Rita Moreno
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Dec 11, 1931 (age 94)
- Place of birth
- Humacao, Puerto Rico
- Credits
- 220
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
Filmography
A Grammy Celebration of Latin Music
2025Movie
Self
Clemente
2025Movie
Self
Hollywood Squares
2025TV
Self
Jim Henson Idea Man
2024Movie
Self
The Prank
2024Movie
Mrs. Wheeler
My Favorite Things: The Rodgers & Hammerstein 80th Anniversary Concert
2024Movie
Self
Family Switch
2023Movie
Angelica
Paul Newman: The Restless
2023Movie
Self (archive footage)
Fast X
2023Movie
Abuelita
80 for Brady
2023Movie
Maura
Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration
2022Movie
Narrator (voice)
Santa Bootcamp
2022Movie
Belle
My Father's Dragon
2022Movie
Mrs. McClaren (voice)
Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter
2022Movie
Self
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022TV
Self
Sherri
2022TV
Self - Guest
Still Working 9 to 5
2022Movie
Self
The Stories of West Side Story
2022Movie
Self
West Side Story
2021Movie
Valentina
Something's Coming: West Side Story
2021Movie
Self
Maya and the Three
2021TV
Ah Puch (voice)
Curious George: Cape Ahoy
2021Movie
Gertrude St. John (voice)
Wicked in Concert: A Musical Celebration of the Iconic Broadway Score
2021Movie
Self
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
2021Movie
Self
Stars in the House
2020TV
Self
Green Eggs and Ham
2019TV
Dookess (voice)
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
2019Movie
Self
The Tamron Hall Show
2019TV
Self - Guest
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019TV
Self
Still Laugh-In: The Stars Celebrate
2019Movie
Self
Bless This Mess
2019TV
Theresa
Carmen Sandiego
2019TV
Cookie Booker (voice)
Torch
2018Movie
Aunt Francine
Every Act of Life
2018Movie
Self
One Day at a Time
2017TV
Lydia Riera
West Side Stories: The Making of a Classic
2016Movie
Self
De Puerto Rico para el mundo
2016Movie
Self
The $100,000 Pyramid
2016TV
Self
To Tell the Truth
2016TV
Self - Panelist
Remember Me
2016Movie
Nanna
The Latin Explosion: A New America
2015Movie
Self
Nina's World
2015TV
Abuelita
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015TV
Self
Grace and Frankie
2015TV
Lucy Chambers
A Gift of Miracles
2015Movie
Beverly Davis
Actresses Turned Producer/Directors
2014Movie
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014TV
Self
Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks
2014Movie
Ida Barksdale
Jane the Virgin
2014TV
Liliana De La Vega
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
2014Movie
Self - Actress
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
2014Movie
Self
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
2014TV
Self - Guest
Rio 2
2014Movie
Aunt Mimi (voice)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014TV
Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014TV
Self
Getting On
2013TV
Sister Lily Claire
Welcome to the Family
2013TV
Lita
Nicky Deuce
2013Movie
Tutti
Happily Divorced
2011TV
Dori Newman
The Day Of The Dead
2011Movie
I Know a Woman Like That
2009Movie
Self
Celebrity Habla
2009Movie
Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009TV
Self - Guest
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's
2009Movie
Self
When Medicine Got It Wrong
2009Movie
Narrator
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
2009Movie
Self
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
2008Movie
Self
In Plain Sight
2008TV
Rita Ramirez
Cane
2007TV
Amalia Duque
The Electric Company's Greatest Hits & Bits
2006Movie
Self
Ugly Betty
2006TV
Aunt Mirta
Best Ever Muppet Moments
2006Movie
Self
The Reichen Show
2005TV
Self
Wanted
2005TV
Mrs. Kelly
Grey's Anatomy
2005TV
Gayle McColl
The Life and Times of Frida Kahlo
2005Movie
Narrator (voice)
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
2005TV
Mildred Quintana
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
2004Movie
Self
King of the Corner
2004Movie
Inez
Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me
2004Movie
Self (voice)
Scooby-Doo! and the Monster of Mexico
2003Movie
Doña Dolores / Woman #3 (voice)
The Handler
2003TV
Casa de los Babys
2003Movie
Señora Muñoz
West Side Memories
2003Movie
Self
Open House
2003Movie
Lydia Fitch
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
2002Movie
Self
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
2002Movie
George Lopez
2002TV
Luisa Diaz
Piñero
2001Movie
Miguel's Mother
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001TV
Frances Goren
The Guardian
2001TV
Caroline Novack
Strong Medicine
2000TV
Lydia
When It Was a Game 3
2000Movie
Passage Narrator (voice)
Blue Moon
2000Movie
Maggie Cavallo
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999TV
Mildred Quintana
The Rockford Files: If It Bleeds... It Leads
1999Movie
Rita Kapkovic Landale
Resurrection
1999Movie
Mimi
Carlo's Wake
1999Movie
Angela Torello
Slums of Beverly Hills
1998Movie
Belle Abromowitz
The Spree
1998Movie
Irma Kelly
The View
1997TV
Self - Guest
Oz
1997TV
Sister Peter Marie Reimondo
The Wharf Rat
1996Movie
Mom
Angus
1995Movie
Madame Rulenska
Carmen Miranda: Bananas Is My Business
1995Movie
Self
Women of the House
1995TV
Self
Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King
1995Movie
Self
I Like It Like That
1994Movie
Rosaria Linares
The Cosby Mysteries
1994TV
Touched by an Angel
1994TV
Amanda Revere
The Magic School Bus
1994TV
Dr. Carmina Skeledon (voice)
Italian Movie
1994Movie
Isabella
Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl
1994Movie
Self
Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego?
