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Octogenarian Rita Moreno still remains one of the busiest stars in show business. In the Spring, Rita will begin production in the Latino remake of Norman Lear’s classic sitcom, One Day at a Time, for Netflix. This past December she received a Kennedy Center Honor for her lifetime contributions to American culture. Prior to that she served as the 2015 Grand Marshal of the National Puerto Rican Day Parade in New York City and released her first ever all Spanish language album, Una Vez Mas, produced by her good friend, Emilio Estefan. She also lends her voice to the character, “Abuelita” in the new animated series, Nina’s World, currently seen on NBC-TV’s Sprout Network. She also was the voice of “Aunt Mimi” in the animated film, Rio 2. Her first book, Rita Moreno: A Memoir, published by Celebra Books, instantly became a New York Times Bestseller. In 2011, she premiered her one-woman show, Life Without Make-up, an original stage production about her life and also appeared as a season regular on the TV Land series Happily Divorced, playing Fran Drescher’s mother.