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34th Academy Awards; Date: April 9, 1962: Site: Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, California: Hosted by: Bob Hope: Produced by: Arthur Freed: Directed by: Richard Dunlap: Highlights; Best Picture: West Side Story: Most awards: West Side Story (10) Most nominations: Judgment at Nuremberg and West Side Story (11) TV in the United ...
Rita Moreno was the first Hispanic Puerto Rican of Spanish descent to be nominated for and win an Oscar, winning Best Supporting Actress for West Side Story (1961). Benicio del Toro won once from two nominations for Best Supporting Actor, winning for Traffic (2000) and becoming the first actor to win for a Spanish-speaking role.
West Side Story is a 1961 American musical romantic drama film directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins, written by Ernest Lehman, and produced by Wise.The film is an adaptation of the 1957 Broadway musical of the same title, which in turn was inspired by Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet.
Moreno won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her iconic performance as Anita in the musical film West Side Story (1961). She also won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture. For work on television, she won two Primetime Emmy Awards for her guest roles on The Muppets (1977), and The Rockford Files (1978
West Side Story. The 27th New York Film Critics Circle Awards honored the best filmmaking of 1961. [1] ... 1961 Awards This page was last edited on 29 October 2023 ...
Robert Earl Wise (September 10, 1914 – September 14, 2005) was an American filmmaker. He won the Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Picture for his musical films West Side Story (1961) and The Sound of Music (1965).
The 1961 film largely featured whites in brownface; even Puerto Rican Rita Moreno was forced to artificially darken her skin. But Steven Spielberg’s film features 20 Puerto Rican and numerous ...
George Chakiris – West Side Story [3] Montgomery Clift – Judgment at Nuremberg; Jackie Gleason – The Hustler; Tony Randall – Lover Come Back; George C. Scott – The Hustler; Rita Moreno – West Side Story. Fay Bainter – The Children's Hour; Judy Garland – Judgment at Nuremberg; Lotte Lenya – The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone ...