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

Mariem Pérez Riera
2021-06-18


7.4
90 min

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.

Cast

Name Character Team
Rita Moreno Self Calvin and Nobbs
Lin-Manuel Miranda Self Calvin and Nobbs
Morgan Freeman Self Calvin and Nobbs
Whoopi Goldberg Self Calvin and Nobbs
Eva Longoria Self Unowned
Justina Machado Self Unowned
Gloria Estefan Self Unowned
Norman Lear Self Unowned
Karen Olivo Self Unowned
George Chakiris Self Unowned
Marlon Brando Self (archive footage) Unowned
Gina Rodriguez Self The Free Refills
Héctor Elizondo Self Unowned
Tony Taccone Self Unowned
Mitzi Gaynor Self Unowned
Annette Insdorf Self Unowned
Fernanda Gordon Self (as Fernanda Gordon Fisher) Unowned
Jackie Speier Self Unowned
Frances Negrón Muntaner Self Unowned
Julia Foulkes Self Unowned
John Ferguson Self Unowned
Terrence McNally Self Unowned
Tom Fontana Self Unowned
Rock Hudson Self (archive footage) Unowned
Jimmy Kimmel Self (archive footage) Unowned
Joan Rivers Self (archive footage) Unowned
Steven Spielberg Self Unowned
Barack Obama Self (archive footage) Unowned
Todd Grinnell Self Unowned
America Ferrera Self (archive footage) Goutbreak