Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It

Status:
Released
Production:
Act III Productions
Aired:
2021-06-18
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
Rita Moreno defied both her humble upbringing and relentless racism to become one of a select group who have won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Award. Over a seventy year career, she has paved the way for Hispanic-American performers by refusing to be pigeonholed into one-dimensional stereotypes.
Documentary
Characters

Rita Moreno
Self

Lin-Manuel Miranda
Self

Morgan Freeman
Self

Whoopi Goldberg
Self

Eva Longoria
Self

Justina Machado
Self

Gloria Estefan
Self

Norman Lear
Self

Karen Olivo
Self

George Chakiris
Self

Marlon Brando
Self (archive footage)

Gina Rodriguez
Self

Héctor Elizondo
Self
Tony Taccone
Self

Mitzi Gaynor
Self
Annette Insdorf
Self
Fernanda Gordon
Self (as Fernanda Gordon Fisher)

Jackie Speier
Self
Frances Negrón Muntaner
Self
Julia Foulkes
Self
John Ferguson
Self

Terrence McNally
Self

Tom Fontana
Self

Rock Hudson
Self (archive footage)

Jimmy Kimmel
Self (archive footage)

Joan Rivers
Self (archive footage)

Steven Spielberg
Self

Barack Obama
Self (archive footage)

Todd Grinnell
Self

America Ferrera
Self (archive footage)