Rita Moreno has, frankly, so many things we could discuss that I find it hard to even begin. She portrayed Anita in West Side Story on the screen, winning the Academy Award and Golden Globe for "Best Supporting Actress" and Tony Award for "Best Featured Actress in a Play" for The Ritz. She has a Grammy Award for The Electric Company Album (1972), and two Emmy awards. She performed at Bill Clinton's inauguration, and in 2004 was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by George W. Bush. You can find much more on her Wikipedia entry.Younger viewers may know Moreno from Oz where she played Sister Pete, the former nun and prison psychologist. Currently she plays Fran Drescher's mother on the TV Land sitcom "Happily Divorced."
Singing "Fever" on The Muppet Show
Rita and Morgan Freeman from The Electric Company
NOT being a "younger viewer," I knew Moreno growing up from watching ELECTRIC COMPANY on PBS, where she was funny and energetic. I had no idea how amazingly hot she had been/was until later in life. It was a revelation, like finding out that Lucille Ball and Angela Lansbury were total babes back in the day. But Moreno...rowr.
ReplyDeleteI just barely remember The Electric Company. Mostly Easy Reader. RM was a hottie. Still is, I imagine, considering her age.
ReplyDeleteRita also had a recurring role (if memory serves) on The Rockford Files with James Garner. She also appeared with Garner in Marlowe, where she had a truly hot striptease number which also set up the film's climax.
ReplyDeleteI just barely remember The Rockford files. I think he drove a Camaro, and that is about it. :-)
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