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Rita Moreno: West Side Story
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Rita Moreno is the only living female performer to have won all four of the most prestigious show business awards: the Oscar, the Emmy, the Tony and the Grammy. She has, in fact, been listed in the Guinness Book of World Records for this achievement. Rita Moreno earned the Oscar for the 1962 motion picture, West Side Story the two Emmys for her 1977 appearance on The Muppet Show and for a guest appearance on The Rockford Files in 1978 the Tony for her 1975 triumph on Broadway in The Ritz and the Grammy for her 1972 performance on The Electric Company Album for children. In 1995, Ms. Moreno received a star on The Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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Rita Moreno (Humacao, Puerto Rico, 11 december 1931) is een Puertoricaans actrice. In de musical West Side Story speelde ze de rol van Anita, het meisje van de bendeleider van de Puertoricaanse straatbende de Sharks, die later wordt vermoord. Ze speelt deze rol met veel emotie en het nummer "America" kreeg door haar een fellere draai. Ze kreeg voor deze film de prijs voor beste vrouwelijke bijrol.
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Talent, versatility, perseverance, and a hot rack and backside have been the mainstays of Puerto Rican wonder woman Rita Moreno's forty-plus years holding the fickle light of fame. As Anita, she was the only Latina in all of West Side Story (1961). In the early 1970s hers was a signature character on the long-running PBS kids show The Electric Company.
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Since then, Rita Moreno's career has advanced steadily. Moreno made some 25 films early in her career but was cast in too many as a "Mexican spitfire" or an "Indian maiden." Among the films Rita Moreno made during this period was "Untamed," "Seven Cities of Gold," "The Lieutenant Wore Skirts," "Garden of Evil," and was featured as "Tuptim" in "The King and I." It was only after Rita Moreno won an Oscar for her outstanding performance as "Anita" in "West Side Story'," which gained international acclaim, that she was finally recognized as a major talent.
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Born in Puerto Rico, Moreno was five years old when her mother moved them to New York. She started dancing lessons the next year, and at age 13 had her Broadway debut in "Skydrift." At seventeen, she signed a contract with MGM, and from that point on her career steadily advanced. She made some thirty films early in her career, too often typecast as a Mexican spitfire or an Indian maiden. It was only after she won an Academy Award for her outstanding performance as Anita in "West Side Story," which gained international acclaim, that she was finally recognized as a major talent.
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Rita Moreno's extensive career in music, film and dance ranges from her Academy-Award winning performance as Anita in the 1962 motion picture "West Side Story" to her two Emmy Award-winning performances on "The Muppet Show." She is the only female performer to win all four of the entertainment industry's most prestigious awards - the Oscar, the Emmy, the Tony and the Grammy.
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