PBS to air documentary on EGOT winner Rita Moreno in 2020
Posted July 29, 2019 7:00 am
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) - PBS will air a documentary on EGOT winner Rita Moreno, the network announced Monday.
"Rita Moreno: The Girl Who Decided to Go for It" will chart her decades-long career. It will feature interviews, archival footage, reenactments of Moreno's childhood and animation.
Norman Lear and Lin-Manuel Miranda have partnered to produce the project, slated to air in 2020.
Moreno is currently filming the Steven Spielberg remake of "West Side Story." She won a best supporting actress Oscar for the film in 1962.
Her sitcom "One Day at a Time," produced by Lear and co-starring Justina Machado, was just saved from cancellation by Pop TV after three seasons on Netflix.
FILE - In this Aug. 25, 2018, file photo, Rita Moreno arrives at the 33rd annual Imagen Awards in Los Angeles. PBS announced Monday, July 29, 2019, it will air a documentary about Moreno, âRita Moreno: The Girl Who Decided to Go For It,â charting her decades-long career. The project is slated to air in 2020. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)
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FILE - In this Aug. 25, 2018, file photo, Rita Moreno arrives at the 33rd annual Imagen Awards in Los Angeles. PBS announced Monday, July 29, 2019, it will air a documentary about Moreno, âRita Moreno: The Girl Who Decided to Go For It,â charting her decades-long career. The project is slated to air in 2020. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)
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