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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
December 11, 1931
Place of Birth
Humacao, Puerto Rico
Also Known As
- Rosa Dolores Alverío
- Rosita Moreno
- ریتا مورنو
Rita Moreno
1.2 Popularity
Biography
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
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Self
A Grammy Celebration of Latin Music
2025
10.0
Self
Clemente
2025
5.0
Self
Hollywood Squares
2025
7.8
Self
Jim Henson Idea Man
2024
5.6
Mrs. Wheeler
The Prank
2024
10.0
Self
My Favorite Things: The Rodgers & Hammerstein 80th Anniversary Concert
2024
6.4
Angelica
Family Switch
2023
7.0
Abuelita
Fast X
2023
6.3
Maura
80 for Brady
2023
6.7
Narrator (voice)
Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration
2022
Credits
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A Grammy Celebration of Latin Music
as Self
2025
0.0
Clemente
as Self
2025
10.0
Hollywood Squares
as Self
2025
5.0
Jim Henson Idea Man
as Self
2024
7.8
The Prank
as Mrs. Wheeler
2024
5.6
My Favorite Things: The Rodgers & Hammerstein 80th Anniversary Concert
as Self
2024
10.0
Family Switch
as Angelica
2023
6.4
Fast X
as Abuelita
2023
7.0
80 for Brady
as Maura
2023
6.3
Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration
as Narrator (voice)
2022
6.7
Santa Bootcamp
as Belle
2022
6.1
My Father's Dragon
as Mrs. McClaren (voice)
2022
7.1
Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter
as Self
2022
8.0
The Jennifer Hudson Show
as Self
2022
5.6
Sherri
as Self - Guest
2022
3.0
Still Working 9 to 5
as Self
2022
10.0
The Stories of West Side Story
as Self
2022
7.8
West Side Story
as Valentina
2021
7.0
Something's Coming: West Side Story
as Self
2021
7.5
Maya and the Three
as Ah Puch (voice)
2021
7.9
Curious George: Cape Ahoy
as Gertrude St. John (voice)
2021
4.9
Wicked in Concert: A Musical Celebration of the Iconic Broadway Score
as Self
2021
10.0
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
as Self
2021
7.5
Stars in the House
as Self
2020
0.0
Green Eggs and Ham
as Dookess (voice)
2019
8.0
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
as Self
2019
0.0
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
2019
6.3
Tamron Hall
as Self - Guest
2019
4.9
Still Laugh-In: The Stars Celebrate
as Self
2019
5.3
Bless This Mess
as Theresa
2019
6.0
Torch
as Aunt Francine
2018
5.0
Every Act of Life
as Self
2018
6.4
One Day at a Time
as Lydia Riera
2017
7.8
West Side Stories: The Making of a Classic
as Self
2016
8.0
De Puerto Rico para el mundo
as Self
2016
1.5
The $100,000 Pyramid
as Self
2016
7.0
To Tell the Truth
as Self - Panelist
2016
6.2
Remember Me
as Nanna
2016
0.0
The Latin Explosion: A New America
as Self
2015
7.9
Nina's World
as Abuelita
2015
10.0
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
2015
6.2
Grace and Frankie
as Lucy Chambers
2015
7.7
A Gift of Miracles
as Beverly Davis
2015
5.8
Actresses Turned Producer/Directors
2014
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Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
2014
4.6
Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks
as Ida Barksdale
2014
2.8
Jane the Virgin
as Liliana De La Vega
2014
7.9
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
as Self - Actress
2014
7.3
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
as Self
2014
6.5
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
as Self
2014
7.8
Rio 2
as Aunt Mimi (voice)
2014
6.5
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest
2014
5.3
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
2014
5.9
Getting On
as Sister Lily Claire
2013
6.3
Welcome to the Family
as Lita
2013
5.3
Nicky Deuce
as Tutti
2013
6.4
Happily Divorced
as Dori Newman
2011
5.7
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The Day Of The Dead
2011
0.0
I Know a Woman Like That
as Self
2009
7.0
Celebrity Habla
as Self
2009
0.0
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
2009
5.1
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's
as Self
2009
0.0
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
as Self
2009
0.0
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
