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Rita Moreno (born December 11, 1931) is a
Puerto Rican singer, dancer and actress. She is the first and only
Hispanic and one of ten performers who have won an
Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony and at the time the second Puerto Rican to win an
Academy Award.
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Early years
Moreno was born
Rosita Dolores Alverío in
Humacao,
Puerto Rico, to Rosa María, a seamstress, and Paco Alverío, a farmer.
[www.filmreference.com/film/49/Rita-Moreno.html] She moved with her mother to
New York City at the age of five, and took the surname of her stepfather, Edward Moreno.
[ When she was eleven years old, she lent her voice to Spanish-language versions of American films.]