By JAKE COYLE
AP Film Writer
NEW YORK (AP) â Rita Moreno emigrated with her mother from Puerto Rico at age five. By six, she was dancing at Greenwich Village nightclubs. By 16, she was working full time. By 20, she was in âSinginâ in the Rain.â
In the documentary âRita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It,â Norman Lear says: âI canât think of anyone Iâve ever met in the business who lived the American dream more than Rita Moreno.
In the decades that followed, Moreno won a Tony, a Grammy, an Emmy and and Oscar, for âWest Side Story.â (Her entire acceptance speech: âI can t believe it.â ) With seemingly infinite spiritedness, she has epitomized the best of show business while also being a victim to its cruelties. That has made Moreno, who co-stars in Steven Spielberg s upcoming West Side Story remake, a heroic figure to Latinos, and to others. âI have never given up,â she said in a rece
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