What Awards and Honors Have Rita Moreno Won In Her Career?

Rita Moreno has won the Academy Award, the Tony, the Grammy and two Emmy Awards.

Below are some videoclips of some of her acceptance speeches.

• The 1961 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for West Side Story

CLICK HERE (unable to embed the video into the blog)

• The 1975 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for The Ritz



• The 1978 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for "The Rockford Files" (she also won the 1977 Primetime Emmy Award for Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program for her guest appearance on "The Muppet Show"-- she was unable to attend the ceremony that year)




In addition, she has won the following awards.

• Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - West Side Story (1961)
• "The Joseph Jefferson Award" Best Chicago Theatre Actress (1968)
• Grammy Award - The Electric Company Album (1972)
• Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play - The Ritz (1975)
• "The Golden Apple" Cue Magazine Award
• Library of Congress Living Legends Award (2000)
• Rita Moreno HOLA Award for Excellence named in her honor by the Hispanic Organization of Latin Actors (2000)
  
• The Sarah Siddons Award for her portrayal of Olive Madison in the female version of The Odd Couple
• Special Recognition Award from the International Latin Music Hall of Fame (2001)
• Presidential Medal of Freedom from President George W. Bush (2004)
• Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7083 Hollywood Boulevard
• Induction into California Hall of Fame (located at The California Museum for History, Women and the Arts) from California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and First Lady Maria Shriver (2007)
• National Medal of Arts from President Barack Obama (2009)
• Hispanic Organization of Latin Actors (HOLA) Lifetime Achievement Award (2010).

Johnny Depp as Pancho Villa? Not so fast, says Johnny.

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HOLA Member Bochinche

Bochinche refers to "gossip." In this sense, we use it to mention HOLA members who are getting acting and performance gigs.

Dennis Brito, pictured at left, booked an episode of "Caso Cerrado" (Telemundo) after the casting director spotted his headshot in the HOLA online talent directory.

Gilbert Cruz booked an AT&T commercial.

Lisann V. booked a commercial for The Source magazine.

José Yenque just wrapped up filming the feature film The Clinic, where he stars opposite Brooke Burns and Michael Stults. He plays Federal Chief of Police Carlos Rodríguez in the film (written and directed by Andrew C. Erin). He also completed work on the features Lost Revolution (written and directed by Michael Narváez and starring Oscar winner Melissa Leo, Roger Guenveur Smith and Jaime Tirelli) and Freeloaders (directed by Dan Rosen and starring Jane Seymour, Dave Foley and Clifton Collins, Jr.).

Yanelba Ferreira appeared in the music videos "Do It Dirty" (performer: Raquel Reed featuring Blam), "Bomba Es" (performer: Las 7pm Brothers) and "Get Crazy" (performer: Amrit/directed by Cyril Mahé). In addition, she nabbed a supporting role in the feature film Keep The Party Going (directed by Hakim Wray).

Jaime Robert Carrillo just wrapped up work in Luis Alfaro's Oedipus El Rey. Directed by Michael John Garcés, the production took place at the Woolly Mammoth Theater in Washington, D.C. and also featured Mando Alvarado, David Anzuelo, Romi Dias, Gerard Ender, Andrés Munar and José Joaquín Pérez in the cast.

If you are an HOLA member and want to submit a bochinche item, send us an e-mail at holagram@hellohola.org. If you are not an HOLA member, why not join?

Rita Moreno Habla video, courtesy of HBO Latino

HOLA Member Bochinche

Bochinche refers to "gossip." In this sense, we use it to mention HOLA members who are getting acting and performance gigs.

Éric-Dominique Pérez and Emmanuelle Bordas, shown at right, notified us that they booked an episode of "Caso Cerrado" (Telemundo) after the casting director spotted their headshots in the HOLA online talent directory.

Elizabeth Rivera de García will be performing her spoken word poetry with a jazz band in the event entitled Lady II. Presented by Rome Neal's Pudding Jazz, the event is set to take place in March at the famed Nuyorican Poets' Café in Manhattan's Loísaida neighborhood. For more information, click here.

Jean-Marc Berne will be a guest on "The Sissy Gamache Show" (Manhattan Neighborhood Network). For more information, click here.

