People + Culture
La primera actriz boricua que ganó un Oscar
Rita Moreno, born in Humacao, Puerto Rico, won the 1962 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for West Side Story, becoming the first Hispanic actress to win an Academy Award while Hollywood typecasting continued.
Receipt Spine
- Academy / Oscars 34th Academy Awards page confirms Rita Moreno as Best Supporting Actress for West Side Story, April 9, 1962.
- National Archives / Pieces of History places her as the first Hispanic actress to win an Academy Award and born in Humacao, Puerto Rico.
- PBS American Masters frames the 1962 Oscar as the first award in her EGOT and documents ongoing Hollywood typecasting after the win.