Rita Moreno

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Humacao, Puerto Rico, 1931-12-11

Died: null

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1950	So Young, So Bad	Dolores Guererro	54
2	1950	The Toast of New Orleans	Tina	52
3	1950	Pagan Love Song	Terru	48
4	1952	The Fabulous Senorita	Manuela Rodríguez	60
5	1952	Singin' in the Rain	Zelda Zanders	81
6	1952	Cattle Town	Queli	67
7	1952	The Ring	Lucy Gomez	47
8	1953	Fort Vengeance	Bridget Fitzgibbon	62
9	1953	Latin Lovers	Christina	46
10	1953	El Alaméin	Jara	0
11	1954	Jivaro	Maroa	52
12	1954	The Yellow Tomahawk	Honey Bear	60
13	1954	Garden of Evil	Cantina Singer	61
14	1955	Untamed	Julia	56
15	1955	Seven Cities of Gold	Ula	55
16	1956	The Lieutenant Wore Skirts	Sandra Roberts	55
17	1956	The King and I	Tuptim	70
18	1956	The Vagabond King	Huguette	57
19	1957	The Deerslayer	Hetty Hutter	54
20	1960	This Rebel Breed	Lola Montalvo	60
21	1960	Mga Alamat Ng Sandaigdig		0
22	1961	Summer and Smoke	Rosa Zacharias	67
23	1961	West Side Story	Anita	73
24	1962	Samar	Woman Convict	0
25	1963	Cry of Battle	Sisa	42
26	1969	The Night of the Following Day	Blonde	60
27	1969	Popi	Lupe	61
28	1969	Marlowe	Dolores Gonzáles	59
29	1971	Voice of La Raza	Self	0
30	1971	Carnal Knowledge	Louise	66
31	1974	Out to Lunch	Self / Divorce Woman / Posy / Spectator / 50s Dancer	60
32	1976	The Ritz	Googie Gomez	61
33	1978	The Boss' Son	Esther Rose	0
34	1979	Anatomy of a Seduction	Nina	55
35	1979	The Muppets Go Hollywood	Self	63
36	1980	Happy Birthday, Gemini	Lucille Pompi	38
37	1981	Evita Peron	Renata Riguel	0
38	1981	The Four Seasons	Claudia Zimmer	63
39	1982	Portrait of a Showgirl	Rosella DeLeon	80
40	1982	Working	Waitress	43
41	1985	The Muppet Revue	Self	0
42	1986	The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years	Self (archive footage)	50
43	1989	1989 Walt Disney World 4th of July Spectacular	Self	0
44	1989	Rita Moreno: Now You Can!	Self	0
45	1991	Age Isn't Everything	Rita	20
46	1993	Italian Movie	Isabella	0
47	1994	Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl	Self	90
48	1994	I Like It Like That	Rosaria Linares	64
49	1995	Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King	Self	85
50	1995	Carmen Miranda: Bananas Is My Business	Self	74
51	1995	Angus	Madame Rulenska	65
52	1996	The Wharf Rat	Mom	55
53	1998	The Spree	Irma Kelly	50
54	1998	Slums of Beverly Hills	Belle Abromowitz	63
55	1999	Carlo's Wake	Angela Torello	0
56	1999	Resurrection	Mimi	50
57	1999	The Rockford Files: If It Bleeds... It Leads	Rita Kapkovic Landale	60
58	2000	Blue Moon	Maggie Cavallo	0
59	2001	Piñero	Miguel's Mother	62
60	2002	AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories	Self	70
61	2003	Open House	Lydia Fitch	30
62	2003	West Side Memories	Self	0
63	2003	Casa de los Babys	Señora Muñoz	55
64	2003	Scooby-Doo! and the Monster of Mexico	Doña Dolores / Woman #3 (voice)	73
65	2004	Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me	Self (voice)	70
66	2004	King of the Corner	Inez	57
67	2004	AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies	Self	80
68	2005	The Life and Times of Frida Kahlo	Narrator (voice)	62
69	2006	Best Ever Muppet Moments	Self	60
70	2006	The Electric Company's Greatest Hits & Bits	Self	60
71	2008	Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History	Self	70
72	2009	Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression	Self	0
73	2009	Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's	Self	0
74	2009	Celebrity Habla	Self	0
75	2009	I Know a Woman Like That	Self	70
76	2011	The Day Of The Dead		0
77	2013	Nicky Deuce	Tutti	64
78	2014	And the Oscar Goes To...	Self (archive footage)	70
79	2014	Rio 2	Aunt Mimi (voice)	65
80	2014	Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women	Self	65
81	2014	Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire	Self - Actress	73
82	2014	Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks	Ida Barksdale	32
83	2014	Actresses Turned Producer/Directors		0
84	2015	A Gift of Miracles	Beverly Davis	58
85	2015	The Latin Explosion: A New America	Self	81
86	2016	Remember Me	Nanna	0
87	2016	De Puerto Rico para el mundo	Self	15
88	2016	West Side Stories: The Making of a Classic	Self	80
89	2018	Every Act of Life	Self	70
90	2018	Torch	Aunt Francine	0
91	2019	Still Laugh-In: The Stars Celebrate	Self	53
92	2019	Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage	Self	0
93	2021	Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It	Self	74
94	2021	Wicked in Concert: A Musical Celebration of the Iconic Broadway Score	Self	100
95	2021	Curious George: Cape Ahoy	Gertrude St. John (voice)	40
96	2021	Something's Coming: West Side Story	Self	75
97	2021	West Side Story	Valentina	70
98	2022	The Stories of West Side Story	Self	78
99	2022	Still Working 9 to 5	Self	100
100	2022	Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter	Self	80
101	2022	My Father's Dragon	Mrs. McClaren (voice)	71
102	2022	Santa Bootcamp	Belle	61
103	2022	Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration	Narrator (voice)	68
104	2023	80 for Brady	Maura	63
105	2023	Fast X	Abuelita	71
106	2023	Paul Newman: The Restless	Self (archive footage)	81
107	2023	Family Switch	Angelica	64
108	2024	My Favorite Things: The Rodgers & Hammerstein 80th Anniversary Concert	Self	100
109		Theirs		0
110	2024	Clemente	Self	0
111	2024	The Prank	Mrs. Wheeler	49
112	2024	Jim Henson Idea Man	Self	78