Mauricio Alexander was recently nabbed a principal role in a PSA for the National Council of La Raza's "Vote for Respect" campaign. In addition, he appeared in the miniseries "The Captive" (Sundance Channel) and played Odysseus in the Internationalists' production of Homer's The Odyssey (directed by Tamilla Woodard and presented at the LaGuardia Performing Arts Center in the Long Island City area of Queens). Finally, he booked a recurring role on the web series "East Willy-B" (written and directed by Yamin Segal and also starring Danny Hoch, Julia Ahumada Grob, April Lee Hernández, Raúl Castillo and Caridad De La Luz).

If you are an HOLA member and want to submit a bochinche item, send us an e-mail at holagram@hellohola.org. If you are not an HOLA member, why not join?

HOLA Member Bochinche

Bochinche refers to "gossip." In this sense, we use it to mention HOLA members who are getting acting and performance gigs.

Fernando Gamarra, shown at left, e-mailed us to let us that he has three upcoming projects. He is playing the lead role in Paddy Chayevsky's play The Middle of the Night, which will have a March and April run at the Marilyn Monroe Theatre in the Lee Strasberg Film and Theatre Institute in Manhattan's Union Square area. He is currently shooting the short film Surprise, Surprise, Mr. Colovy (written and directed by Heather Ferreira), where he plays the title role. Finally, he nabbed the lead role in the NYU student film Fragment Forms (directed by Flavia Casà) after he read about the casting in the HOLA daily e-mail announcements. He wrote, "Good things [are] happening. Thanks for the support, always."

Inma Heredia and her solo show My Audition with Almódovar was called the "Comedy Pick of the Week" for the first week of March in the New York Daily News. For more info, click here.

Franklin Furnace just released The History of the Future: A Franklin Furnace View of Performance Art (available on DVD from Video Data Bank), where Alba Sánchez is featured performing an excerpt from her self-penned solo show The Tall Blonde Women in the Puerto Rican Body.

William J. Vila will sing the national anthem at Citi Field right before the May 3, 2011 game between the New York Mets and the San Francisco Giants.

The premiere screening of the short film Tolero (written by Ricardo Cisneros, directed by Daniel Hilsinger and starring Antonio García, Jr. and Cisneros) will happen in mid-March at 200 Orchard in Manhattan's East Village. For more information, click here.

If you are an HOLA member and want to submit a bochinche item, send us an e-mail at holagram@hellohola.org. If you are not an HOLA member, why not join?

HOLA Member Bochinche

Bochinche refers to "gossip." In this sense, we use it to mention HOLA members who are getting acting and performance gigs.

The Theatre Academy, in association with Los Angeles City College and Kevin Morrissey, is presenting a benefit staged reading of Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman. Directed by Al Rossi, the benefit for the Theatre Academy's scholarship fund will take place in March at the Camino Theater in Los Angeles and star Tony Plana, Esaí Morales, Elizabeth Peña and Danny Pino.

Gilbert Cruz recently shot a commercial for AARP as well as a PSA highlighting President Obama's healthcare option.

Rodney Roldán has just finished up work on the films Ten Buck Baton, Our Secret and In My Pocket.

Rafael Fuentes and Fabián González will appear in the production Don Cristóbal: Billy Club Man. Inspired by the puppet plays of Federico García Lorca, the piece is directed by Erin Orr and Elysa Marden (the former of which also designed the puppets), contains original music by Rima Fand and will have a March and April run at the Flamboyán Theater in the Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural and Educational Center (home to HOLA) in Manhattan's Loísaida neighborhood.

Antonio García, Jr. will be on the pilot episode of "Facing Trauma," a series on the new Discovery Fit & Health Channel.

Thalía Spanish Theatre, under the leadership of producer Ángel Gil Orrios, will present Flamenco and Indian Music and Dance, a program of the music and dance of India and Spain. A co-production with Lotus Music & Dance & Andrea Del Conte Danza España, the presentations will take place in April at Thalía's namesake theater in Sunnyside, Queens.

If you are an HOLA member and want to submit a bochinche item, send us an e-mail at holagram@hellohola.org. If you are not an HOLA member, why not join?