as Self
2008
8.0
In Plain Sight
as Rita Ramirez
2008
7.0
Cane
as Amalia Duque
2007
5.6
The Electric Company's Greatest Hits & Bits
as Self
2006
6.0
Ugly Betty
as Aunt Mirta
2006
6.4
Best Ever Muppet Moments
as Self
2006
6.0
The Reichen Show
as Self
2005
4.8
Wanted
as Mrs. Kelly
2005
7.2
Grey's Anatomy
as Gayle McColl
2005
8.2
The Life and Times of Frida Kahlo
as Narrator (voice)
2005
6.2
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
as Mildred Quintana
2005
8.1
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
as Self
2004
8.0
King of the Corner
as Inez
2004
5.7
Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me
as Self (voice)
2004
7.0
Scooby-Doo! and the Monster of Mexico
as Doña Dolores / Woman #3 (voice)
2003
7.3
The Handler
2003
6.4
Casa de los Babys
as Señora Muñoz
2003
5.4
West Side Memories
as Self
2003
0.0
Open House
as Lydia Fitch
2003
3.0
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
as Self
2002
6.5
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
2002
6.2
George Lopez
as Luisa Diaz
2002
7.6
Piñero
as Miguel's Mother
2001
5.9
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Frances Goren
2001
7.6
The Guardian
as Caroline Novack
2001
6.9
Strong Medicine
as Lydia
2000
7.3
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When It Was a Game 3
as Passage Narrator (voice)
2000
9.0
Blue Moon
as Maggie Cavallo
2000
5.0
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Mildred Quintana
1999
7.9
The Rockford Files: If It Bleeds... It Leads
as Rita Kapkovic Landale
1999
6.0
Resurrection
as Mimi
1999
5.0
Carlo's Wake
as Angela Torello
1999
0.0
Slums of Beverly Hills
as Belle Abromowitz
1998
6.3
The Spree
as Irma Kelly
1998
4.3
The View
as Self - Guest
1997
4.3
Oz
as Sister Peter Marie Reimondo
1997
8.0
The Wharf Rat
as Mom
1996
4.6
Angus
as Madame Rulenska
1995
6.6
Carmen Miranda: Bananas Is My Business
as Self
1995
7.4
Women of the House
as Self
1995
6.0
Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King
as Self
1995
8.5
I Like It Like That
as Rosaria Linares
1994
6.2
Touched by an Angel
as Amanda Revere
1994
7.2
The Cosby Mysteries
1994
5.3
The Magic School Bus
as Dr. Carmina Skeledon (voice)
1994
7.6
Italian Movie
as Isabella
1994
0.0
Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl
as Self
1994
9.0
Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego?
as Carmen Sandiego (voice)
1994
7.4
Burke's Law
as Jackie Lodge
1994
6.7
Intimate Portrait
as Self
1993
4.5
The Nanny
as Mrs. Wickervich Stone
1993
8.1
Hearts Afire
as Senator Rhonda Hall
1992
7.3
The Larry Sanders Show
1992
7.7
Top of the Heap
as Alixandra Stone
1991
6.0
Age Isn't Everything
as Rita
1991
2.0
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
as Ella Salvador (voice)
1990
6.8
Rita Moreno: Now You Can!
as Self
1989
0.0
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1989 Walt Disney World 4th of July Spectacular
as Self
1989
0.0
B.L. Stryker
as Kimberly Baskin
1989
6.0
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest
1988
5.4
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
as Self (archive footage)
1986
7.0
The Golden Girls
as Renee Corliss
1985
7.6
The Muppet Revue
as Self
1985
0.0
The Cosby Show
as Mrs. Granger
1984
7.0
Miami Vice
as Congresswoman Madelyn Woods
1984
7.5
Working
as Waitress
1982
3.5
Portrait of a Showgirl
as Rosella DeLeon
1982
8.0
9 to 5
as Violet Newstead
1982
6.8
The Four Seasons
as Claudia Zimmer
1981
6.2
Evita Peron
as Renata Riguel
1981
0.0
Happy Birthday, Gemini
as Lucille Pompi
1980
3.0
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
6.5
The Muppets Go Hollywood
as Self
1979
6.2
Anatomy of a Seduction
as Nina
1979
5.5
The Marti Caine Show
1979
0.0
The Boss' Son
as Esther Rose
1978
0.0
The Love Boat
as Gladys Gordon
1977
6.3
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Lanigan's Rabbi
as Millie Hillman
1977
5.0
The Captain and Tennille
as Self
1976
5.5
The Muppet Show
as Self - Special Guest Star
1976
8.0
The Ritz
as Googie Gomez
1976
5.9
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On the Rocks
1975
5.0
Out to Lunch
as Self / Divorce Woman / Posy / Spectator / 50s Dancer
1974
6.0
Dinah!
