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And...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eRITA MORENO RECOUNTS SEXUAL HARASSMENT BY STUDIO EXEC: 'IT WAS SO SCARY'\u003cbr/\u003e              Rita Moreno Moreno says she was sexually harassed by a studio head when she was 18 years old. \u003cbr/\u003e              \"Well I was under contract to a studio. And the head of the studio, THE head of the studio, began to call me and bother me and whenever I was in the commissary having lunch he'd come over to the table. But luckily I made it a point of always having someone with me so he couldn't make a date as it were. He was married! More than married, he had a mistress. It was well known. Everybody knew who she was. Whenever she came into the commissary - she was an actress - all heads went to her because they knew she was this man's mistress. This went on for almost a year and I was about 18 and it was so scary. So scary because I thought, 'Well I guess that's the end of my career. I'm not going to have a chance. Certainly I'm not going to do any movies at this studio.' And eventually he stopped. But whenever he could, he'd see me alone, I would run like the wind because he would make a prop … He would propose something and I would just literally run the other way. Horrible,\" said Moreno. \u003cbr/\u003e              The \"West Side Story\" actress recounted her harrowing story in Los Angeles Thursday (12 OCTOBER) outside the event, Paley Honors in Hollywood: A Gala Celebrating Women in Television. \u003cbr/\u003e              Moreno said the news of sexual assault allegations against Harvey Weinstein hit close to home. Some 30 women have now accused the Hollywood film producer of inappropriate conduct.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"I'm just so glad that unlike myself she had the courage to make it public,\" said Moreno. \"We didn't know how to do that in those days. Are you kidding me? We would've probably been fired immediately. And the word would get around and you wouldn't get employed. So just as well.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              \"Mom\" actress Mimi Kennedy said she was also \"preyed upon\" early in her career.  \u003cbr/\u003e              \"It happened to me in New York. I was really young, really naive and I thought I was special. I was having this May-December romance because I was special. I was just being preyed upon. You know you could see it was going to lead to ... I read today there's a thing called 'the pass around a girl.' I didn't know that in the early 70s. But you know you're on your way to being one of those and that's when you just go holy God! And you stop. And then you go, 'I wish someone had warned me about that the first time so I wouldn't have even made that first mistake.' So I'm warning you now. Don't make that first mistake. Yes, you are special, but don't let anybody say you're special and that's why they have to have a sexual relationship with you in order for you to be an actress,\" Kennedy said. \u003cbr/\u003e              On Thursday Rose McGowan tweeted \"HW raped me,\" apparently referring to Harvey Weinstein. A growing number of actresses, including Gwyneth Paltrow, Kate Beckinsale, Angelina Jolie and Rosanna Arquette, have also made allegations of sexual harassment.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"Mom\" star Allison Janney was still reeling from the headlines. \u003cbr/\u003e              \"I'm just shocked at how much that has obviously still gone on. And it's terrible. It's a terrible thing. The only thing good is maybe women will be will be heard. Our voices will be heard because of this. I'm very intimidated with all these mics waiting for me to say something important about it. It's a terrible thing that's happened today and I'm proud of all the women that stood up,\" she said. \u003cbr/\u003e              Tyne Daly was frustrated that many people are acting surprised about the allegations against Weinstein. \u003cbr/\u003e              \"I'm sad that people are pretending that this is something extraordinary and new and amazing. 'Oh how shocking!' Oh come on! There's a great deal of hypocrisy going on and it makes it harder to sort out the good guys from the bad guys,\" she said. \u003cbr/\u003e              Daly had met the Hollywood heavyweight, but her impression was not a positive one. \u003cbr/\u003e              \"I could tell by meeting that man that it was an unpleasant and kind of nasty vibe,\" she said of Weinstein.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"Shark Tank\" entrepreneur Lori Greiner wasn't sure if Weinstein could get a second chance in Hollywood, but said she doesn't judge him. \u003cbr/\u003e              \"It's so messy. It's so messy. I don't know. I always feel don't judge until you know all the facts. And I always feel like, you know, we're in a country where let everything come out. It doesn't look good, but I don't like to judge people or things,\" she said. \u003cbr/\u003e              Linda Lavin focused on the positive. The \"Alice\" star said the chorus of women speaking out is a powerful example of courage and freedom. \u003cbr/\u003e              \"Let me just say that what I see happening now is a time of courage for women to join together to support each other, to speak out, to make visible what was hidden and that's an enormous freedom and in that freedom is empowerment,\" she said. \u003cbr/\u003e              Thursday's gala celebrated eight decades of women in television and featured a special tribute to Betty White.