Rita Moreno Movies

Want to know the best Rita Moreno movies?  How about the worst Rita Moreno movies?  Curious about Rita Moreno box office grosses or which Rita Moreno movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Rita Moreno movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences? Well you have come to the right place….because we have all of that information.

Rita Moreno (1931-) is an Oscar®-winning Puerto Rican actress, dancer and singer.    Her career has spanned over 70 years; among her notable acting work are supporting roles in the musical films 1956’s The King and I and 1961’s West Side Story.  I became aware of Rita Moreno for her work on The Electric Company.  She appeared on that children show for an incredible 780 episodes.  Her IMDb page shows over 160 acting credits since 1950. This page will rank Rita Moreno movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television roles, shorts, videos and movies not released in North America were not included in the rankings.

The Electric Company was a huge influence in my childhood.

Rita Moreno Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.

Rita Moreno and Marlon Brando

Rita Moreno Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
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1969’s Marlowe

Possibly Interesting Facts About Rita Moreno

1. Rosa Dolores Alverío Marcano was born in Humacao, Puerto Rico  in 1931.

2. How Rosa Dolores Rosa Dolores became Rita Moreno.   Her childhood nickname was Rosita.  She was taught to dance by Rita Hayworth’s uncle.  Her stepfather’s last name was Moreno.  So she modified her nickname and took her stepfather’s last name.

3.  Rita Moreno’s dancing lead her to Broadway at an early age.  By the time she was 13, she had caught the eye of Hollywood talent scouts.

4.  Rita Moreno is one of the only 15 people who are an EGOT, which means that she won at least one of all of the four major entertainment awards: Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony.

5. Rita Moreno considers Marlon Brando to be the “lust of her life”.

6. Rita Moreno was the first Hispanic woman to win an Oscar® when she won for 1961’s  West Side Story.

7. Rita Moreno has been married one time.  She was married to Dr. Leonard Isadore Gordon from 1965 to his death in 2010. They had a daughter (fashion designer Fernanda Gordon) and two grandchildren.

8. Rita Moreno was awarded the American National Medal of the Arts on February 25, 2010 at the White House in Washington D.C. for her services and contributions to the arts.

9. Rita Moreno will be appearing in the remake of West Side Story in 2020. When that movie is released in theaters in will mark the 8th decade that included a movie starring Rita Moreno.

10.  Rita Moreno is pretty active on social media:  Rita Moreno Instagram,  Rita Moreno Twitter, Rita Moreno Facebook

Check out Rita Moreno ‘s career compared to current and classic actors.  Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time.

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16 thoughts on “Rita Moreno Movies”

  1. Hey Bob….looking at my Letterboxd account I see I saw that movie over 6 plus years ago…..so maybe I am giving it a little too much credit….I remember it being a decent thriller….with Brando being interesting to watch. Seems like it was filmed near you and Steve. Interesting that Richard Boone had to take over directing duties. Good stuff.

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  2. I appreciate you including more Hispanic and Latino Americans actors and actresses. Keep up the good work.

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    1. Thanks Banderas Fan. I actually was just updated Antonio’s UMR page earlier tonight…he is about to be 59 in the near future. Another Hispanic and Latino American Oscar winner has an UMR page coming very soon. Thanks again.

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  3. Night of the Following Day for which there is an excellent still above is the only Marlon Brando film that I have never seen and indeed it marked the very lowest point in his 1960s/early 1970s pre-Godfather/Last Tango career doldrums. Over here in Belfast it was the supporting feature to Clint Eastwood’s Coogan’s Bluff, the only time a Marlon film had been just the 2nd feature and one film critic regretted that “A new Brando movie is no longer a cinematic event.” I have though seen 5 of Rita’s other movies:

    Singin in the Rain
    Yellow Tomahawk/Horray-Rory gets his due in a Cogerson co-star link column!
    The Vagabond King
    Garden of Evil
    Cattle Town.

    A big coincidence regarding Rita’s 1952 Cattle Town is that the following year it was the supporting feature over here to Brando’s Julius Caesar. Back then in pre-On the Waterfront days I was more interested in a B western than in Marlon playing Antony in a Shakespeare classic, but because of the perceived educational value in Julius Caesar our school arranged a special showing of it at the Ritz cinema for my particular class.

    Our teacher organised an additional class session prior to the movie to explain the plot to us and to highlight certain points on the blackboard. However each time he paused for breath I quickly got in with a question about Cattle Town until he finally became so exasperated that he shrieked “We’re not interested in CATTLE TOWN!” as he threw a piece of chalk at me just missing my head. [Oh how Hollywood westerns were already starting to blight the life of young Bob!]

    Regarding point 5 of Possibly Interesting Facts, Rita also claims that during their relationship Marlon constantly cheated on her with other women and didn’t always treat her well in other ways either but that she continued to admire his acting and “lust” after him. That woman must have the forgiveness of a saint but I suppose it could be argued that Brando deserves some unqualified compensatory love because of the arbitrary manner in which Joel Hirschhorn mistreated HIM.

    Anyway Rita has had her own compensations with for example a reported net worth of $25 million, 26 acting awards and 32 nominations and now a Cogerson page, which is “Voted Up!” – high.

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    1. Hey Bob…I have actually seen Night of the Following Day…it is not too bad…I actually liked Brando in the movie. Interesting that it was put with Clint’s Coogan’s Bluff….good trivia. As is the trivia about Cattle Town….and your run in with a teacher…funny stuff. Sounds like Rita has done very well in her acting career…with money and awards….good stuff.

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      1. HI BRUCE

        If YOU liked Night of Following Day I must see it – I’ve obviously missed out on something worthwhile!

        Brando fell out with the director Hubert Cornfield and would not let him direct the later scenes in the movie. Even in decline it seems The Great Mumbler still had some clout.

        Co-star Richard Boone took over the direction and is now listed on IMDB etc as an uncredited director. Apparently he and Mr Mumbles got on well.

        There never has been any talk of Brando and Hubert “kissing and making up” like Kevin Smith and Mr Gimme More. Thanks for the feedback.

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