as Self
1974
6.7
The Rockford Files
as Rita Capkovic
1974
7.6
The Electric Company
as Carmela
1971
7.1
Carnal Knowledge
as Louise
1971
6.6
Voice of La Raza
as Self
1971
0.0
Medical Center
as Lydia Neal
1969
6.1
Marlowe
as Dolores Gonzáles
1969
6.0
Popi
as Lupe
1969
6.2
The Night of the Following Day
as Blonde
1969
6.0
60 Minutes
as Self
1968
6.6
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
1968
6.8
The Carol Burnett Show
as Self - Guest
1967
7.7
Seaway
as Annabelle
1965
5.0
Run for Your Life
as Anita
1965
7.2
Cry of Battle
as Sisa
1963
4.2
Burke's Law
as Margaret Cowls
1963
6.0
Miss USA
as Self - Judge
1963
6.0
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.5
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
6.2
Samar
as Woman Convict
1962
0.0
West Side Story
as Anita
1961
7.2
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
5.4
Summer and Smoke
as Rosa Zacharias
1961
6.5
Mga Alamat Ng Sandaigdig
1960
0.0
This Rebel Breed
as Lola Montalvo
1960
6.0
Adventures in Paradise
as Inez Sanders
1959
5.7
Bourbon Street Beat
1959
5.0
Cimarron City
1958
5.0
Trackdown
as Tina
1957
6.4
The Deerslayer
as Hetty Hutter
1957
6.0
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
as Maria Ferrari
1957
6.2
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Linda
1956
6.0
Playhouse 90
as Rita
1956
7.6
The Vagabond King
as Huguette
1956
5.7
The King and I
as Tuptim
1956
7.1
Tony Awards
as Self - Winner
1956
5.9
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
1956
5.9
The Lieutenant Wore Skirts
as Sandra Roberts
1956
5.5
Matinee Theater
1955
5.0
Seven Cities of Gold
as Ula
1955
5.5
The 20th Century Fox Hour
as Sonseeahray
1955
5.4
Untamed
as Julia
1955
5.6
The Millionaire
as Alicia Conception Osante Williams
1955
5.0
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Chulita
1954
7.8
Climax!
as Irene
1954
3.3
Climax!
as Maria
1954
3.3
Climax!
as Denise Cardoza
1954
3.3
Climax!
as Francesca
1954
3.3
Garden of Evil
as Cantina Singer
1954
6.1
The Yellow Tomahawk
as Honey Bear
1954
6.0
Jivaro
as Maroa
1954
5.2
El Alaméin
as Jara
1953
0.0
Latin Lovers
as Christina
1953
4.3
Fort Vengeance
as Bridget Fitzgibbon
1953
6.2
The Oscars
as Self
1953
7.0
General Electric Theater
1953
6.4
General Electric Theater
as Princess Michal
1953
6.4
The Abbott and Costello Show
as Telegram delivery girl
1952
7.2
The Ford Television Theatre
as Serene Crane
1952
7.3
Cavalcade of America
1952
3.5
The Ring
as Lucy Gomez
1952
4.7
Cattle Town
as Queli
1952
6.7
Singin' in the Rain
as Zelda Zanders
1952
8.1
The Fabulous Senorita
as Manuela Rodríguez
1952
6.0
China Smith
1952
0.0
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Lit-Lit
1951
7.2
Pagan Love Song
as Terru
1950
4.8
The Toast of New Orleans
as Tina
1950
4.9
So Young, So Bad
as Dolores Guererro
1950
5.1
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Ford Theatre
1948
0.0
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
1944
7.2
Theirs
N/A
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