1994TV
Carmen Sandiego (voice)
Burke's Law
1994TV
Jackie Lodge
Intimate Portrait
1993TV
Self
The Nanny
1993TV
Mrs. Wickervich Stone
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993TV
Self - Guest
Hearts Afire
1992TV
Senator Rhonda Hall
The Larry Sanders Show
1992TV
Rita Moreno
Top of the Heap
1991TV
Alixandra Stone
Age Isn't Everything
1991Movie
Rita
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
1990TV
Ella Salvador (voice)
Rita Moreno: Now You Can!
1989Movie
Self
1989 Walt Disney World 4th of July Spectacular
1989Movie
Self
B.L. Stryker
1989TV
Kimberly Baskin
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988TV
Self - Guest
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
1986Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Golden Girls
1985TV
Renee Corliss
The Muppet Revue
1985Movie
Self
The Cosby Show
1984TV
Mrs. Granger
Miami Vice
1984TV
Congresswoman Madelyn Woods
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
1982Movie
Self
Working
1982Movie
Waitress
Portrait of a Showgirl
1982Movie
Rosella DeLeon
9 to 5
1982TV
Violet Newstead
American Playhouse
1982TV
Waitress
The Four Seasons
1981Movie
Claudia Zimmer
Evita Peron
1981Movie
Renata Riguel
Happy Birthday, Gemini
1980Movie
Lucille Pompi
Trapper John, M.D.
1979TV
The Muppets Go Hollywood
1979Movie
Self
Anatomy of a Seduction
1979Movie
Nina
The Marti Caine Show
1979TV
The Boss' Son
1978Movie
Esther Rose
The Love Boat
1977TV
Gladys Gordon
Lanigan's Rabbi
1977TV
Millie Hillman
The Captain and Tennille
1976TV
Self - Guest
The Muppet Show
1976TV
Self - Special Guest Star
The Ritz
1976Movie
Googie Gomez
On the Rocks
1975TV
Out to Lunch
1974Movie
Self / Divorce Woman / Posy / Spectator / 50s Dancer
Dinah!
1974TV
Self
The Rockford Files
1974TV
Rita Capkovic
The Electric Company
1971TV
Carmela
Carnal Knowledge
1971Movie
Louise
Voice of La Raza
1971Movie
Self
Medical Center
1969TV
Lydia Neal
Marlowe
1969Movie
Dolores Gonzáles
Popi
1969Movie
Lupe
The Night of the Following Day
1969Movie
Blonde
60 Minutes
1968TV
Self
The Dick Cavett Show
1968TV
Self - Guest
The Carol Burnett Show
1967TV
Self - Guest
Seaway
1965TV
Annabelle
Run for Your Life
1965TV
Anita
Cry of Battle
1963Movie
Sisa
Burke's Law
1963TV
Margaret Cowls
Miss USA
1963TV
Self - Judge
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962TV
Self
The Merv Griffin Show
1962TV
Self
Samar
1962Movie
Woman Convict
West Side Story
1961Movie
Anita
The Mike Douglas Show
1961TV
Self
Summer and Smoke
1961Movie
Rosa Zacharias
Mga Alamat Ng Sandaigdig
1960Movie
This Rebel Breed
1960Movie
Lola Montalvo
Bourbon Street Beat
1959TV
Adventures in Paradise
1959TV
Inez Sanders
Cimarron City
1958TV
Trackdown
1957TV
Tina
The Deerslayer
1957Movie
Hetty Hutter
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957TV
Maria Ferrari
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956TV
Linda
Playhouse 90
1956TV
Rita
The Vagabond King
1956Movie
Huguette
The King and I
1956Movie
Tuptim
Tony Awards
1956TV
Self - Winner, Self - Presenter
The Lieutenant Wore Skirts
1956Movie
Sandra Roberts
Matinee Theater
1955TV
Seven Cities of Gold
1955Movie
Ula
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955TV
Sonseeahray
Untamed
1955Movie
Julia
The Millionaire
1955TV
Alicia Conception Osante Williams
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954TV
Chulita
Climax!
1954TV
Irene, Maria, Denise Cardoza, Francesca
Garden of Evil
1954Movie
Cantina Singer
The Yellow Tomahawk
1954Movie
Honey Bear
Jivaro
1954Movie
Maroa
El Alaméin
1953Movie
Jara
Latin Lovers
1953Movie
Christina
Fort Vengeance
1953Movie
Bridget Fitzgibbon
The Oscars
1953TV
Self
General Electric Theater
1953TV
Princess Michal
The Abbott and Costello Show
1952TV
Telegram delivery girl
The Ford Television Theatre
1952TV
Serene Crane
Cavalcade of America
1952TV
The Ring
1952Movie
Lucy Gomez
Cattle Town
1952Movie
Queli
Singin' in the Rain
1952Movie
Zelda Zanders
The Fabulous Senorita
1952Movie
Manuela Rodríguez
China Smith
1952TV
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951TV
Lit-Lit
Pagan Love Song
1950Movie
Terru
The Toast of New Orleans
1950Movie
Tina
So Young, So Bad
1950Movie
Dolores Guererro
Ford Theatre
1948TV
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948TV
Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944TV
Self - Nominee
Theirs
Movie