Rita Moreno
Age: N/A | From: Humacao, Puerto Rico
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Rosa Dolores Alverío
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Humacao, Puerto Rico
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 67
TV Involvements: 27
Most Famous Work
Biography
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.
Most Famous Work
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
(1999) Mildred Quintana
Fast X
(2023) Abuelita
Tony Awards
(1956) Self - Winner
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
(2001) Frances Goren
Climax!
(1954) Francesca
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
(1956) Linda
The Rockford Files
(1974) Rita Capkovic
Run for Your Life
(1965) AnitaActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | N/A | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Abuelita | ||
| Maura | ||
| 2022 | Narrator (voice) | |
| Belle | ||
| Mrs. McClaren (voice) | ||
| Self | ||
| Mrs. Wheeler | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| 2021 | Valentina | |
| Self | ||
| Ah Puch (voice) | ||
| Gertrude St. John(voice) | ||
| N/A | ||
| Self | ||
| 2019 | Dookess (voice) | |
| Self | ||
| Self - Guest | ||
| N/A | ||
| 2018 | Aunt Francine | |
| Self | ||
| 2017 | Lydia Riera | |
| 2016 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| N/A | ||
| Self | ||
| Nanna | ||
| 2015 | Self | |
| Abuelita | ||
| Self | ||
| Beverly Davis | ||
| 2014 | N/A | |
| Ida Barksdale | ||
| Liliana De La Vega | ||
| Self - Actress | ||
| Self | ||
| Aunt Mimi (voice) | ||
| Self | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 2013 | Lita | |
| Tutti | ||
| 2011 | Dori Newman | |
| N/A | ||
| 2009 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| 2008 | Self | |
| 2007 | Amalia Duque | |
| 2006 | Self | |
| Aunt Mirta | ||
| Self | ||
| 2005 | Self | |
| N/A | ||
| Narrator (voice) | ||
| Mildred Quintana | ||
| 2004 | Inez | |
| Self (voice) | ||
| 2003 | Doña Dolores / Woman #3 (voice) | |
| N/A | ||
| Señora Muñoz | ||
| Self | ||
| Lydia Fitch | ||
| 2002 | N/A | |
| 2001 | Frances Goren | |
| N/A | ||
| 2000 | Maggie Cavallo | |
| 1999 | Mildred Quintana | |
| Rita Kapkovic Landale | ||
| Mimi | ||
| Angela Torello | ||
| 1998 | Belle Abromowitz | |
| Irma Kelly | ||
| 1997 | Self - Guest | |
| Sister Peter Marie Reimondo | ||
| 1996 | Mom | |
| 1995 | Madame Rulenska | |
| Herself | ||
| N/A | ||
| Self | ||
| 1994 | Rosaria Linares | |
| (voice) | ||
| Herself | ||
| Carmen Sandiego (voice) | ||
| Carmen Sandiego | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1993 | Self | |
| Mrs. Wickervich Stone | ||
| Isabella | ||
| 1992 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| 1991 | Alixandra Stone | |
| Rita | ||
| 1989 | Self | |
| Herself | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1988 | Self - Guest | |
| 1985 | Renee Corliss | |
| Self | ||
| 1984 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| 1982 | Waitress | |
| Rosella DeLeon | ||
| Violet Newstead | ||
| 1981 | Claudia Zimmer | |
| Renata Riguel | ||
| 1980 | Lucille Pompi | |
| 1979 | N/A | |
| Self | ||
| Nina | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1978 | Esther Rose | |
| 1977 | N/A | |
| 1976 | Self | |
| Self - Special Guest Star | ||
| Googie Gomez | ||
| 1975 | N/A | |
| 1974 | Self / Divorce Woman / Posy / Spectator / 50s Dancer | |
| Rita Capkovic | ||
| 1971 | Carmela | |
| Louise | ||
| Herself | ||
| 1969 | N/A | |
| Dolores Gonzáles | ||
| Lupe | ||
| Blonde | ||
| 1968 | Self - Interviewee | |
| Self - Guest | ||
| 1967 | Self - Guest | |
| 1965 | Anita | |
| 1963 | Sisa | |
| Margaret Cowls | ||
| 1962 | Self | |
| Woman Convict | ||
| 1961 | Anita | |
| Self | ||
| Rosa Zacharias | ||
| 1960 | N/A | |
| Lola Montalvo | ||
| 1959 | N/A | |
| Inez Sanders | ||
| 1958 | N/A | |
| 1957 | N/A | |
| Hetty Hutter | ||
| Maria Ferrari | ||
| 1956 | Linda | |
| Rita | ||
| Huguette | ||
| Tuptim | ||
| Self - Winner | ||
| Sandra Roberts | ||
| 1955 | N/A | |
| Ula | ||
| N/A | ||
| Julia | ||
| Alicia Conception Osante Williams | ||
| 1954 | Irene | |
| Maria | ||
| Denise Cardoza | ||
| Francesca | ||
| Cantina Singer | ||
| Honey Bear | ||
| Maroa | ||
| 1953 | Jara | |
| Christina | ||
| Bridget Fitzgibbon | ||
| Self | ||
| N/A | ||
| Princess Michal | ||
| 1952 | N/A | |
| Lucy Gomez | ||
| Queli | ||
| Zelda Zanders | ||
| Manuela Rodríguez | ||
| Serene Crane | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1951 | Lit-Lit | |
| 1950 | Terru | |
| Tina | ||
| Dolores Guererro (as Rosita Moreno) | ||
| 1948 | N/A | |
| Self | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Executive Producer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |