Complex sentence: Marquita Rivera (May 18,1922-October 21,2002) was a Puerto Rican actress, singer and dancer who became the first Puerto Rican actress to appear in a major Hollywood motion picture, Road to Rio, opposite Bob Hope and Bing Crosby.
Split into simpler sentences: Marquita Rivera (May 18,1922-October 21,2002) was a Puerto Rican actress, singer and dancer. She would go on to become the first Puerto Rican actress to appear in a major Hollywood motion picture, Road to Rio, opposite Bob Hope and Bing Crosby.