Rita Moreno

Rita Moreno

  • Born: 1931-12-11
  • Birthplace: Puerto Rico
  • Height: 5' 2½" (1.59 m)
  • Profession: Actor, dancer
  • Nationality: America
  • Rita Moreno (Rita Moreno), female, born in Puerto Rico on December 11, 1931, is an American film actor and dancer. His works include "Rio2" and so on.
    In 1961, she won the 34th Oscar for Best Supporting Actress with "West Side Story" and became the first Hispanic woman to win an Oscar [1]  .
    In 2004, Rita Moreno was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by then-U.S. President George Walker Bush [1]  . In 2010, he was awarded the American National Medal of Arts . In 2014, Rita Moreno won the Screen Actors Guild Awards Lifetime Achievement Award [2]  .
    Rita Moreno is one of 12 people in the world who have won Emmy Awards, Grammy Awards , Oscar Awards, and Tony Awards at the same time , and is also the first Latino woman to win these four awards [2]  .

    Performing Experience

    Rita Moreno was born in Puerto Rico in 1931 and began living in New York at the age of 5. She has been learning dance since she was a child, and she began to perform in Hollywood at the age of 13. When he was 14 years old, he began to get involved in the film industry, and his performance in the musical "Singing in the Rain" and "The King and I" left a deep impression on people   .
    In 1950, he officially appeared in the film "Caifeng Chaoyang". In 1961, she won the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress and the 34th Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her outstanding acting and dancing skills in "West Side Story"   , becoming the first Hispanic woman to win an Oscar   .
    In 1972, Rita Moreno won the Grammy Awards for the soundtrack of the TV "The Electric Company" . Three years later, Rita won the 29th Tony Awards for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama with the musical "The Ritz"   .
    In 1977, she won the 29th Primetime Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actress   in a Variety Show/Music Program with "The Muppet Show" , and became the 9th winner of the Triple Crown of Acting American performance awards (Tony Award, Emmy Award and Oscar Award) ) Actors   .
    In 2004, Rita Moreno was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. In an interview, Rita Moreno talked about his experience as an actor in Hollywood: "Our actors at that time were all proficient in 18 martial arts. We were good at singing and dancing, but Funny and sensational. When I was an actor, I had to do everything in my hands." 
    In 2014, Rita Moreno won the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Screen Actors Guild   . In 2010, he was awarded the American National Medal of Arts at the White House   .
    In 2017, Rita Moreno was selected as the "No. 1" women's topic planned by the American "Time" magazine. She is one of 12 people in the world who have won Emmy Awards, Grammy Awards, Oscar Awards, and Tony Awards at the same time. She is also the first Latino woman to win these four awards   .
    In 2019, Moreno won the George Foster Peabody awards , becoming the first Hispanic to receive the award. After receiving this award, she became the Grand Slam winner of PEGOT (George Foster Peabody awards, Emmy Awards, Grammy Awards, Oscars, and Tony Awards). Prior to this, only two people had this honor-director Mike Nico And actor Barbra Streisand.