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  1. www.npr.org › 2021/06/07 › 1003905260Rita Moreno On 'West Side Story' And Becoming The Role Model She...

    Jun 7, 2021 · After becoming the first Latina actor to win an Oscar for West Side Story, Moreno expected more opportunities to follow. Instead, she was offered stereotyped roles as gang members and...

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  3. www.youtube.com › watchWest Side Story (4/10) Movie CLIP - America (1961) HD

    Jul 30, 2013 · West Side Story (4/10) Movie CLIP - America (1961) HD Movieclips 61.6M subscribers Subscribed 57K 7.7M views 10 years ago

  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Rita_MorenoRita Moreno - Wikipedia

    Moreno had a major role in Summer and Smoke (1961), released soon after West Side Story. She did appear in one film during her self-imposed exile from Hollywood – Cry of Battle (1963) – although it had been filmed directly before and after she won the Academy Award.

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  6. www.imdb.com › title › tt0055614West Side Story (1961) - IMDb

    Rita Moreno won an Oscar for her role as Anita, the sister of Bernardo, the leader of the Sharks gang, in this musical adaptation of Romeo and Juliet. She sings, dances and fights with the Jets and the Sharks in this classic film directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins.

  7. www.nytimes.com › 2022/03/11 › moviesOscars Rewind: When Rita Moreno Made History and Thanked No One

    Mar 11, 2022 · It didn’t hurt that the film she was nominated for — “West Side Story,” the Robert Wise-Jerome Robbins adaptation of the Broadway musical — was a hit both at the box office and among critics, or...

  8. www.biography.com › actors › rita-morenoRita Moreno: Biography, Actress, West Side Story, Age & Facts

    Mar 5, 2024 · Rita Moreno is best known as Anita in West Side Story in 1961, a role that earned her an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, making her the first Latina actress to win the honor.

  9. ew.com › awards › oscars'West Side Story' at 60: An oral history of the film's shocking...

    Apr 9, 2021 · Sixty years after West Side Story became a smash hit at the box office, Rita Moreno, 89, and George Chakiris, 86, have vivid memories of their time on set and how it led to their historic...