Rita Moreno
Acting • Born 1931-12-11
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.
Filmography
218 credits
Singin' in the Rain
Movie • 1952
Zelda Zanders
80 for Brady
Movie • 2023
Maura
West Side Story
Movie • 1961
Anita
Family Switch
Movie • 2023
Angelica
Marlowe
Movie • 1969
Dolores Gonzáles
Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King
Movie • 1995
Self
I Know a Woman Like That
Movie • 2009
Self
The Four Seasons
Movie • 1981
Claudia Zimmer
Angus
Movie • 1995
Madame Rulenska
Actresses Turned Producer/Directors
Movie • 2014
Carnal Knowledge
Movie • 1971
Louise
Garden of Evil
Movie • 1954
Cantina Singer
Slums of Beverly Hills
Movie • 1998
Belle Abromowitz
The Ritz
Movie • 1976
Googie Gomez
The King and I
Movie • 1956
Tuptim
The Ring
Movie • 1952
Lucy Gomez
The Night of the Following Day
Movie • 1969
Blonde
So Young, So Bad
Movie • 1950
Dolores Guererro
Untamed
Movie • 1955
Julia
Pagan Love Song
Movie • 1950
Terru
Torch
Movie • 2018
Aunt Francine
This Rebel Breed
Movie • 1960
Lola Montalvo
The Muppet Revue
Movie • 1985
Self
The Toast of New Orleans
Movie • 1950
Tina
Something's Coming: West Side Story
Movie • 2021
Self
The Prank
Movie • 2024
Mrs. Wheeler
Summer and Smoke
Movie • 1961
Rosa Zacharias
The Stories of West Side Story
Movie • 2022
Self
Curious George: Cape Ahoy
Movie • 2021
Gertrude St. John (voice)
The Deerslayer
Movie • 1957
Hetty Hutter
The Lieutenant Wore Skirts
Movie • 1956
Sandra Roberts
Carlo's Wake
Movie • 1999
Angela Torello
Jivaro
Movie • 1954
Maroa
The Muppets Go Hollywood
Movie • 1979
Self
Cry of Battle
Movie • 1963
Sisa
1989 Walt Disney World 4th of July Spectacular
Movie • 1989
Self
Rita Moreno: Now You Can!
Movie • 1989
Self
Seven Cities of Gold
Movie • 1955
Ula
My Father's Dragon
Movie • 2022
Mrs. McClaren (voice)
The Yellow Tomahawk
Movie • 1954
Honey Bear
Cattle Town
Movie • 1952
Queli
Rio 2
Movie • 2014
Aunt Mimi (voice)
Casa de los Babys
Movie • 2003
Señora Muñoz
Latin Lovers
Movie • 1953
Christina
Nicky Deuce
Movie • 2013
Tutti
Fast X
Movie • 2023
Abuelita
The Life and Times of Frida Kahlo
Movie • 2005
Narrator (voice)
The Fabulous Senorita
Movie • 1952
Manuela Rodríguez
Age Isn't Everything
Movie • 1991
Rita
Celebrity Habla
Movie • 2009
Self
Evita Peron
Movie • 1981
Renata Riguel
Portrait of a Showgirl
Movie • 1982
Rosella DeLeon
Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me
Movie • 2004
Self (voice)
Samar
Movie • 1962
Woman Convict
Fort Vengeance
Movie • 1953
Bridget Fitzgibbon
The Day Of The Dead
Movie • 2011
Santa Bootcamp
Movie • 2022
Belle
The Vagabond King
Movie • 1956
Huguette
Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks
Movie • 2014
Ida Barksdale
I Like It Like That
Movie • 1994
Rosaria Linares
Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter
Movie • 2022
Self
Open House
Movie • 2003
Lydia Fitch
Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration
Movie • 2022
Narrator (voice)
Mga Alamat Ng Sandaigdig
Movie • 1960
A Gift of Miracles
Movie • 2015
Beverly Davis
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
Movie • 1986
Self (archive footage)
My Favorite Things: The Rodgers & Hammerstein 80th Anniversary Concert
Movie • 2024
Self
Popi
Movie • 1969
Lupe
Theirs
Movie
Carmen Miranda: Bananas Is My Business
Movie • 1995
Self
Clemente
Movie • 2025
Self
Blue Moon
Movie • 2000
Maggie Cavallo
Jim Henson Idea Man
Movie • 2024
Self
The Latin Explosion: A New America
