'What a Life!': Moreno Reflects as New Oscars Bid Looms

Entertainment

January 6th, 10:52am

Asharq Al-Awsat

FILE - This July 29, 2018 file photo shows actress Rita Moreno, a cast member of the Netflix series "One Day at a Time" posing for a portrait during the Netflix portrait session at Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP, File)

It took Rita Moreno a year to agree to a documentary about her career. When she finally watched it for the first time, she exclaimed to her daughter: "What a life I've had!" The Puerto Rican superstar's seven decades in show business have earned her Emmys, a Grammy, a Tony and an Oscar -- the rare "EGOT" feat, achieved by only 16 artists ever, AFP said. Moreno is the only Latina among them, having overcome racism and sexual abuse in Hollywood long before #MeToo, as well as a tumultuous romance with Marlon Brando. Now a happy mother and grandmother, she is the subject of "Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It" on Netflix, which traces the ups and downs of a life often seen to embody the "American Dream." And at 90 she is back on the big screen thanks to "West Side Story," Steven Spielberg's remake of the film that won her an Oscar in 1962 -- which could now earn her another.

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