Moreno, Rita

Moreno, Rita * December 11, 1931Moreno, RitaRita Moreno Singer, dancer, and actor Rita Moreno has been a presence in American theater for seven decades. Born Rosita Dolores Alverio in Humacao, Puerto Rico, to a farm family on the rural eastern side of the island, impoverished by the Great Depression, she came to the United States in 1937 with her mother, who arrived in New York and, like many Puerto Rican migrants, found work in the garment industry. Rosita soon entered training with the noted…