Rita Moreno: Difference between revisions

Moreno was born in a [[Humacao|Humacao, Puerto Rico]] hospital to Rosa María (née Marcano), (1912-1999) a seamstress who was born in 1912, and Francisco José "Paco" Alverío, a farmer who was born in 1908. She was nicknamed "Rosita" and raised in nearby [[Juncos]].<ref name="autobio">{{cite book|title=Rita Moreno: A Memoir|publisher= Celebra (Penguin Group)|year=2013|isbn=978-0-451-41637-7}}</ref><ref name="filmr">filmreference.com blacklisted <!--{{Cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/49/Rita-Moreno.html|title=Rita Moreno Biography (1931-)|website=www.filmreference.com}} --></ref> Her maternal grandparents were Justino Marcano (b. Puerto Rico) and Trinidad from Spain.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rUVHG1gBl7cC&q=rita+moreno+trinidad+lopez&pg=PT17|title=Rita Moreno: A Memoir|publisher=Celebra (Penguin Group)|year=2013|isbn=978-0-451-41637-7|access-date=February 2, 2020|archive-date=October 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211025190715/https://books.google.com/books?id=rUVHG1gBl7cC&q=rita+moreno+trinidad+lopez&pg=PT17|url-status=live}}</ref> Moreno's mother moved to New York City in 1936, taking her daughter, but not her son, Moreno's younger brother, Francisco, whom Moreno would not see again until 2021.<ref name="The View">{{cite web |title=Rita Moreno Says It Was "Spooky" Working Alongside New Anita in "West Side Story" |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9jsH1emWrA |website=YouTube |access-date=December 13, 2021 |date=December 1, 2021}}</ref> Moreno adopted the surname of her first stepfather, Edward Moreno, Rosa Maria's second husband. She spent her teenage years living in the NYC suburb of [[Valley Stream, New York|Valley Stream]] on [[Long Island]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Rita Moreno joining Steven Spielberg's 'West Side Story' remake |url=https://www.newsday.com/entertainment/movies/rita-moreno-west-side-story-1.23972409 |access-date=December 3, 2018 |work=Newsday |date=November 27, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181128032238/https://www.newsday.com/entertainment/movies/rita-moreno-west-side-story-1.23972409 |archive-date= November 28, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>