Who was Rita Morenos husband Leonard Gordon?

On December 11, 1931, in Humacao, Puerto Rico, Rosa Dolores Alvero Marcano was given the name Rita Moreno. Her father, Francisco José Alvero, was a farmer, while her mother, Rosa Mara, worked as a seamstress. Francisco is Moreno’s younger brother. Moreno’s mother brought them to New York City when they were little. She began taking dancing lessons from a Spanish dancer soon after her arrival. When Moreno was 11 years old, she contributed her voice to Spanish-dubbed versions of American films. She made her Broadway debut at the age of 13 in “Skydrift,” which caught the eye of Hollywood talent scouts. Moreno was residing in Valley Stream, Long Island, at the time.

In the latter years of Hollywood’s Golden Age, Moreno began her career in motion pictures. In 1950, she made her film debut, starring in three films, two of which were MGM musicals entitled “The Toast of New Orleans” and “Pagan Love Song.” Moreno played silent cinema star Zelda Zanders in the 1952 musical comedy “Singin’ in the Rain” with Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen. Throughout the 1950s, Moreno continued to produce a large amount of work, making appearances in a variety of movies, including “The Fabulous Seorita,” “Fort Vengeance,” “Latin Lovers,” “Jivaro,” “Untamed,” “The Vagabond King,” and “The Deerslayer.” She thought she was being typecast in stereotyped Hispanic characters at this time, which made her feel primarily uneasy about her roles. One exception was her supporting part as a Burmese concubine in “The King and I.”

In 1961, Moreno got her most well-known part as Anita in the motion picture adaption of the Broadway musical “West Side Story.” Ten Academy Awards were later given to the movie, with Moreno winning Best Supporting Actress. After that, the actress appeared in “Summer and Smoke” and “Cry of Battle,” before leaving Hollywood on her own terms. She had a comeback in 1969 with three movies: James Garner and Marlon Brando’s neo-noir “Marlowe,” which also starred her, the dramedy “Popi,” in which she costarred with Alan Arkin, and the Marlon Brando crime movie “The Night of the Following Day.”

Who was Rita Moreno’s husband Leonard Gordon?

Moreno married cardiologist and internist Leonard Gordon in 1965, who later became her manager after retiring from medicine. They moved to Berkeley, California, in 1995. They were married until his death in 2010. Fernanda Gordon Fisher is Moreno and Gordon’s daughter, and they have two grandsons. Moreno admitted that she considered leaving her husband but decided against it in order to keep the family together.

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