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Rita Ora

Rita Ora is an Albanian-born singer from London whose 2012 debut album, Ora, included the top U.K. singles "R.I.P." and "How We Do (Party)" and "Shine Ya Light." She got her professional start…

Rita Hayworth

Name at birth: Margarita Carmen CansinoRita Hayworth was a top box office star and sex symbol of the 1940s, perhaps best known these days for the 1947 movie The Lady From Shanghai, and for a LIFE…

The Legend of Rita

Director:Volker SchondorffWriters:Volker Schondorff, Wolfgang KohlhaaseKino International; NR; 101 minutesRelease:2/01Cast:Bibiana Beglau, Martin Wuttke, Nadja Uhl The Legend of Rita does…

Rita Moreno

Name at birth: Rosita Dolores AlverioRita Moreno was the first woman to be an EGOT — winner of the big four awards in entertainment: Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony. She is best known for winning an…

Rita Moreno

Rita Moreno(Rosita Dolores Alverio)actress, dancer, singerBorn: 12/11/1931Birthplace: Humacao, Puerto Rico Moreno first appeared in film at the age of fourteen, in A Medal for Benny (1945). She…

Rita Dove

Rita Dove was the youngest person and the first African-American ever named Poet Laureate of the United States. She held the position from 1993 to 1995. Dove was educated in Ohio, Germany and Iowa…

Levi-Montalcini, Rita

(Encyclopedia) Levi-Montalcini, RitaLevi-Montalcini, Ritalāˈvē-mŏnˌtəlsēˈnē [key], 1909–2012, Italian-American neurologist, b. Turin, Italy, M.D. Univ. of Turin, 1936. A dual citizen of Italy and the…

Dove, Rita

(Encyclopedia) Dove, Rita, 1952–, American poet, b. Akron, Ohio, studied Iowa Writers' Workshop (M.F.A., 1977). Her first poetry collection, Ten Poems, was published in 1977. Her verse is at once…