Thread by @dean_frey

Happy 90th birthday to the great Rita Moreno 🎂
A great shot by Phil Stern of Moreno during a rehearsal for West Side Story, 1961
"She’s obviously an icon for all the noteworthy reasons - but she’s a kick in the pants too.”
- Jackie Speier

Rita Moreno in Steven Spielberg's West Side Story
📷 Niko Tavernise, 2021
"I love what I do. The only way I can retire is if I can’t walk. And even then, there’s always a wheelchair - or roller skates."

Good-looking bunch at the 1962 #Oscars:
Rita Moreno & George Chakiris, Best Supporting Actress & Actor for West Side Story;
Greer Garson, accepting Best Actress for Sophia Loren for Two Women;
Maximilian Schell, Best Actor for Judgement at Nuremberg
📷 J. R. Eyerman

With Sally Struthers, Neil Simon & Rita Moreno during rehearsals for the Broadway revival of The Odd Couple.
📷 Martha Swope, 1985
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Moreno played Olive Madison & Struthers was Florence Unger. Gene Saks directed.

Rita Moreno, James Coco & Sally Struthers in Sam Bobrick & Ron Clark's play Wally's Cafe, 1981
📷 Martha Swope
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#PhoneCallFromPaul tweet on Rita Moreno's birthday
On the phone following her #Oscar win for West Side Story
📷 Jack Albin, 1962
Paul @holdengraber talks with the most interesting people
lithub.com/?s=phone+call+…
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Rachel Dennison, Valerie Curtain, Peter Bonerz & Rita Moreno in the sitcom 9 to 5, 1982.
Moreno played the Lily Tomlin role, while Curtin was the new Jane Fonda. Rachel Dennison is Dolly Parton's sister; guess who she played.
I thought I just dreamed this, but I looked it up.

Hollywood stars leave for a Civil Rights March
Including Marlon Brando, Rita Moreno, Harry Belafonte
📷 Larry Leach, August 28, 1963
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