Rita Moreno: 25 Things You Don’t Know About Me (‘My Favorite Costar Was Marlon Brando’)
usmagazine.comA living legend! Rita Moreno belongs to the coveted EGOT club after earning trophies at the Emmy Awards, Grammy Awards, Academy Awards and Tony Awards through the years — and she’s aware of her membership’s significance.“As an EGOT winner, the award that means the most to me is the Oscar because it was my first one and it’s iconic,” the 80 for Brady actress, 91, exclusively reveals in the latest issue of Us Weekly, referring to her trophy for her role as Anita Palacio in West Side Story.She adds: “Out of all of my projects, I’m most proud of West Side Story for every obvious reason in the world.
It gave me an Oscar, a Golden Globe and a kind of fame that I didn’t have heretofore.”Moreno rose to fame thanks to her star-making role in the 1961 musical about star-crossed lovers Tony and Maria.
The One Day at a Time alum, for her part, portrayed Anita, who was the girlfriend of Maria’s brother Bernardo.A remake of West Side Story, helmed by Steven Spielberg, debuted in 2021 and starred Ansel Elgort and Rachel Zegler as Tony and Maria, respectively.
Additionally, Ariana DeBose took over the role of Anita and the Puerto Rico native had a special cameo as local shop owner Valentina.“Can you believe it?
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