Biography
Rita Moreno is a Puerto Rican actress, dancer, and singer. With a career spanning eight decades she is known for her roles on stage and screen, and is one of the last remaining stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood. Among her numerous accolades, she is one of the few actors to have been awarded an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony (EGOT) and the Triple Crown of Acting. She has been honored with Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2004, the National Medal of Arts in 2009, the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 2013, the Kennedy Center Honor in 2015, and a Peabody Award in 2019.
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Awards & recognition
- BBC 100 Women · 2022
- Producers Guild Stanley Kramer Award · 2022
- Kennedy Center Honors · 2015
- Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award · 2014
- Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award · 2012
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- National Medal of Arts · 2009
- California Hall of Fame · 2007
- Congressional Gold Medal · 2004
- Presidential Medal of Freedom · 2004
- Amateur Cartoonist Extraordinary Award · 1975
- Tony Award — Best Featured Actress in a Play · 1975
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actress · 1962
- Grammy Award — Best Album for Children
- Library of Congress Living Legend
- Primetime Emmy Award — Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actress · 1962 · nominated
Filmography50+ titles
Still Working 9 to 5
Clemente
Portrait of a Showgirl
Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King
Grey's Anatomy
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
The Nanny
Singin' in the Rain
Green Eggs and Ham
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Oz
The Muppet Show
Maya and the Three
Carmen Sandiego
Jane the Virgin
Jim Henson: Idea Man
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Hearts Afire
One Day at a Time
Grace and Frankie
The Magic School Bus
The Larry Sanders Show
The Carol Burnett Show
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
The Golden Girls
The Rockford Files
Cattle Town
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
Something's Coming: West Side Story
George Lopez
Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego?
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Wanted
Strong Medicine
Miami Vice
Scooby-Doo! and the Monster of Mexico
Women of the House
The Electric Company
Touched by an Angel
West Side Story
The Abbott and Costello Show
My Father's Dragon
In Plain Sight
The Guardian
The King and I
Fast X
The $100,000 Pyramid
I Know a Woman Like That
Italian Movie
The Cosby Show