Rita Moreno in 2023.Photo: Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty Images
Rita Morenois 92 years young and having the time of her life.
In a recent video posted from her publicity team atKatz PR, the award-winning actress can be seen among friends in London, conducting a rousing chorus of “Happy Birthday to You” with live piano accompaniment.
Moreno, all smiles, appears to be standing on a chair — the better to direct her admirers from above. Outfitted in a dark blazer with glittering brooch, leather pants and flashy earrings, it’s clear theEGOT-winninglegend is celebrating her big day in style.
“Feliz cumpleaños, Rita!” reads the caption from Katz PR, posted on Moreno’s Dec. 11 birthday. “92 years young and still the life of the party.”
“I mean, celebrating 92 is a very big deal,” theWest Side StoryOscar winner recently toldPEOPLEexclusively. “I said to mydaughter, ‘What are we going to do? Because I definitely want to celebrate 92. My God, that’s pretty good!”
According to a source, several of the actress’ fellow theater stars were in attendance for the party, including Patrick Wilson,Audra McDonald,Daniel Dae Kimand Aaron Tveit. All were in London to sing onstage Dec. 12 inThe Rodgers & Hammerstein 80th Anniversary Concert— which featured Moreno as a surprise performer.
This year, the actress told PEOPLE, she may be celebrating her birthday more than once. “I’m thinking of possibly doing two birthday parties in the apartment,” Moreno said of the new condominium building she moved into from herBerkeley Hills, California home. “I may have to have three birthday parties.”
Her new space is “beautiful,” she continued. “But it won’t hold all of the people that I have for my birthday, because I always have fabulous birthdays.”
Moreno, who stars in the new Netflix movieFamily Switch, is herself an active social media user, posting glamorous photos old and new on herInstagramaccount.
“Our nation has lost a treasured looking glass,” she continued. “By his reflected wit we were disarmed enough to see our wrinkles. And he wasn’t promoting makeup but heart transplants.”
Rita Moreno in 2021.Jamie McCarthy/Getty
Jamie McCarthy/Getty
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Speaking to PEOPLE, Moreno also opened up aboutsuffering from lonelinesssince the 2010 death of Leonard Gordon, her husband of 45 years. Although she describes herself as “gregarious,” the actress admitted feeling “so sad” after her move to the condominium.
“I was really lonely,” she said candidly, adding that she realized she didn’t know how to make new friends. “It’s the most fascinating thing to learn about yourself… I’ve never had to seek people’s company,” she added. “You know why? Because people have always come to me.”
Even at age 92, Moreno shows no signs of stopping in terms of her work on the big screen. This year she starred in80 for Brady,Fast XandFamily Switch, and made appearances onLopez vs. LopezandPrincess Power.
source: people.com
