Rita Moreno
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.
217 acting credits
Acting · 217
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Grey's Anatomy
2005
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
The Love Boat
1977
Golden Globe Awards
1944
The Nanny
1993
Miami Vice
1984
The View
1997
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
Jane the Virgin
2014
Strong Medicine
2000
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
The Guardian
2001
Oz
1997
The Rockford Files
1974
Sherri
2022
The Cosby Show
1984
The Golden Girls
1985
Touched by an Angel
1994
Tony Awards
1956
Ugly Betty
2006
Climax!
1954
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
60 Minutes
1968
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
The Carol Burnett Show
1967
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
2014
Burke's Law
1963
Grace and Frankie
2015
Fast X
2023
Medical Center
1969
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
Matinee Theater
1955
Run for Your Life
1965
Tamron Hall
2019
Stars in the House
2020
Intimate Portrait
1993
The Larry Sanders Show
1992
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
The Oscars
1953
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
The Reichen Show
2005
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
1990
In Plain Sight
2008
Adventures in Paradise
1959
Dinah!
1974
Miss USA
1963
To Tell the Truth
2016
Playhouse 90
1956
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957
One Day at a Time
2017
Trackdown
1957
The Millionaire
1955
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
Burke's Law
1994
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
2005
Cavalcade of America
1952
Green Eggs and Ham
2019
The Electric Company
1971
The Magic School Bus
1994
The $100,000 Pyramid
2016
The Abbott and Costello Show
1952
The Muppet Show
1976
Hearts Afire
1992
Maya and the Three
2021
Bourbon Street Beat
1959
George Lopez
2002
Singin' in the Rain
1952
Rio 2
2014
Hollywood Squares
2025
Getting On
2013
Wanted 2005
2005
The Handler
2003
Bless This Mess
2019
Cane
2007
Ford Theatre
1948
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego?
1994
Family Switch
2023
Women of the House
1995
West Side Story
2021
The Captain and Tennille
1976
B.L. Stryker
1989
9 to 5
1982
West Side Story
1961
Happily Divorced
2011
General Electric Theater
1953
The King and I
1956
Welcome to the Family
2013
Seaway
1965
The Cosby Mysteries
1994
Nina's World
2015
China Smith
1952
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration
2022
Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter
2022
Cimarron City
1958
80 for Brady
2023
Top of the Heap
1991
The Marti Caine Show
1979
Carnal Knowledge
1971
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
2021
Jim Henson Idea Man
2024
My Father's Dragon
2022
Scooby-Doo! and the Monster of Mexico
2003
Angus
1995
On the Rocks
1975
Lanigan's Rabbi
1977
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
2004
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
2002
Untamed
1955
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
2008
Marlowe
1969
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
1986
Every Act of Life
2018
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
2014
Curious George: Cape Ahoy
2021
Slums of Beverly Hills
1998
The Night of the Following Day
1969
The Prank
2024
The Muppets Go Hollywood
1979
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
2019
Garden of Evil
1954
The Four Seasons
1981
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
2014
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's
2009
My Favorite Things: The Rodgers & Hammerstein 80th Anniversary Concert
2024
The Ritz
1976
A Grammy Celebration of Latin Music
2025
Italian Movie
1994
Nicky Deuce
2013
I Like It Like That
1994
Working
1982
Evita Peron
1981
Piñero
2001
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
2002
Still Working 9 to 5
2022
Open House
2003
The Life and Times of Frida Kahlo
2005
Still Laugh-In: The Stars Celebrate
2019
Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl
1994
Resurrection
1999
Out to Lunch
1974
The Electric Company's Greatest Hits & Bits
2006
King of the Corner
2004
The Deerslayer
1957
Popi
1969
Summer and Smoke
1961
Casa de los Babys
2003
So Young, So Bad
1950
Seven Cities of Gold
1955
Jivaro
1954
The Rockford Files: If It Bleeds... It Leads
1999
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
2009
Blue Moon
2000
Latin Lovers
1953
The Spree
1998
The Lieutenant Wore Skirts
1956
Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks
2014
The Vagabond King
1956
Santa Bootcamp
2022
A Gift of Miracles
2015
De Puerto Rico para el mundo
2016
The Yellow Tomahawk
1954
The Latin Explosion: A New America
2015
Something's Coming: West Side Story
2021
Pagan Love Song
1950
The Toast of New Orleans
1950
Clemente
2025
Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King
1995
The Stories of West Side Story
2022
1989 Walt Disney World 4th of July Spectacular
1989
Torch
2018
Samar
1962
West Side Stories: The Making of a Classic
2016
Remember Me
2016
Fort Vengeance
1953
Happy Birthday, Gemini
1980
Carmen Miranda: Bananas Is My Business
1995
Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me
2004
Carlo's Wake
1999
Cattle Town
1952
Wicked in Concert: A Musical Celebration of the Iconic Broadway Score
2021
The Boss' Son
1978
Portrait of a Showgirl
1982
The Ring
1952
El Alaméin
1953
Theirs
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Best Ever Muppet Moments
2006
This Rebel Breed
1960
Celebrity Habla
2009
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
1982
The Wharf Rat
1996
When It Was a Game 3
2000
Mga Alamat Ng Sandaigdig
1960
West Side Memories
2003
Anatomy of a Seduction
1979
The Fabulous Senorita
1952
The Muppet Revue
1985
Voice of La Raza
1971
Age Isn't Everything
1991
I Know a Woman Like That
2009
Cry of Battle
1963
Actresses Turned Producer/Directors
2014
Rita Moreno: Now You Can!
1989
When Medicine Got It Wrong
2009
The Day Of The Dead
2011