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Rita Moreno: West Side Story
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Moreno is one of a select group of performers to have won all four of the most prestigious show business awards: The Oscar, The Emmy, The Tony and The Grammy. The Oscar was for her performance as Anita in the 1962 motion picture West Side Story. The two Emmys were for a 1977 variety appearance on "The Muppet Show" and a 1978 dramatic guest appearance on "The Rockford Files." The Tony was for her 1973 triumph on Broadway as Googie Gomez in The Ritz. The Grammy was for her 1972 performance on "The Electric Company Album" for children, which was based on the long-running television show of the same name. Other film credits include Singin' in the Rain and The King and I, while additional Broadway credits include The Odd Couple, The Last of the Red Hot Lovers and The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window.
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Rita Moreno's versatility as a performer has led to decades of success on stage, screen, and television. She is the only female entertainer to have won all four of the most prestigious show business awards: the Oscar for the role of Anita in the 1962 film West Side Story, the Tony for the role of Googie Gomez in the 1975 production of The Ritz, Emmy awards in 1977 and 1978 for appearances on The Muppet Show and The Rockford Files, and a Grammy for her 1972 performance on The Electric Company Album. She has ... received dozens of other show business awards, most notably, The Golden Globe Award and the Joseph Jefferson Award as best actress in Chicago's theatrical season in 1968 for her performance as Serafina in The Rose Tattoo. She received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1995.
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Moreno is perhaps best known for her work in West Side Story (1961), a modern musical inspired by Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. A versatile performer, she had to sing, dance, and handle very dramatic scenes during the course of the film. She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Anita, the tough, but vulnerable girlfriend to the Sharks' gang leader. Moreno became the first Hispanic actress to receive the honor.
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Rita Moreno shares with you the secrets to her beauty and vitality along with her winning philosophy. As recorded in the Guinness Book Of World Records, she is the only woman to have won each of the entertainment industry's major awards: A Tony for a Broadway performance, two Emmy's for television, and an Academy Award for the film West Side Story.
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After her success with West Side Story, Moreno took on a range of interesting roles on stage and in films. She performed with the likes of Marlon Brando, Jack Nicholson, and James Garner. Her career took another interesting turn in the 1970s when joined the cast of The Electric Company, a children's television program. She stayed with the program for six seasons and became known for her trademark catchphrase, "Hey, you guys." She and the rest of the cast won a Grammy in 1972 for the show's soundtrack. Only a few years later, she won a Tony for her work in The Ritz.
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Moreno says no one had ever seen a musical like "West Side Story,'' where costumes didn't have sequins and spangles and the actors weren't "beautiful people.'' It was about gangs -- people fearing each other. "When was the last time you saw a musical about people at war with each other?'' she asks. "When was the last time you saw a story being driven forward by dances and songs?"
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