I love what I do."

Her parents divorced when she was very young, before she and her mom emigrated to New York City.

Shortly before she turned 14, Moreno landed a role in a Broadway show called “Skydrift.”

Rita Moreno wearing leopard-printed jacket

She had a younger brother named Francisco who remained with her dad when Moreno’s parents divorced.

Moreno told theSan Francisco Chroniclethat she did see her father one more time.

As for her brother Francisco, Moreno never reunited with him.

Young Rita Moreno smiling

“I was not treated like a serious young actress and that was very hard,” she shared.

“It dismayed me; I began to feel demeaned, that my dignity was on the line … “That really activated me.

That did it,” she said.

Rita Moreno as a young woman

“I thought, with this many people, I’m not alone.

I’m not alone in my hurt and I’m not alone in my fear.”

Herrelationship with Marlon Brando, on the other hand, was tumultuous and full of emotional baggage.

Rita Moreno in “West Side Story”

According toEncyclopedia.com, she tied the knot withDr.

Leonard I. Gordonin 1965.

Together they had one daughter, Fernanda, and two grandsons, Justin and Cameron (viaGrand Magazine).

Rita Moreno in the 1980s

Those grandkids are lucky to have such an awesome abuela.

Rita Moreno yelling

Elvis Presley and Marlon Brando