Rita Moreno to Lend Vocal Talents to New Animated Series NINA'S WORLD

Variety reports that Tony, Emmy, Oscar and Grammy Award winner Rita Moreno will lend her voice to the all-new animated series NINA'S WORLD, set to premiere on Sprout network in 2015.

The legendary star will voice "Abuelita," the grandmother of the show's title character who will help her young off-spring understand her world and her culture.

Says Sprout President Sandy Wax, in a prepared statement, "Rita Moreno is a living legend, and it's fantastic to welcome her to Sprout's family. We know that she will bring her character to life as no one else could - she embodies all of the spirit and energy that Abuelita brings to Nina's World while maintaining an authenticity to the character's Hispanic background."

Moreno is one of the few performers ever to have earned an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony. She won an Oscar for her portrayal of 'Anita' in the film adaptation of West Side Story.

She will next be seen on the big screen in Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks. She has appeared on television in Happily Divorced, Cane, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Ugly Betty, Wanted, The Guardian, Oz and more.

Moreno has starred on Broadway in The Odd Couple, Wally's Cafe, The Ritz -- for which she won a 1975 Tony Award -- The National Health, Gantry, Last of the Red Hot Lovers, The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window and Skydrift, as well as She Loves Me in the West End.

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