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1944	Golden Globe Awards	Self - Nominee	68
2	1948	The Ed Sullivan Show	Self	66
3	1948	Ford Theatre		0
4	1951	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars	Lit-Lit	70
5	1952	China Smith		0
6	1952	Cavalcade of America		35
7	1952	The Ford Television Theatre	Serene Crane	70
8	1953	General Electric Theater		60
9	1953	General Electric Theater	Princess Michal	60
10	1953	The Oscars	Self	70
11	1954	Climax!	Irene	30
12	1954	Climax!	Maria	30
13	1954	Climax!	Denise Cardoza	30
14	1954	Climax!	Francesca	30
15	1955	The Millionaire	Alicia Conception Osante Williams	50
16	1955	The 20th Century Fox Hour		52
17	1955	Matinee Theater		46
18	1956	Tony Awards	Self - Winner	46
19	1956	Tony Awards	Self - Presenter	46
20	1956	Playhouse 90	Rita	75
21	1956	Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre	Linda	55
22	1957	Richard Diamond, Private Detective	Maria Ferrari	62
23	1957	Trackdown		64
24	1958	Cimarron City		50
25	1959	Bourbon Street Beat		50
26	1959	Adventures in Paradise	Inez Sanders	57
27	1961	The Mike Douglas Show	Self	51
28	1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Self	74
29	1963	Miss USA	Judge	60
30	1963	Burke's Law	Margaret Cowls	60
31	1965	Run for Your Life	Anita	72
32	1965	Seaway	Annabelle	50
33	1967	The Carol Burnett Show	Self - Guest	76
34	1968	The Dick Cavett Show	Self - Guest	67
35	1968	60 Minutes	Self	67
36	1969	Medical Center		61
37	1971	The Electric Company	Carmela	71
38	1974	The Rockford Files	Rita Capkovic	75
39	1974	Dinah!	Self	65
40	1975	On the Rocks		50
41	1976	The Muppet Show	Self - Special Guest Star	80
42	1976	The Captain and Tennille	Self	55
43	1977	Lanigan's Rabbi		50
44	1977	The Love Boat	Gladys Gordon	63
45	1979	The Marti Caine Show		0
46	1979	Trapper John, M.D.		63
47	1982	9 to 5	Violet Newstead	68
48	1984	Miami Vice		74
49	1984	The Cosby Show	Mrs. Granger	70
50	1985	The Golden Girls	Renee Corliss	75
51	1988	LIVE with Kelly and Mark	Self - Guest	55
52	1989	B.L. Stryker	Kimberly Baskin	60
53	1991	Top of the Heap	Alixandra Stone	60
54	1992	The Larry Sanders Show		77
55	1992	Hearts Afire	Senator Rhonda Hall	80
56	1993	The Nanny	Mrs. Wickervich Stone	81
57	1993	Intimate Portrait	Self	45
58	1994	Burke's Law	Jackie Lodge	67
59	1994	The Cosby Mysteries		53
60	1994	Where on Earth is Carmen Sandiego?	Carmen Sandiego (voice)	73
61	1994	The Magic School Bus	(voice)	76
62	1994	Touched by an Angel	Amanda Revere	72
63	1995	Women of the House	Self	60
64	1997	Oz	Sister Peter Marie Reimondo	80
65	1997	Oz (TV Series 1997-2003)	Sister Peter Marie Reimondo	0
66	1997	The View	Self - Guest	45
67	1999	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Mildred Quintana	79
68	2000	Strong Medicine	Lydia	71
69	2001	The Guardian		70
70	2001	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Frances Goren	76
71	2002	George Lopez	Luisa Diaz	76
72	2003	The Handler		70
73	2005	Law & Order: Trial by Jury	Mildred Quintana	80
74	2005	Grey's Anatomy	Gayle McColl	82
75	2005	Wanted		73
76	2005	The Reichen Show	Self	48
77	2006	Ugly Betty	Aunt Mirta	63
78	2007	Cane	Amalia Duque	64
79	2009	Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen	Self - Guest	49
80	2011	Happily Divorced	Dori Newman	60
81	2013	Welcome to the Family	Lita	54
82	2014	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon	Self	58
83	2014	Last Week Tonight with John Oliver	Self	79
84	2014	Jane the Virgin	Liliana De La Vega	79
85	2014	Variety Studio: Actors on Actors	Self	44
86	2015	Grace and Frankie	Lucy Chambers	77
87	2015	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert	Self	65
88	2015	Nina's World	Abuelita	100
89	2016	To Tell the Truth	Self - Panelist	60
90	2016	The $100,000 Pyramid	Self	73
91	2017	One Day at a Time	Lydia Riera	79
92	2019	Bless This Mess	Theresa	61
93	2019	Tamron Hall	Self - Guest	51
94	2019	The Kelly Clarkson Show		63
95	2019	Green Eggs and Ham	Dookess (voice)	80
96	2020	Stars in the House	Self	0
97	2021	Maya and the Three	Ah Puch (voice)	78
98	2022	The Jennifer Hudson Show	Self	66
99	2022	Sherri	Self - Guest	42
100	2025	Hollywood Squares	Self	0