Acting legend Rita Moreno turns 93: a look back (29 images)

By UPI Staff

Award-winning actress Rita Moreno, best known for her breakout role in "West Side Story," turns 93 on Wednesday. Moreno, a Puerto Rican singer, dancer and actress, is the first and only Hispanic and one of 10 performers who have won an EGOT -- Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony. Here's a look back on her illustrious career.

Rita Moreno poses for pictures at the 42nd & Vine, Hollywood Hits Broadway gala to launch the Jay Monahan Center for Gastrointestinal Health at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York on November 12, 2002. Photo by Laura Cavanaugh/UPI

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Moreno signs copies of "West Side Story" DVD at Barnes & Noble in New York City on April 2, 2003. She starred in the original Broadway musical in 1957. Photo by Laura Cavanaugh/UPI

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Cast members of "Casa de Los Babys," from left to right, Daryl Hannah, Lili Taylor, Mary Steenburgen, Marcia Gay Harden and Moreno pose for photographers at the Toronto International Film Festival premiere of their film at the Uptown Theater in Toronto on September 7, 2003. Photo by Christine Chew/UPI

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President George W. Bush (R) watches as Moreno shows off her Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian award, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on June 23, 2004. Photo by Roger L. Wollenberg/UPI

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