Rita Moreno

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Born: 12/11/1931

Biography: Energetic dancer, singer, and actress Rita Moreno was born Rosa Dolores Alverio in Puerto Rico to a family of independent farmers. She moved to New York City with her mother at age five and went on to become one of the few people to win an Oscar, a Tony, an Emmy, and a Gramm …

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Cane [TV Series] as Amalia Duque

2007

Ugly Betty: A Tree Grows in Guadalajara [TV Series] as Aunt Mirta

2007

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Night [TV Series] as Mildred Quintana

2005

Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me [Movie]

2004

Life and Times of Frida Kahlo [Movie] as Narrator

2004

King of the Corner [Movie] as Inez

2004

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NEWS & GOSSIP

Why Morgan Freeman Counts

06/21/09 I was recently thinking about movie stars - and our collective 'sense' of one of the most interesting; Morgan Freeman. | Biz of Showbiz
Pat Frank?s ?Alas, Babylon,? 50 years later

06/15/09 He loved to tell a tale ? party yarns of his globe-trotting exploits, a made-up children's story that went on every night for years, a best-selling novel about a world in radioactive flames. | The Florida Times-Union - Jacksonville FL
Karen Olivo glad she went 'West'

06/11/09 Karen Olivo 's gamble of leaving the hit musical "In the Heights" for the role of Anita in the revival of "West Side Story" paid off big-time Sunday night when she scored her first Tony. Wearing a revealing black, V-neck Donna Karan gown , Olivo broke down in tears as she accepted the award for Featured Actress in a Musical. | New York Daily News - New York NY
A good credenza is hard to find

06/09/09 In addition, a Hillsborough-area collector is selling a desk once owned by British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli, and Kathy and Rick Hilton , parents of you-know-who, are selling a George III mahogany sideboard. | San Francisco Chronicle - San Francisco CA
All things Tony

06/05/09 This is an annual question that comes up now because the theater's Antoinette Perry Awards will be happening on Sunday in New York, airing on CBS. | The Buffalo News - Buffalo NY
Jets have their way onscreen

06/04/09 ALTHOUGH THE FILM version of "West Side Story" won 10 Academy Awards in 1961, including best picture and director(s), its critical standing today perhaps isn't quite what it once was, in large measure due to bad-mouthing from the two artists left who played crucial roles in the show's creation, Stephen Sondheim and Arthur Laurents. | Variety
TV: Inventory: ?Welcome to the altered state of Druggachusettes!?: 25 notably trippy kids? shows

05/31/09 No show better embodies the psychedelic elements of the '70s than The Electric Company . | The A.V. Club
American Indian group steps into S.F. festival

05/29/09 A Yaqui Indian whose family moved from southern Arizona to Tracy, Madril was demonstrating the Plains Indian Fancy Dance - once called the Fast and Fancy War Dance - at a San Francisco studio the other night. | San Francisco Chronicle - San Francisco CA
Will Maria get her Tony?

05/05/09 For the second year in a row, Latinos are making a splash in the Tony Awards nominations announced Tuesday. | New York Daily News - New York NY
Ave Maria! Broadway Newbie Josefina Scaglione Swims With Sharks, Socialites

05/01/09 Ms. Scaglione is svelte, pretty and has that charming way about her that foreigners often have where she never seemed to understand what anyone was saying and seemed to always be saying things that came out funnier than she had intended them. | The Daily Transom - The New York Observer
CURTAIN CALLS: 'Three Tall Women' portrays one woman's life

04/29/09 CONGRATULATIONS TO Danville's Role Players Ensemble and artistic director Sue Trigg for presenting Edward Albee's challenging work "Three Tall Women." | Contra Costa Times - Walnut Creek CA
Rita Moreno to lend moral support

04/23/09 Rita Moreno knows a thing or two about "The Odd Couple (Female Version);" she was the original Olive ? the sloppy roommate ? in the 1985 Broadway production of the reworked Neil Simon classic. | Contra Costa Times - Walnut Creek CA
NYC

04/01/09 By 8p, I've been through a rain storm, argued with a desk clerk, scheduled an interview with a movie legend, had a snack at a favorite dive, found a last minute ticket for one of the hottest shows in town, made a reservation for an 11p dinner at a favorite non-dive, wrote two blog entries, set another interview with another movie legend, walked blocks in the rain to find a place where there wasn't a crowd desperate for a cab, settled into a seat in a theater, and prepared not only to be entertained and moved, but to remove the ugly ghosts of Legally Blonde from the Palace Theater. | The Hot Blog - Movie City News
'West Side Story' revival opens on Broadway

03/20/09 The much anticipated revival of " West Side Story " opened on Broadway last night and critics are fairly unanimous in the opinion that the re-creation of the music and dancing of the 1957 original is so fantastic that even Arthur Laurents' imperfect staging doesn't do too much damage. | NewYorkology Travel
I Feel Pretty And Witty And Gaaaaaaaaay!

03/17/09 To celebrate West Side Story's return to Broadway, Vanity Fair shot an homage to the musical starring Camilla Belle (as Maria), JLo (as Anita), Rodrigo Santor o (as Bernardo), Chris Evans (as Riff) and Ben Barnes (as Tony). | DListed
Some Juicy Nuggets of Forgotten Oscar Lore

02/20/09 With all the presenters' banter heavily scripted and a lot of the winners easy to guess beforehand, the only truly unpredictable part of the Academy Awards is the acceptance speeches. | Cinematical.com

Year
Result
Award
Movie

1982
Won
Hollywood Foreign Press Association
Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical o
Nine to Five [TV Series]

1976
Won
Hollywood Foreign Press Association
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or C
The Ritz

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