Ngaphandle kokucaphuna ngokuqondile embhalweni nginikeze isifinyezo sezinto ezivelele uRita Moreno azifezile.
Context:URita Moreno (owazalwa ngoRosa Dolores Alverío Marcano;[nb 1] December 11, 1931) ungumlingisi wasePuerto Rico, umdansi nomculi. Uyaziwa ngomsebenzi wakhe esiteji nasesikrinini emsebenzini wakhe owathatha iminyaka engaphezu kwamashumi ayisikhombisa. UMoreno ungomunye wezinkanyezi zokugcina ezisele zeGolden Age yaseHollywood. Phakathi kwezindondo zakhe eziningi, ungomunye wabadlali abambalwa abathole umklomelo we-Emmy, i-Grammy, i-Oscar, ne-Tony (EGOT) kanye ne-Triple Crown of Acting, kanye nemiklomelo ye-Academy, i-Emmy, ne-Tony. Eminye imiklomelo ihlanganisa i-Presidential Medal of Freedom ngo-2004, i-National Medal of Arts ngo-2009, i-Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award ngo-2013, i-Kennedy Center Honor ngo-2015, kanye nePeabody Award ngo-2019.  Umsebenzi wokuqala kaMoreno wawuhlanganisa izindima ezisekelayo kumafilimu omculo wakudala i-Singin' in the Rain (1952) kanye neThe King and I (1956), ngaphambi kwendima yakhe njengo-Anita eWest Side Story (1961), eyamzuzela i-Oscar yoMlingisi Osiza Kakhulu, waba ngowesifazane wokuqala waseLatin America ukuwina i-Academy Award. Amanye amafilimu akhe avelele afaka iPopi (1969), Carnal Knowledge (1971), The Four Seasons (1981), I Like It Like That (1994) kanye nefilimu yenkolo iSlums of Beverly Hills (1998). UMoreno wadlala uValentina ku-remake ka-2021 yeWest Side Story eqondiswe nguSteven Spielberg.  Emidlalweni yaseshashalazini, wadlala njengoGoogie Gomez emculweni ka-1975 kaTerrence McNally iThe Ritz eyamenza wathola umklomelo kaTony we-Best Featured Actress emculweni. Uphinde wadlala indima yakhe kwifilimu yango-1976 eyaqondiswa nguRichard Lester eyamzuzela i- BAFTA Award for Best Actress. Wabuye wadlala kuLorraine Hansberry's The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window ngo-1964 nakuNeil Simon's The Odd Couple ngo-1985.  Wayengumlingisi ochungechungeni lwethelevishini lwezingane i-Electric Company (1971-1977), futhi wadlala u-Sister Peter Marie Reimondo ochungechungeni lwe-HBO Oz (1997-2003). Wathola ama-Emmy Awards amabili alandelanayo ngezindima zakhe kuThe Muppet Show ngo-1977 nakuThe Rockford Files ngo-1978. Wathola udumo ngezindima zakhe ku Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego? (1994-1999), Uchungechunge lwe-CW uJane the Virgin (2015<unk>2019), kanye nokuvuselelwa kweNetflix kwe One Day at a Time (2017<unk>2020). Impilo yakhe yabhalwa kuRita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It (2021).
URita Moreno ungumlingisi, umdansi, nomculi wasePuerto Rico onomsebenzi wakhe uthatha amashumi eminyaka. Ungomunye wabantu abambalwa abazuze isimo se-EGOT ngokuwina i-Emmy, i-Grammy, i-Oscar, ne-Tony. Waziwa kakhulu ngokuba ngowesifazane wokuqala waseLatin America ukuthola i-Oscar ngomsebenzi wakhe eWestside Story ngo-1961.