Movie • 2015
Self
Happy Birthday, Gemini
Movie • 1980
Lucille Pompi
Piñero
Movie • 2001
Miguel's Mother
Remember Me
Movie • 2016
Nanna
The Spree
Movie • 1998
Irma Kelly
De Puerto Rico para el mundo
Movie • 2016
Self
Out to Lunch
Movie • 1974
Self / Divorce Woman / Posy / Spectator / 50s Dancer
West Side Stories: The Making of a Classic
Movie • 2016
Self
Anatomy of a Seduction
Movie • 1979
Nina
Resurrection
Movie • 1999
Mimi
The Rockford Files: If It Bleeds... It Leads
Movie • 1999
Rita Kapkovic Landale
The Boss' Son
Movie • 1978
Esther Rose
Scooby-Doo! and the Monster of Mexico
Movie • 2003
Doña Dolores / Woman #3 (voice)
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
Movie • 2008
Self
Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl
Movie • 1994
Self
Every Act of Life
Movie • 2018
Self
Italian Movie
Movie • 1994
Isabella
West Side Story
Movie • 2021
Valentina
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
Movie • 2014
Self - Actress
Working
Movie • 1982
Waitress
The Wharf Rat
Movie • 1996
Mom
Still Laugh-In: The Stars Celebrate
Movie • 2019
Self
El Alaméin
Movie • 1953
Jara
Voice of La Raza
Movie • 1971
Self
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
Movie • 2019
Self
Best Ever Muppet Moments
Movie • 2006
Self
West Side Memories
Movie • 2003
Self
The Electric Company's Greatest Hits & Bits
Movie • 2006
Self
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
Movie • 2021
Self
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
Movie • 2014
Self
King of the Corner
Movie • 2004
Inez
Still Working 9 to 5
Movie • 2022
Self
Wicked in Concert: A Musical Celebration of the Iconic Broadway Score
Movie • 2021
Self
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
Movie • 2009
Self
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's
Movie • 2009
Self
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
Movie • 2002
Self
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
Movie • 2004
Self
When It Was a Game 3
Movie • 2000
Passage Narrator (voice)
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
Movie • 2002
A Grammy Celebration of Latin Music
Movie • 2025
Self
Rio 3
Movie
Mimi (voice)
Burke's Law
TV • 1963
Margaret Cowls
Bourbon Street Beat
TV • 1959
Trapper John, M.D.
TV • 1979
The Guardian
TV • 2001
Caroline Novack
The Golden Girls
TV • 1985
Renee Corliss
Miami Vice
TV • 1984
Congresswoman Madelyn Woods
The Larry Sanders Show
TV • 1992
Rita Moreno
The Cosby Show
TV • 1984
Mrs. Granger
The Nanny
TV • 1993
Mrs. Wickervich Stone
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
Mildred Quintana
George Lopez
TV • 2002
Luisa Diaz
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
TV • 2005
Mildred Quintana
Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego?
TV • 1994
Carmen Sandiego (voice)
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
TV • 2001
Frances Goren
General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
The Electric Company
TV • 1971
Carmela
Ugly Betty
TV • 2006
Aunt Mirta
Cane
TV • 2007
Amalia Duque
China Smith
TV • 1952
The Handler
TV • 2003
Run for Your Life
TV • 1965
Anita
Lanigan's Rabbi
TV • 1977
Millie Hillman
9 to 5
TV • 1982
Violet Newstead
The Millionaire
TV • 1955
Alicia Conception Osante Williams
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV • 1951
Lit-Lit
Wanted
TV • 2005
Mrs. Kelly
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
TV • 1957
Maria Ferrari
Climax!
