Rita Moreno’s Daughter: Everything To Know About ‘West Side Story’ Star’s Only Child

• Rita Moreno is simply a celebrated histrion and singer.
• She has 1 daughter, Fernanda Luisa Gordon, with her precocious husband, Leonard Gordon.
• She has 2 grandsons.

Everyone knows Rita Moreno, 91, from the first West Side Story film, wherever she won an Oscar for playing Anita. 60 years later, aft becoming an EGOT winner, Rita returned for Steven Spielberg‘s adaptation of West Side Story. Next up for Rita is the Beauty and the Beast 30th day special, wherever she’ll play the Narrator. Rita’s stayed humble passim her vocation acknowledgment to her loving family, which includes her daughter Fernanda Luisa Gordon, 55. Fernanda has fixed Rita 2 grandchildren who she loves truthful much. Here’s everything you request to cognize astir Fernanda, and her narration with her legendary mother.

Rita Moreno with her girl Fernanda Gordon astatine the 2019 Peabody Awards (Photo: ZUMAPRESS.com / MEGA)

Who Is Fernanda Luisa Gordon?

Fernanda was calved successful 1967 to Rita and her husband, cardiologist Leonard Gordon. Fernanda got her Bachelor’s grade from the California College of Arts and Crafts, and got her Master’s grade successful Fine Arts from the University of Southern California. Fernanda temporarily followed successful her mother’s footsteps and pursued acting during the 1990s. She appeared successful the miniseries An Inconvenient Woman and the bid The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr, according to her IMDb. She was besides featured successful the 2021 documentary film Rita Moreno: Just A Girl Who Decided To Go For It, astir her mom’s life. Fernanda aboriginal became a jewelry decorator and founded the marque Nandiz Designs.

Fernanda is joined with children.

Fernanda married David Tyler Fisher in 1996. The mates welcomed their archetypal child, son Justin, that aforesaid year, giving Rita her archetypal grandchild. Fernanda and David’s 2nd son, Cameron, was calved successful 1999. Rita cherishes her narration with her 2 grandsons. In fact, earlier Rita’s hubby died, the mates moved from Los Angeles to Berkley, California to beryllium person to their grandkids.

“We were retired of our minds erstwhile we archetypal recovered retired we were going to beryllium grandparents,” Rita told Grand Magazine back successful 2008. “And the comic happening is that it has ne'er changed. We built a location present successful Berkeley. First of each we came up present to beryllium adjacent our girl due to the fact that we’re precise adjacent to her,” the Slums of Beverly Hills star added. “We were surviving successful Los Angeles astatine the time. And we came up present earlier she got pregnant. We fell successful emotion with the area. Eventually we built a location with country for the boys and their books and toys.”

Rita Moreno with her girl and Lin Manuel Miranda successful 2014 (Photo: SplashNews.com)

In that aforesaid interview, Rita gushed implicit however her grandsons are “the airy of our lives,” referring to her and her hubby Leonard, who died successful 2010. “One of the champion experiences of our lives, if not the best, adjacent to our daughter’s birth, is helping commencement our daughter’s baby,” she explained. “We were astatine the infirmary with them [Fernanda and David]. I held 1 of her legs. It was astonishing. It was the astir moving acquisition you tin perchance imagine. My babe is giving commencement to a baby.”

Fernanda’s narration with Rita.

Rita has ever had specified a peculiar narration with her daughter. In fact, Rita openly admitted to People in 2019 that she lone stayed with Leonard for Fernanda’s sake. “In my case, it was ‘I’ll beryllium the small girl, and you beryllium the daddy,’ ” Rita reportedly said successful the interview. “And that stopped working, of course, origin the small miss wanted to turn up and that’s erstwhile the occupation started. So I wasn’t happily joined for a precise agelong time.”

In December 2022, Rita turned 91 and Fernanda threw her ma a astonishment day party. Fernanda’s hubby and 1 of her sons were astatine the enactment which took spot astatine Rita’s home, according to People. Rita told the outlet that she “was perfectly surprised” astir the event.

“She had said to maine antecedently however overmuch she wished she could observe her day successful her caller location but she conscionable didn’t spot however to marque it happen, truthful she was thrilled that I made it happen,” Fernanda said to the outlet. The mother-daughter duo besides shared photos from the enactment with People, and it looked similar they had specified an astonishing time!

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