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Rita Moreno: Grammy Award
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A petite dynamo whose career has encompassed stage and screen, Rita Moreno is one of only eight individuals to have earned each of the major entertainment awards--the Oscar, Grammy, Emmy and Tony--in competition. (Helen Hayes, John Gielgud, Audrey Hepburn, Marvin Hamlisch, Richard Rodgers, Mel Brooks and Mike Nichols are the others.) While this is an impressive feat for anyone, in Moreno's case it is all the more so as early in her career she had to overcome ethnic typecasting. Indeed, she has played a wide array of role of diverse backgrounds and has avoided being typecast as the "Latin spitfire", a type that hampered actresses like Lupe Velez.
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Actress Rita Moreno hosts Becoming Bilingual, a 30-minute PBS program that examines the challenges of teaching children to read in a new language. The show visits schools and programs in six cities across the country to learn about the different ways schools are working to create bilingual readers. Becoming Bilingual, the seventh episode of the award-winning PBS series Launching Young Readers, will air on public television stations across the country. You can ... watch the entire show online.
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The divine Rita Moreno makes a triumphant return to the Empire Plush Room of the York Hotel after a two year absence. Once again, the multi-award-winning 73-year-old artist is mesmerizing audiences in the intimate room with her singing and storytelling. Her friendliness and openness to the audience is beautifully accomplished. She has that certain charisma that few cabaret people have in reaching an audience.
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In 1962, Moreno returned to the stage, again to critical acclaim. She received a Tony nomination for her role in "National Health," then starred in "The Ritz," for which she won the Tony Award. Additionally, she received the Golden Globe Award, the Golden Apple Award, and the Joseph Jefferson Award as best actress in Chicago's 1968 theatrical season for her brilliant performance as Serafina in "The Rose Tattoo." In 1985 she repeated her Chicago triumph and was awarded the prestigious Sara Siddons Award for her portrayal of Olive Madison in the female version of "The Odd Couple."
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Ultimately, Rita Moreno’s success goes far beyond her ability to act or sing or win awards. In the early 1960s, she criticized what she called Hollywood Jim Crowism. That system, which used to be rampant in the movie industry (and which is still not fully dead), marginalized actors who did not seem to represent mainstream America and cast Latinos and other minorities in menial roles. Rita Moreno’s real contribution has been her ability to transcend the discriminatory practices of Hollywood and set a precedent for Latino actors to be recognized by talent rather than ethnicity.
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Now 74, Moreno is the first and only Hispanic in history to have won the coveted Oscar, the Emmy, the Tony and the Grammy. And while the desire for that audience love still burns in this actress, her heart longs for something even greater.
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