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American actress Rita Hayworth rose to Hollywood stardom in the 1940s. She was born Margarita Carmen Cansino on October 17, 1918, in Brooklyn, New York. She began working on stage in a vaudeville act at the age of six and by sixteen was already an accomplished professional dancer. In the early 1930s she began to attract the attention of film producers and in 1935 was signed up by Fox Studios. Though she only began in small roles with Fox, in 1937 she signed with Columbia Studios and her movie career took off. She was considered to be one of the most beautiful actresses of her era and starred in many movies including The Money Trap, Charlie Chan in Egypt, Cover Girl, Blood and Sand and My Gal Sal.
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- Birth name: Margarita Carmen Dolores Cansino
- Birth date: October 17, 1918
- Married five timesFilmbug: Biography
- Two daughters: Rebecca Welles and Princess Yasmin Aga Khan
- Knocked out two of Glenn Ford's teeth filming Gilda
- Suffered early onset Alzheimer's DiseaseLifetwo: Rita Hayworth and Alzhiemer's Disease
- Acted until the 1970s
- Died: 1987NPR: Present At the Creation
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Fred Astaire And Rita Hayworth -- "I'm Old Fashioned" #gleaning [RB @sarahcarina Thnx for the props!] ♫ http://blip.fm/~g1iqm
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A south american casino owner hires ford as an aide unaware that his alluring wife was a woman of the mans past. Hayworth sings put the blame on mame boys. Special features: subtitles in english spanish french portuguese chinese korean and ...
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Who was Rita Hayworth? Born Margarita Carmen Cansino, she spent her life subjected to others' definitions of her, no matter how hard she worked to claim her own identity. Although there have been many "revelations" about her life and career...
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- 1918: Born on October 17 in Brooklyn, New York
- 1935: Signed by Fox Studios
- 1937: Signed by Columbia Pictures
- 1939: Only Angels Have Wings - IMBd Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
- 1941: Makes the cover of Time magazine
- 1942: Tales of Manhattan - IMBd Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
- 1946: Gilda - IMBd Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
- 1948: Marries Prince Ali Khan
- 1972: The Wrath of God - IMBd Listing | The New York Times Review
- 1987: Died on May 14
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The Stage Door Canteen, decorated with retro touches such as photos of Clark Gable, Rita Hayworth and other entertainers from the era, is the setting for a ...Los Angeles Times (November 06, 2009) -
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... as “Gwen Stafani goes burlesque,” “equal parts Hollywood glamour and S&M chic” and “the spawn of Sapphic union between Rita Hayworth and Traci Lords. ...The Desert Sun (November 06, 2009) -
Viewfinder : 'This Is It' worth the wait / Nestor Torre
... like a deft reediting of iconic film footage that enabled Jackson to visually “interact” with the stellar likes of Rita Hayworth and Humphrey Bogart! ...Inquirer.net (November 05, 2009) -
Touch of genius: Orson Welles at the IFI
... the film is marred only by Welles' dodgy Irish accent (he plays an ex-IRA man) but graced by an enigmatic performance from his then-wife Rita Hayworth. ...Irish Independent (November 06, 2009)
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