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Rita Moreno Through the Years: Her Roles in ‘West Side Story’ and More

Rita Moreno earned EGOT status through the course of her career after starring as the original Anita in ‘West Side Story’

In Steven Spielberg ’s 2021 remake of West Side Story, Ariana DeBose took over the role of Anita while Moreno starred as the local pharmacy owner Valentina. Moreno detailed their toxic relationship in her 2013 self-titled memoir and revealed she attempted suicide as “a consolation, an escape-from-pain death” after Brando had fallen for his costar Tarita Teriipaia. In Steven Spielberg ’s 2021 remake of West Side Story, Ariana DeBose took over the role of Anita while Moreno starred as the local pharmacy owner Valentina.

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