Famed for her role in West Side Story, Rita Moreno says the discrimination she faced in Hollywood stopped her from getting good parts in other films.
“Had it not been for the fact that I’m Hispanic, I would have had a different career,” she says.
Now aged 91, Rita Moreno has overcome typecasting to become an elite performer known as an EGOT – the winner of Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony awards – something only 17 artists have ever achieved.
“You sink or swim,” she says, “and I just opted to swim.”
When Moreno first came to New York from Puerto Rico, aged five, she was subjected to racist abuse…read full article…
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