Rita Hayworth

Born in New York Click to look into! >> Read More... , U.S, on October 17, 1918, Margarita Carmen Cansinowas an American dancer and performing artist. She was the daughter of Volga Hayworth, a dancer and a showgirl and Eduardo Cansino, Sr. well-known on-screen character and artist.

She began going to dancing classes from a young age and took training from Angel Cansino, at the Carnegie Hall in New York. She gave her first dance execution at six years old. At eight years old, she showed up in the short movie 'La Fiesta' by Warner Bros in 1926. Her family shifted to Hollywood, where her dad opened a dance studio in 1972.

Amid the period of Great Depression, people's passion for dancing classes wound down and the studio was shut down. From that point, her dad banded together with her to shape 'The Dancing Casinos,' and she began dancing in bars and clubs.She studied at the Hamilton High school in Los Angeles till the ninth grade, after which she needed to drop out because she couldn't concentrate on both dancing and education.

In 1934, the sixteen-year-old acted in a minor part in the movie 'Cruz Diablo,' and the following year, she worked in the motion picture 'In Caliente.' Winfield Sheehan, the leader of the Fox Film Corporation, noticed Rita at the Caliente Club.

Inspired by her execution, Winfield fixed her a screen test, after which Rita signed a contract with the Fox Corporation.She worked in five movies during her agreement period with the Fox Corporation, which was all small parts.

Her contract halted after its termination. In 1935, she acted in motion pictures such as 'Charlie Chan in Egypt' by Louis King, 'Under the Pampas Moon' by James Tinling, 'Dante's Inferno' by Harry Lachman and 'Paddy O'Day' by Lewis Seiler, in which she performed the part of a Russian artist. She acted her first lead part in the motion picture 'Human Cargo' by Allan Dwan in 1936. After, she signed an agreement with Columbia Pictures in 1937. There she appeared in five of their minor movies, and she also showed up in other autonomous motion pictures.

In 1939, she acted as the Judy MacPherson in the film 'Only Angels Have Wings' by Howard Hawks Howard Hawks was a director, screenwriter, and pro >> Read More... . The part was little yet pivotal, and its achievement brought fame for her. In 1941, she appeared as the second lead actress in the Warner Bros movie titled 'The Strawberry Blonde' by Raoul Walsh, which was a hit. After that, she stowed numerous parts and worked in motion pictures such as 'My Gal Sal' by Irving Cummings, 'Blood and Sand' by Rouben Mamoulian, 'Tales of Manhattan' by Julien Duvivier and much more. Rita featured in one of the most famous movies 'Cover Girl', an Academy Award-winning American melodic movie by Charles Vidor in 1944.

The film was a standout amongst the most well-known motion pictures amid the war years. From 1945-47, she exhibited her dancing ability in movies such as 'Tonight and Every Night' by Victor Saville, 'Down to Earth' by Alexander Hall and furthermore worked in 'Gilda,' the black and white film noir by Charles Vidor.

In 1947, Rita acted in the widely praised film noir 'The Lady from Shanghai' by Orson Welles, which didn't do well. She appeared in 'The Loves of Carmen,' the American dramatization movie by Charles Vidor as a Carmen, which was a major business achievement in 1948.

In 1952, after taking a break for a long time, she worked in the film which turned out to be her rebound movie 'Affair in Trinidad' that was a quick accomplishment on the box office. Rita worked in several more motion pictures after this such as 'Road to Salina' by George Lautner, 'Fire Down Below' by Robert Parrish, 'The Story on Page One' by Clifford Odets, and many more.

In 1964, she received a Golden Globe selection for her part as Lili Alfredo in the movie ' Circus Circus is one of the most popular television seria >> Read More... ' by Henry Hathaway. In August of 1940, she was on the front of ' Life Click to look into! >> Read More... ' magazine out of the blue, after which she showed up on the magazine four times. Rita got a star on the 'Walk of Fame' at 1645 Vine Street in 1960. She received the National Screen Heritage Award in 1977.

By the mid-30s, she requested to color her hair dark red and convert her name to Rita Hayworth, after which she turned into the exemplary 'American pin-up.' She wedded Edward C. Judson in Las Vegas Serial Story Coming Soon... >> Read More... in 1937, and he assumed a noteworthy part in propelling her acting vocation. The marriage finished in 1942. Then, she wedded Orson Welles in 1943, and the couple had a little girl, Rebecca together. But, she petitioned for separate in 1948. She surrendered her profession in movies in 1949 and hitched Prince Aly Khan. The couple had a little girl, yet the marriage finished in 1951.

In 1958, she married James Hill in 1958 and the couple divorced in 1961. She battled with liquor abuse all through her life, and in the mid-70s her well-being exacerbated. She passed away from Alzheimer's sickness at the 68 years old on 4 May of 1987and was buried at the Holy Cross Cemetery in California. Her little girl, Princess Yasmin Aga Khan, has the yearly 'Alzheimer's Association Rita Hayworth Galas.’