Rita Moreno: A Memoir Audiobook (Free)

Within this luminous memoir, Rita Moreno shares her remarkable trip from a girl with simple beginnings in Puerto Rico to Hollywood legend-and mostly of the performers, as well as the only Hispanic, to win an Oscar, Grammy, Tony and two Emmys.

Born Rosita Dolores Alverio in the idyll of Puerto Rico, Moreno, in age group five, embarked on a harrowing ocean voyage with her mom and finished up in the severe barrios of the Bronx, where she discovered dance, singing, and performing as methods to escape a about Rita Moreno: A Memoir tumultuous child years. Making her Broadway debut by age group thirteen-and moving on to Hollywood in its Golden Age group just a couple years later-she worked well alongside such celebrities as Gary Cooper, Yul Brynner, and Ann Miller.

When discovered simply by Louis B. Mayer of MGM, the wizard himself declared: “She looks like a Spanish Elizabeth Taylor.” Cast by Gene Kelly while Zelda Zanders in Singin’ in the Rain and then to her Oscar-winning efficiency in West Side Story, she catapulted to fame-yet discovered herself frequently typecast seeing that the “energy ethnic,” a role she found almost impossible to elude.

Here, for the very first time, Rita demonstrates on her struggles to break through Hollywood’s racial and intimate obstacles. She explores the wounded little girl behind the glamorous façade-and what it required to discover her put in place the world. She discussions candidly about her romantic relationship with Elvis Presley, her encounters with Howard Hughes, as well as the passionate love with Marlon Brando that drove her to try suicide. And she shares the illusiveness of the “ideal” marriage as well as the incomparable joys of motherhood.

Infused with Rita Moreno’s quick wit and deep insight, this memoir is the amazing portrait of the stage and display star who longed to become who she really is-and triumphed.