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    Rita Moreno’s rise to Hollywood stardom

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Hello everyone I'm Alisyn Camerota here's your font slash.

Jesus spent six decades entertainment starring in more than thirty films and becoming the only female -- only Latina to win at.

Anything a Grammy and Oscar and -- Tony.

She's a quadruple threats but Rita Moreno success did not come without challenges.

Now she's written about her remarkable journey she joined us earlier on -- -- Friends tell us about Rita Moreno a memoir.

My mom divorced my father -- that time was you know just unheard of -- little Catholic island Puerto Rico.

And and came to this country by boat.

In in in search of a better life didn't speak good morning not a word of English she found a job and a sweatshop like many many Hispanic women.

And -- are still doing them by the way and made enough money -- enough English to go back to Puerto Rico to retrieve me and bring me to the United States.

It was astonishing.

And you know we arrived in February from freezing cold month.

You know -- like -- all I can remember as a child was that I saw trees without leave someone like yourself what happens -- -- yeah.

I'm glad.

Yeah so did and I can't say what do you mean this is a better life change.

What's -- area.

Where I'm not freezing -- the -- yeah yeah it was warm.

Yes it and it was is united in its parent dies suddenly turned into something else and it was a difficult first.

And greeting to sure it was wonderful country but it wasn't so wonderful to my perception then.

Right course and you win a long time to raise your memoir and you say it was because your husband of 45 years had passed away and only then could you -- this -- well I don't think he would have appreciated visit the business with Marlon Brando and Elvis Presley and a couple of those other people.

She does talk about her steamy love affairs in Rita Moreno a memoir is on sale now.

Enter -- take six today tried to make international news what you're doing it for British man made headlines for wrestling a shark.

Away from some kids at a beach while he was on vacation in Australia.

That sounds good but the only problem is that his boss's body was on sick leave for stress boy returned home he was fired.

Making matters worse his wife also worked for the same company she was also fired.

Now they really just stressed.

-- my -- -- I'm Alisyn Camerota.

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