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West Side Story trailer: Original Anita star Rita Moreno returns as Valentina 60 years on

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West Side Story trailer features another look at EGOT winner Rita Moreno, who famously won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for playing Anita in the 1961 original movie.

The Puerto-Rican born star also featured in Singin' in the Rain and The King and I, while she was once romantically linked to Marlon Brando.

Now the 89-year-old returns for Spielberg's reimagining as a new character called Valentina, as well as an executive producer on the project.

She is the widow of Doc, who owned a candy store in the 1961 movie where the Jets and Sharks hang out. READ MORE: West Side Story icon Rita Moreno opens up on 'hated' choreographerSpeaking with ET, Moreno said: "The part that I play is based on Doc.

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