In this luminous memoir, Rita Moreno shares her remarkable journey from a young girl with simple beginnings in Puerto RicoÂ to Hollywood legendâ€”and one of the few performers, and the only

Rita Moreno: A Memoir

In this luminous memoir, Rita Moreno shares her remarkable journey from a young girl with simple beginnings in Puerto RicoÂ to Hollywood legendâ€”and one of the few performers, and the only Hispanic, to win an Oscar, Grammy, Tony and two Emmys.

Born Rosita Dolores Alverio in the idyll of Puerto Rico, Moreno, at age five, embarked on a harrowing sea voyage with her mother and wound up in the harsh barrios of the Bronx, where she discovered dancing, singing, and acting as ways to escape a tumultuous childhood. Making her Broadway debutÂ by age thirteenâ€”and moving on to Hollywood in its Golden Age just a few years laterâ€”she worked alongside such stars as Gary Cooper,Â Yul Brynner, and Ann Miller.

When discovered by Louis B. Mayer of MGM, the wizard himself declared: â€œShe looks like a Spanish Elizabeth Taylor.â€Â Cast by Gene Kelly as Zelda Zanders in Singinâ€™ in the Rain and thenÂ on to her Oscar-winning performance in West Side Story, she catapulted to fameâ€”yet found herself repeatedly typecast as the â€œutility ethnic,â€ a role she found almost impossible to elude.

Here, for the first time, Rita reflects on her struggles to break through Hollywoodâ€™s racial and sexual barriers. She explores the wounded little girl behind the glamorous faÃ§adeâ€”and what it took to find her place in the world. She talks candidly about her relationship with Elvis Presley, her encounters withÂ Howard Hughes, and the passionate romance with Marlon Brando that drove her to attempt suicide. And she shares the illusiveness of aÂ â€œperfectâ€ marriage and the incomparable joys of motherhood.
Infused with Rita Morenoâ€™s quick wit and deep insight, this memoir is the dazzling portrait of a stage and screen star who longed to become who she really isâ€”and triumphed.
Country USA
Manufacturer Celebra
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2013-03-05
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780451416377

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Celebra
Binding	Hardcover
ReleaseDate	2013-03-05
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780451416377

Rita Moreno: A Memoir

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