\u003cbr/\u003e            \u003cbr/\u003e\u003cbr/\u003e              Beverly Hills, Calif., 12 Oct. 2017 \u003cbr/\u003e              1. Wide of Rita Moreno speaking to reporters \u003cbr/\u003e              2. Medium of Rita Moreno speaking to reporters\u003cbr/\u003e              3. SOUNDBITE (English) Rita Moreno, actress: \"Well I was under contract to a studio. And the head of the studio, THE head of the studio, began to call me and bother me and whenever I was in the commissary having lunch he'd come over to the table. But luckily I made it a point of always having someone with me so he couldn't make a date as it were. He was married! More than married, he had a mistress. It was well known. Everybody knew who she was. Whenever she came into the commissary - she was an actress - all heads went to her because they knew she was this man's mistress. This went on for almost a year and I was about 18 and it was so scary. So scary because I thought, 'Well I guess that's the end of my career. I'm not going to have a chance. Certainly I'm not going to do any movies at this studio.' And eventually he stopped. But whenever he could, he'd see me alone, I would run like the wind because he would make a prop … He would propose something and I would just literally run the other way. Horrible.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              Reporter: \"I'm so sorry to hear that.\" \u003cbr/\u003e              Rita Moreno: \"I'm sorry to tell it.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              Reporter: \"These stories this week must hit home for you.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              Rita Moreno: \"Oh! And I'm just so glad that unlike myself she had the courage to make it public. We didn't know how to do that in those days. Are you kidding me? We would've probably been fired immediately. And the word would get around and you wouldn't get employed. So just as well.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              4. SOUNDBITE (English) Allison Janney, actress - on if she thinks the industry will change in the wake of the allegations against Harvey Weinstein: \"Yes, it has to. It has to. It's time. We can't go back to that. I can't. I'm just shocked at how much that has obviously still gone on. And it's terrible. It's a terrible thing. The only thing good is maybe women will be will be heard. Our voices will be heard because of this. I'm very intimidated with all these mics waiting for me to say something important about it. It's a terrible thing that's happened today and I'm proud of all the women that stood up. Oh God!\"\u003cbr/\u003e              5. Wide of Tyne Daly on the red carpet \u003cbr/\u003e              6. SOUNDBITE (English) Tyne Daly, actress - on the allegations against Harvey Weinstein: \"I'm sad that people are pretending that this is something extraordinary and new and amazing. 'Oh how shocking!' Oh come on! There's a great deal of hypocrisy going on and it makes it harder to sort out the good guys from the bad guys.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              7. Camera cutaway\u003cbr/\u003e              8. SOUNDBITE (English) Tyne Daly, actress - on Harvey Weinstein: \"And in the vibe department, I could tell by meeting that man that it was an unpleasant and kind of nasty vibe.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              Reporter: \"From meeting Harvey?\"\u003cbr/\u003e              Tyne Daly: \"Yeah.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              9. SOUNDBITE (English) Mimi Kennedy, actress - on sexual harassment in Hollywood: \"No. It happened to me in New York. I was really young, really naive and I thought I was special. I was having this May-December romance because I was special. I was just being prayed upon. You know you could see it was going to lead to ... I read today there's a thing called 'the pass around a girl.' I didn't know that in the early 70s. But you know you're on your way to being one of those and that's when you just go holy God! And you stop. And then you go, 'I wish someone had warned me about that the first time so I wouldn't have even made that first mistake.' So I'm warning you now. Don't make that first mistake. Yes, you are special, but don't let anybody say you're special and that's why they have to have a sexual relationship with you in order for you to be an actress.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              10. Lori Greiner speaks to reporter \u003cbr/\u003e              11. SOUNDBITE (English) Lori Greiner, actress - on if Weinstein will get a second chance in Hollywood: \"It's so messy. It's so messy. I don't know. I always feel don't judge until you know all the facts. And I always feel like, you know, we're in a country where let everything come out. It doesn't look good, but I don't like to judge people or things.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              12. Linda Lavin speaks to reporters \u003cbr/\u003e              13. 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