In what we’re just going to assume is partially a shot at Netflix over the cancellation of One Day At A Time, this year Peabody Awards will present Rita Moreno with the Peabody Career Achievement Award. This comes from Deadline, which reports that Peabody’s executive director Jeffrey P. Jones said in a statement that “Rita Moreno is a unique talent who has not only broken barriers, but whose career continues to thrive six-plus decades after her acting debut.” Jones also highlighted her “passion for children’s programming and important social issues.” The award will be presented to Moreno on May 18.
Of course, Rita Moreno winning awards isn’t a new thing, and this Peabody trophy will be going on an already-crowded shelf. Moreno has previously received The Kennedy Center Honor for lifetime achievement, won the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award, got a Presidential Medal Of Freedom from George W. Bush, and a National Medal Of Arts from Barack Obama. She also happens to be an EGOT winner, so now we’re going to consider it a PeaEGOT to account for this Peabody award.
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I’m old enough to remember when she was the only EGOT winner. It still kind of bugs me that other people have managed it, too. In my heart of hearts, that honor is hers alone and always will be.
Apparently Richard Rodgers and Helen Hayes achieved this before Ms. Moreno did.
http://mentalfloss.com/article/551084/egot-emmy-grammy-oscar-tony-award-winners
why “EGOT”, anyhow. Either the letters are presented in order of award won, or just call it “getting their GOTE”
As a Muppet fan, I would just like to note that her Emmy came from her performance on The Muppet Show.That is all.
And well deserved…
And my deep, abiding love for her came from growing up watching her on Electric Company.
Rita Moreno! My libido! A denial, a denial…
“In what we’re just going to assume is partially a shot at Netflix over the cancellation of …”Or, more likely, the whole West Side Story thing.
I just hope she doesn’t get all high and mighty claiming she’s a EGOPT winner. That only counts if it’s a Pulitzer, Rita!
I saw an interview with Jackie Cruz from OITNB saying that the first time she met Rita Moreno at an awards show, she told her that she had wanted to be an actress since she was a little girl and saw her in West Side Story. But she was crying so hard as she was saying this that she was not completely sure that Rita Moreno could understand her. I bet she got the gist of it though & I’m sure was gracious.