Rita Moreno Profile

Rita Moreno

	(Rosita Dolores Averio)
11 December 31	is born in Humacao, Puerto Rico
46?	dubs stars like Liz Taylor for Spanish versions of American films
?	is brought to Hollywood after she scores in New York’s So Young, So Bad
12 March 54	is on the cover of Picturegoer
September 54	is often seen with meat-packing heir George Hormel, Jr., who is reportedly worth $200 million
September 54	kicks an LAPD detective in the thigh and slaps him three times across his mouth. He was trying to arrest her beau, George Hormel, at his plush Laurel Canyon home on a charge of possessing 13 marijuana cigarettes, which were found in his car.
May 55	wears the first diamond ring that she bought for herself
	is taken to the Villa Capri by Marlon Brando
June 55	is seen with Virginia Leith and Dick Egan at a premiere
July 55	"discovers" tenor Oreste Kirkop while making The Vagabond King
August 55	is a new couple-around-town with young actor Jeffrey Hunter. Both go out so much that no one takes their dates seriously.
November 55	admits that she’s bigger around the bottom than she is around the bust
December 55	wins the COMPO National Audience Award as one of the stars of the future
56	her measurements are 34-23-35
May 57	has dated actors Hugh O’Brian, Jeff Hunter, Bob Wagner, and Richard Egan and is now in love with Marlon Brando
December 57	doesn’t speak to Brando when she sees him these days
58	doesn’t follow an invitation to Memphis, but dates Elvis in Hollywood
September 63	is one of young actor George Chakiris’ few close friends
18 June 65	marries Dr. Leonard I. Gordon in New York City
28 October 66	her daughter, Fernanda Lu, is born
90	releases a very successful exercise video
02	is still married to Gordon and resides in Berkeley, California

Sources: Made in Heaven by Victoria Houseman, Photoplay, Motion Picture, Movieland, Modern Screen, Screen Stories, Screenland, Lowdown, Picturegoer, www.IMDb.com
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