast X · as Abuelita |
| 2023 | 80 for Brady · as Maura |
| 2023 | Princess Power (TV Series) · as Great Aunt Bussyboots |
| 2022 | Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2022 | Santa Bootcamp · as Belle |
| 2022 | My Father's Dragon · as Mrs. Mcclaren (voice) |
| 2022 | Lopez vs Lopez (TV Series) · as Dolores |
| 2022 | The Prank · as Mrs. Wheeler |
| 2021 | Torch · as Aunt Francine |
| 2021 | West Side Story · as Valentina |
| 2021 | Maya and the Three (TV Series) · as Ah Puch (voice) |
| 2021 | Curious George: Cape Ahoy · as Gertrude St. John (voice) |
| 2019 | Green Eggs and Ham (TV Series) · as Dookess |
| 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson Show (TV Series) |
| 2019 | Bless This Mess (TV Series) · as Theresa |
| 2019 | Carmen Sandiego (TV Series) · as Cookie Booker |
| 2017 | One Day at a Time (2017) (TV Series) · as Lydia Riera |
| 2016 | Elena of Avalor (TV Series) · as Queen Camila |
| 2016 | Remember Me · as Nanna |
| 2015 | Nina's World (TV Series) · as Abuelita |
| 2015 | Grace and Frankie (TV Series) · as Lucy Chambers |
| 2015 | Cuba: The Forgotten Revolution · as Narrator |
| 2015 | A Gift of Miracles · as Beverly Davis |
| 2014 | |
| 2014 | Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks · as Ida Barksdale |
| 2014 | Jane the Virgin (TV Series) · as Liliana De La Vega |
| 2014 | Rio 2 · as Aunt Mimi (voice) |
| 2013 | Getting On (US) (TV Series) · as Sister Lily Claire |
| 2013 | Welcome to the Family (TV Series) · as Lita |
| 2013 | Nicky Deuce · as Tutti |
| 2011 | Happily Divorced (TV Series) · as Dori Newman |
| 2011 | Miss USA Pageant (TV Series) · as Judge |
| 2011 | |
| 2009 | When Medicine Got It Wrong · as Narrator |
| 2009 | Special Agent Oso (TV Series) · as Abuela |
| 2008 | In Plain Sight (TV Series) · as Rita Ramirez |
| 2007 | Cane (TV Series) · as Amalia Duque |
| 2006 | Ugly Betty (TV Series) · as Aunt Mirta |
| 2005 | Wanted (TV Series) |
| 2005 | Grey's Anatomy (TV Series) · as Gayle Mccoll |
| 2005 | The Life and Times of Frida Kahlo · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2005 | Law & Order: Trial by Jury (TV Series) · as Mildred Quintana |
| 2004 | Copshop · as Mary Alice |
| 2004 | King of the Corner · as Inez |
| 2003 | Scooby-Doo and the Monster of Mexico · as Doña Dolores / Woman #3 (voice) |
| 2003 | The Handler (TV Series) |
| 2003 | Casa de los babys · as Señora Muñoz |
| 2003 | Open House · as Lydia Fitch |
| 2002 | What a Glorious Feeling: The Making of 'Singin' in the Rain' · as Zelda Zanders |
| 2002 | George Lopez (TV Series) · as Luisa Diaz |
| 2002 | American Family (TV Series) · as Juana |
| 2001 | Piñero · as Miguel's Mother |
| 2001 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent (TV Series) · as Frances Goren |
| 2001 | The Guardian (TV Series) |
| 2000 | The Kennedy Center Presents: Speak Truth to Power · as Various |
| 2000 | Strong Medicine (TV Series) · as Lydia |
| 2000 | When It Was a Game 3 · as Passage Narrator |
| 2000 | Resurrection Blvd. (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 2000 | Blue Moon · as Maggie Cavallo |
| 2000 | Hispanic Hollywood · as Cast |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series) · as Mildred Quintana |
| 1999 | The Rockford Files: If It Bleeds... It Leads · as Rita Kapkovic Landale |
| 1999 | Resurrection · as Mimi |
| 1999 | Carlo's Wake · as Angela Torello |
| 1998 | Buddy Faro (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1998 | Slums of Beverly Hills · as Belle Abromowitz |
| 1998 | The Spree · as Irma Kelly |
| 1997 | Oz (TV Series) · as Sister Peter Marie Reimondo |
| 1995 | Angus · as Madame Rulenska |
| 1995 | The Wharf Rat · as Mom |
| 1995 | Italian Movie · as Isabella |
| 1994 | I Like It Like That · as Rosaria Linares |
| 1994 | The Cosby Mysteries (TV Series) |
| 1994 | Touched by an Angel (TV Series) · as Amanda Revere |
| 1994 | The Magic School Bus (TV Series) · as (voice) |
| 1994 | Where on Earth is Carmen Sandiego? (TV Series) · as Carmen Sandiego (voice) |
| 1994 | Burke's Law (1994) (TV Series) · as Jackie Lodge |
| 1993 | The Nanny (TV Series) · as Mrs. Wickervich Stone |
| 1993 | Bonkers (TV Series) · as Tanya Trunk |
| 1992 | Raw Toonage (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1992 | Hearts Afire (TV Series) · as Senator Rhonda Hall |
