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An American actress of Spanish and Irish descent who reached fame during the 1940s as the era's leading sex symbol. She was sometimes called "The Love Goddess" or "The Great American Love Goddess," and was celebrated as an expert dancer and great beauty.
REAL NAME: Margarita Carmen Dolores Cansino BIRTHDATE: October 17, 1918 BIRTHPLACE: New York Nursery and Child's Hospital, in NYC, New York DEATHDATE: May 14, 1987 (Alztheimer's Disease) at 68 BURIAL: Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, CA PARENTS: Eduardo Cansino (Spanish-from Seville, Spain) and Volga Hayworth (Irish & English) BROTHERS: Vernon and Eduardo Jr. TEMP STAGE NAME: taken from her real name, Margarita, shortened-RITA CANSINO HEIGHT: 5'6" WEIGHT: maintained between 114 and 129 lbs. SHOE SIZE:7AAA EYES: Dark Brown HAIR COLOR: natural color is dark brown MARRIAGES: Edward C. Judson (May 29, 1937-May 22, 1942) Divorced Orson Welles (Sept. 7, 1943-Dec. 1, 1948) Divorced Prince Aly Khan (May 27, 1949-Jan. 27, 1953) Divorced Dick Haymes (Sept. 24, 1958-Sept.1961) Divorced James Hill (Feb. 2, 1958-Sept. 1961) Divorced CHILDREN: Daughter Rebecca Welles (December 17, 1944) Daughter Princess Yasmin Aga Khan (December 28, 1949)
RITA QUOTES: "Every man I have ever known has fallen in love with Gilda and awakened with me.""I haven't had everything from life. I've had too much."When asked what had held up her dress in Gilda (1946), she replied, "Two things.""I never really thought of myself as a sex goddess; I felt I was more a comedian who could dance".Reporter: "What do you think when you look at yourself in the mirror after waking up in the morning?" Rita Hayworth: "Darling, I don't wake up till the afternoon." (1974)"All I wanted was just what everybody else wants, you know, to be loved.""What surprises me in life are not the marriages that fail, but the marriages that succeed.""I think all women have a certain elegance about them which is destroyed when they take off their clothes.""The fun of acting is to become someone else.""Every actor, every director, everybody needs an Oscar. You have to have that little statue in Hollywood, or else you're nothing!"Basically, I am a good, gentle person, but I'm attracted to mean personalities.No one can be Gilda twenty-four hours a day.We are all tied to our destiny and there is no way we can liberate ourselves.After all, a girl is... well, a girl. It's nice to be told you're successful at it."Increasingly, stars are recruited from the ranks of professional models, with the result that today's starlets are better dressed and better groomed than ever before, though it is doubtful if they are better actresses."(Early in her career about husband Eddie Judson) "I owe everything to Ed. I could never have made the grade in Hollywood without him. I was just too backward. My whole career was his idea."Myspace For Girls Only - MyGirlySpace.com

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A TRIBUTE TO THE BEAUTIFUL, TALENTED, "LOVE GODDESS" -RITA HAYWORTH

Margarita Carmen Cansino, a woman known to the world as Rita Hayworth, was one of the most glamorous actresses in cinema history, but she was much more than a beautiful face. Rita was an exceptionally talented dancer, and her performances embodied a combination of strength and sensitivity that set her apart from other screen sirens, and made her just as popular with female audiences. From her persona, it is hard to believe that the real Rita was a very shy woman with great insecurities. She was a much better actress than the critics ever acknowledged. It is a credit to her abilities that she was able to play characters like "Gilda" so flawlessly that the world thought of the person and the image as one in the same. Rita brightened America during World War II with her dancing in musicals like Cover Girl, and displayed her evolving acting talents in films like The Loves of Carmen and Miss Sadie Thompson. Starring in movies for nearly four decades, she became one of the all-time great Hollywood legends

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DID YOU KNOW.... *In the early 40's Rita had a pet dog that was a doberman *Later, she and Orson Welles had a pet cocker spainel, it's name was Pookles.

*Charles Vidor was said to be Rita's favorite director. He directed her in The lady in question, Cover Girl, Gilda, and The loves of Carmen *On July 24th Rita and four other stars of Tales of Manhattan all put their individual hand and foot prints in the forecourt of Grauman's Chinese Theater. To this day they hold the record for the most number of squares imprinted on the same day!

*Rita liked to collect perfumes *One of Rita's favorite hobbies was learning to bullfight

*Blood and sand was Rita's first Technicolor film *You Were Never Lovlier and You'll Never Get Rich were Rita's favorite of her own movies. She was also proud of the Loves of Carmen and Blood and Sand. *Rita's first 10 movies were made under the name of "Rita Cansino" ************************************************************ *********************** RITA'S STRIPTEASE (GILDA) "PUT THE BLAME ON MAME"

WATCH "PUT THE BLAME ON MAME" - gilda

CLIPS FROM GILDA- using the song "YOU'RE SO DAMN HOT!" make sure your speakers are on...this is great!

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COVER GIRL-long ago and far away...one of my favorite "Rita scenes" So Romantic...i LOVE the song too!
-RITA'S MOVIES-Criminals of the Air (1937) Girls Can Play (1937) The Game That Kills (1937) Life Begins with Love (1937) (uncredited)Paid to Dance (1937) Shadow (1937) Who Killed Gail Preston? (1938) Special Inspector (1938) There's Always a Woman (1938) Convicted (1938) Juvenile Court (1938) The Renegade Ranger (1938) Homicide Bureau (1939) The LoneWolf Spy Hunt (1939) Only Angels Have Wings (1939) Music in My Heart (1940) Blondie on a Budget (1940) Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 6 (1940)Susan and God (1940) The Lady in Question (1940) Angels Over Broadway (1940) The Strawberry Blonde (1941) Affectionately Yours (1941) Blood and Sand (1941) You'll Never Get Rich (1941) My Gal Sal (1942) Tales of Manhattan (1942) You Were Never Lovelier (1942) Show Business at War (1943)Cover Girl (1944) Tonight and Every Night (1945) Gilda (1946) Down to Earth (1947) The Lady from Shanghai (1948) The Loves of Carmen (1948) (also producer) Champagne Safari (1952) (documentary) Affair in Trinidad (1952) (also producer) Salome (1953) (also producer) Miss Sadie Thompson (1953) (also producer) Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Grows Up (1954)Fire Down Below (1957) Pal Joey (1957) Separate Tables (1958) They Came to Cordura (1959) The Story on Page One (1959) The Happy Thieves (1962) (also producer) Lykke og krone (1962) (documentary) Circus World (1964) The Money Trap (1965) The Poppy Is Also a Flower (1966) L'Avventuriero (1967) (The Rover)I Bastardi (1968) (The Cats) The Naked Zoo (1971) Road to Salina (1971) The Wrath of God (1972) ********************************** "Amado Mio" -Love me forever (Gilda)

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Books:

Rita Hayworth: A Photographic Retrospective,Rita Hayworth- The Time, The Place and The Woman, If This Was Happiness: A Biography of Rita Hayworth, Rita Hayworth, In Her Own Words, The Complete Films of Rita Hayworth, Rita, The Life of Rita Hayworth, Rita Hayworth, A Memoir, Rita Hayworth, Pyramid Illustrated History of the Movies

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Daughters Rebecca and Princess Yasmin