Moreno Gets SAG Life Achievement Award

By John Eggerton
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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SAG-AFTRA has named Rita Moreno the recipient of its highest award, the SAG Life Achievement Award.

Moreno is among a handful of actors to claim an Emmy (two actually), Grammy, Oscar and Tony, as well as a Presidential Medal of Freedom and National Medal of the Arts.

Moreno will be saluted at the 20th Annual SAG Awards Jan. 18, 2014.

Moreno's Emmys were for a guest appearance on The Muppet Show and another for a guest shot on the Rockford Files. Her Grammy was for her performance on the Electric Company album from the PBS TV show.

Her Oscar was for her role as Anita in West Side Story and her Tony for playing Googie Gomez in The Ritz. Moreno currently plays Fran Drescher's mother in Happily Divorced (TV Land).

John Eggerton
John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.