Rita Moreno On 'West Side Story' And The Role Model She Needed


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It was the spring of 2019 when Rita Moreno showed up to rehearsals for the new West Side Story movie at Gelsey Kirkland dance studios in Brooklyn's Dumbo neighborhood. She is an actor and.


Rita Moreno recalls why she almost backed out of 'West Side Story

CNN — Rita Moreno will be back on the big screen in Steven Spielberg's adaptation of "West Side Story," next month. It's another milestone for Moreno, soon 90, who rose to fame for.


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An EGOT. Two West Side Storys. Seventy years in show business. At 90, Rita Moreno is nowhere near finished telling her story. The Ritaissance is comin', and it's gonna be great. "No whining.


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It was the night that cemented her place in history, and Rita Moreno almost skipped it. In February 1962, Moreno, then 30, was in the Philippines, shooting "Cry of Battle" — a black-and-white.


Rita Moreno On 'West Side Story' And The Role Model She Needed

November 28, 2021 / 6:55 PM EST / CBS News Rita Moreno is best known as Anita in the movie "West Side Story." The 1961 musical broke box office records and won ten Oscars including best.


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Dec. 15, 2021 "Hello, birthday queen," Ariana DeBose said, greeting her "West Side Story" castmate Rita Moreno, newly and notably aged 90. It was Sunday afternoon, and DeBose, 30, was in.


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Famous Actors Rita Moreno Rita Moreno is a Puerto Rican actress known for her role as Anita in 'West Side Story.' The PEGOT winner broke new ground for Latinos in entertainment..


Rita Moreno Remembers 'West Side Story's' Bold, Subversive 'America

Rita Moreno. Actress: West Side Story. Rita Moreno is one of the very few performers to win an Oscar, an Emmy, a Tony and a Grammy, thus becoming an EGOT. She was born Rosita Dolores Alverío in the hospital in Humacao, Puerto Rico on December 11, 1931 (but raised in nearby, smaller Juncos, which had no hospital), to seamstress Rosa María (Marcano) and farmer Francisco José "Paco" Alverío.


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Rita Moreno with West Side Story co-star George Chakiris (left) and Rock Hudson at the 35th annual Academy Awards in 1962. Right: Moreno wore her 1962 Oscar gown a second time to the Academy.


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Puerto Rican actor Rita Moreno describes how the new West Side Story improves on the faults of the 1961 classic — in which she played Anita — and why she sai.


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33.8M subscribers Subscribe Subscribed 418K views 2 years ago Watch "West Side Story" now on Disney+ 💃 Directed by Academy Award® winner Steven Spielberg, from a screenplay by Pulitzer Prize.


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One of the major exceptions was Anita, one of Maria's best friends and girlfriend of Bernardo, the leader of the Sharks. The role was played by the one and only Rita Moreno, who recently.


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Oscar-winning Rita Moreno calls for more and better roles for Latin Americans working in film.. who won her best supporting actress Oscar for West Side Story in 1962, premiered last week at the.


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Sep 29, 2021 9:00am PT Rita Moreno on 'West Side Story,' Turning 90 and Why She Will Never Retire By Rebecca Rubin Photographs by Lauren Dukoff for Variety For the 2021 Power of Women.


Rita Moreno 'resented' having to wear dark makeup on 'West Side Story'

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Rita Moreno won an Academy Award for best supporting actress for her portrayal of Anita in the 1961 film West Side Story. Courtesy of MGM Media Licensing Actor Rita Moreno never had.