| 1992 | The Larry Sanders Show (TV Series) |
| 1991 | Top of the Heap (TV Series) · as Alixandra Stone |
| 1991 | Age Isn't Everything · as Rita |
| 1990 | Captain Planet and the Planeteers (TV Series) · as Ella Salvator |
| 1989 | B.L. Stryker (TV Series) · as Kimberly Baskin |
| 1988 | Murphy Brown (TV Series) · as Dr. Goldman |
| 1985 | The Golden Girls (TV Series) · as Renee Corliss |
| 1984 | The Cosby Show (TV Series) · as Mrs. Granger |
| 1984 | Miami Vice (TV Series) |
| 1982 | Portrait of a Showgirl · as Rosella Deleon |
| 1982 | 9 to 5 (TV Series) · as Violet Newstead |
| 1981 | The Four Seasons · as Claudia Zimmer |
| 1981 | Evita Peron · as Renata Riguel |
| 1980 | American Playhouse (TV Series) · as Waitress |
| 1980 | Happy Birthday, Gemini · as Lucille Pompi |
| 1979 | CBS Library (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1979 | Trapper John, M.D. (TV Series) |
| 1979 | Anatomy of a Seduction · as Nina |
| 1978 | The Boss' Son · as Esther Rose |
| 1977 | The Love Boat (TV Series) · as Gladys Gordon |
| 1976 | The Ritz · as Googie Gomez |
| 1976 | America at the Movies · as Anita |
| 1976 | Lanigan's Rabbi (TV Series) |
| 1975 | On the Rocks (TV Series) |
| 1974 | The Rockford Files (TV Series) · as Rita Capkovic |
| 1972 | Hec Ramsey (TV Series) · as Lina Ramirez |
| 1971 | The Electric Company (TV Series) · as Carmela |
| 1971 | Carnal Knowledge · as Louise |
| 1969 | Popi · as Lupe |
| 1969 | Marlowe · as Dolores Gonzáles |
| 1969 | Sesame Street (TV Series) · as Teresa |
| 1969 | Medical Center (TV Series) |
| 1969 | The Night of the Following Day · as Blonde |
| 1965 | Trials of O'Brien (TV Series) · as Caressa |
| 1965 | Seaway (TV Series) · as Annabelle |
| 1965 | Run for Your Life (TV Series) · as Anita |
| 1963 | Cry of Battle · as Sisa |
| 1963 | Burke's Law (TV Series) · as Margaret Cowls |
| 1962 | Samar · as Woman Convict |
| 1961 | West Side Story · as Anita |
| 1961 | Summer and Smoke · as Rosa Zacharias |
| 1960 | Michael Shayne (TV Series) · as Myra |
| 1960 | This Rebel Breed · as Lola Montalvo |
| 1959 | Adventures in Paradise (TV Series) · as Inez Sanders |
| 1959 | Bourbon Street Beat (TV Series) |
| 1958 | Cimarron City (TV Series) |
| 1957 | Zorro (1957) (TV Series) · as Chulita |
| 1957 | Trackdown (TV Series) |
| 1957 | The Deerslayer · as Hetty Hutter |
| 1957 | Tales of Wells Fargo (TV Series) · as Lola Montez |
| 1956 | Richard Diamond, Private Detective (TV Series) · as Maria Ferrari |
| 1956 | Zane Grey Theater (TV Series) · as Linda |
| 1956 | Playhouse 90 (TV Series) · as Rita |
| 1956 | The Vagabond King · as Huguette |
| 1956 | The King and I · as Tuptim |
| 1956 | The Lieutenant Wore Skirts · as Sandra Roberts |
| 1955 | Matinee Theater (TV Series) |
| 1955 | Seven Cities of Gold · as Ula |
| 1955 | The 20th Century-Fox Hour (TV Series) |
| 1955 | Untamed · as Julia |
| 1955 | The Millionaire (TV Series) · as Alicia Conception Osante Williams |
| 1954 | Disneyland (TV Series) · as Chulita |
| 1954 | Climax! (TV Series) · as Denise Cardoza |
| 1954 | Father Knows Best (TV Series) · as Chanthini |
| 1954 | Garden of Evil · as Cantina Singer |
| 1954 | The Yellow Tomahawk · as Honey Bear |
| 1954 | Jivaro · as Maroa |
| 1953 | El Alaméin · as Jara |
| 1953 | Latin Lovers · as Christina |
| 1953 | Fort Vengeance · as Bridget Fitzgibbon |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater (TV Series) · as Princess Michal |
| 1952 | The Abbott and Costello Show (TV Series) · as Telegram Delivery Girl |
| 1952 | Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation · as Soubrette |
| 1952 | Ford Theatre: All Star Theatre (TV Series) · as Serene Crane |
| 1952 | Cavalcade of America (TV Series) |
| 1952 | The Ring · as Lucy Gomez |
| 1952 | Cattle Town · as Queli |
| 1952 | Singin' in the Rain · as Zelda Zanders |
| 1952 | The Fabulous Senorita · as Manuela Rodríguez |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (TV Series) · as Lit-Lit |
| 1951 | The Red Skelton Show (TV Series) · as Senorita Delores Ortega |
| 1950 | Pagan Love Song · as Terru |
| 1950 | The Jack Benny Program (TV Series) · as Rosalita |
| 1950 | The Toast of New Orleans · as Tina |
| 1950 | So Young, So Bad · as Dolores Guererro |
| 1949 | Fireside Theatre (TV Series) · as Maria |
| 1948 | Ford Theatre (TV Series) |