TV • 1954
Irene
Adventures in Paradise
TV • 1959
Inez Sanders
Ford Theatre
TV • 1948
Matinee Theater
TV • 1955
Cimarron City
TV • 1958
Cavalcade of America
TV • 1952
The Cosby Mysteries
TV • 1994
Tamron Hall
TV • 2019
Self - Guest
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV • 2015
Self
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
The Captain and Tennille
TV • 1976
Self - Guest
On the Rocks
TV • 1975
Top of the Heap
TV • 1991
Alixandra Stone
The Muppet Show
TV • 1976
Self - Special Guest Star
Happily Divorced
TV • 2011
Dori Newman
Oz
TV • 1997
Sister Peter Marie Reimondo
Jane the Virgin
TV • 2014
Liliana De La Vega
Maya and the Three
TV • 2021
Ah Puch (voice)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV • 1988
Self - Guest
The View
TV • 1997
Self - Guest
Intimate Portrait
TV • 1993
Self
The Magic School Bus
TV • 1994
Dr. Carmina Skeledon (voice)
General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
Princess Michal
Hearts Afire
TV • 1992
Senator Rhonda Hall
One Day at a Time
TV • 2017
Lydia Riera
The Marti Caine Show
TV • 1979
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV • 1956
Linda
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self
Nina's World
TV • 2015
Abuelita
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV • 1948
Self
Green Eggs and Ham
TV • 2019
Dookess (voice)
The $100,000 Pyramid
TV • 2016
Self
The Jennifer Hudson Show
TV • 2022
Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV • 2019
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2014
Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV • 2009
Self - Guest
The Reichen Show
TV • 2005
Self
The Rockford Files
TV • 1974
Rita Capkovic
Playhouse 90
TV • 1956
Rita
Climax!
TV • 1954
Maria
Climax!
TV • 1954
Denise Cardoza
Burke's Law
TV • 1994
Jackie Lodge
Climax!
TV • 1954
Francesca
Sherri
TV • 2022
Self - Guest
The Carol Burnett Show
TV • 1967
Self - Guest
Women of the House
TV • 1995
Self
Grey's Anatomy
TV • 2005
Gayle McColl
To Tell the Truth
TV • 2016
Self - Panelist
Stars in the House
TV • 2020
Self
Welcome to the Family
TV • 2013
Lita
Seaway
TV • 1965
Annabelle
The Dick Cavett Show
TV • 1968
Self - Guest
Grace and Frankie
TV • 2015
Lucy Chambers
The Ford Television Theatre
TV • 1952
Serene Crane
Strong Medicine
TV • 2000
Lydia
Bless This Mess
TV • 2019
Theresa
B.L. Stryker
TV • 1989
Kimberly Baskin
Touched by an Angel
TV • 1994
Amanda Revere
Dinah!
TV • 1974
Self
60 Minutes
TV • 1968
Self
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
TV • 2014
Self
Miss USA
TV • 1963
Self - Judge
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV • 2014
Self
Hollywood Squares
TV • 2025
Self
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Nominee
The Love Boat
TV • 1977
Gladys Gordon
Medical Center
TV • 1969
Lydia Neal
The Abbott and Costello Show
TV • 1952
Telegram delivery girl
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV • 1954
Chulita
The 20th Century Fox Hour
TV • 1955
Sonseeahray
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
TV • 1990
Ella Salvador (voice)
Trackdown
TV • 1957
Tina
The Merv Griffin Show
TV • 1962
Self
In Plain Sight
TV • 2008
Rita Ramirez
Getting On
TV • 2013
Sister Lily Claire
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self - Guest