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 Rita Hayworth's Profile |
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| Age: | 89 years old |
| Sex: | Female |
| Location: | New York, New York |
| Country: |  United States |
| Height: | 5' 6" |
| BodyType: | Slim / Slender |
| Zodiac: |  Libra (Sep 23 - Oct 22) |
| Last Login: | Jun 30, 2008 (102 days back) |
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About Me |
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Hayworth in an evening dress by designer Howard Greer.Career successThe "love goddess" image was cemented with Bob Landry's 1941 Life magazine photograph of her (kneeling on her own bed in a silk and lace nightgown), which caused a sensation and became (at over five million copies) one of the most requested wartime pinups. During World War II she ranked with Betty Grable, Dorothy Lamour, Hedy Lamarr, and Lana Turner as the pinup girls most popular with servicemen. Rita Hayworth would also become Columbia's biggest star of the 1940s, under the watchful eye of studio chief Harry Cohn, who recognized her value. After she made Tales of Manhattan (1942) at Twentieth Century Fox opposite Charles Boyer, Cohn would not allow Hayworth to be lent to other studios.Hayworth's well-known films include the musicals that made her famous: You'll Never Get Rich (1941) and You Were Never Lovelier (1942) (both with Fred Astaire, who wrote in his autobiography that she "danced with trained perfection and individuality"), My Gal Sal (1942) with Victor Mature, and her best known musical, Cover Girl (1944) with Gene Kelly. Although her singing voice was dubbed in her movies, Hayworth was one of Hollywood's best dancers, imbued with power, precision, tremendous enthusiasm, and an unearthly grace. Cohn continued to effectively showcase Hayworth's talents in Technicolor films: Tonight and Every Night (1945) with Lee Bowman, and Down to Earth (1947), with Larry Parks.Her erotic appeal was most notable in Gilda (1946), a black-and-white film noir directed by Charles Vidor, which encountered some difficulty with censors. This role — in which Hayworth in black satin performed a legendary one-glove striptease — made her into a cultural icon as the ultimate femme fatale. Alluding to her bombshell status, in 1946 her likeness was placed on the first nuclear bomb to be tested after World War II at Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands, as part of Operation Crossroads.Hayworth performed one of her best remembered dance routines, the samba from 1945's Tonight and Every Night, while pregnant with her first child, Rebecca Welles (daughter of Orson Welles). Hayworth was also the first dancer to partner both Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly on film — the others being Judy Garland, Cyd Charisse, Debbie Reynolds, Vera Ellen, and Leslie Caron.Hayworth gave one of her most acclaimed performances in Orson Welles's The Lady from Shanghai (1948), though it failed at the box office. The failure was in part attributed to the fact that director/co-star Welles had Hayworth's famous red locks cut off and the rest dyed blonde for her role. This was done without Harry Cohn's knowledge or approval, and he was furious over the change. Her next film, The Loves of Carmen (1948) with Glenn Ford, was the first film co-produced by Columbia and Rita's own production company, The Beckworth Corporation (named for her daughter Rebecca). It was Columbia's biggest moneymaker for that year. She received a percentage of the profits from this and all of her subsequent films until 1955, when Hayworth dissolved Beckworth to pay off debts she owed to Columbia.Marriage to Pakistani Prince Ali Aga KhanHayworth left her film career in 1948 to marry the Pakistani Prince Ali Khan, who was the vice-president of the United Nations General Assembly representing Pakistan. He was also the son of Aga Khan III, the leader of the Ismaili sect of Shia Islam. Initially Hayworth and Prince Aly had trysts at the Pontchartrain Hotel in New Orleans. The couple moved to Europe, causing a media frenzy. Joseph L. Mankiewicz, in writing and directing 1954's The Barefoot Contessa, was said to have based his title character, Maria Vargas (played on film by Ava Gardner), on Hayworth's life and her marriage to Aly Khan.Divorce and later careerAfter the marriage collapsed in 1951, Hayworth returned to America with great fanfare to film a string of hit films: Affair in Trinidad (1952) with favorite co-star Glenn Ford, Salome (1953) with Charles Laughton and Stewart Granger, and Miss Sadie Thompson (1953) with Jose Ferrer and Aldo Ray, for which her performance won critical acclaim. Then she was off the big screen for another four years, due mainly to a tumultuous marriage to singer Dick Haymes. In 1957, after making Fire Down Below with Robert Mitchum and Jack Lemmon, and her last musical Pal Joey with Frank Sinatra and Kim Novak, Rita Hayworth finally left Columbia. She got good reviews for her acting in such films as Separate Tables (1958) with Burt Lancaster and David Niven, and The Story on Page One (1960) with Anthony Franciosa, and continued working throughout the 1960s. In 1964 she appeared with John Wayne in Circus World (UK title Magnificent Showman) and in 1972 she made her last film, The Wrath of God.Personal lifeAlthough Hayworth didn't like horses and thoroughbred horse racing, she became a member of the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club. Her husband Prince Aly Khan and his family were heavily involved in horse racing and Hayworth's filly Double Rose won several races in France and notably finished second in the 1949 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.Naturally shy and reclusive, Hayworth was the antithesis of the characters she played. She once complained, "Men fell in love with Gilda, but they wake up with me." With typical modesty she later remarked that the only films she could watch without laughing were the dance musicals she made with Fred Astaire.Hayworth was married five times:* 1) Edward C. Judson (1937–1943)* 2) Orson Welles (1943–1948, one daughter Rebecca Welles)* 3) Prince Aly Khan (1949–1953, one daughter Princess Yasmin Aga Khan),* 4) Dick Haymes (1953–1955)* 5) James Hill (1958–1961)She also had a nephew named Richard Cansino, who is a voice actor in anime and video games; he has done most of his work under the name "Richard Hayworth".Barbara Leaming claims in her Hayworth biography "If This Was Happiness" that as a child and teenager, Rita was a victim of sexual and physical abuse by her father.Final yearsRita Hayworth in 1977.After about 1960, Hayworth suffered from extremely early onset of Alzheimer's disease, which was not diagnosed until 1980. She continued to act in films until the early 1970s and made a well-publicized 1971 appearance on The Carol Burnett Show. Both of her brothers died within a week of each other in March 1974, saddening her greatly, and causing her to drink even more heavily than before. In 1976 in London, Hayworth was removed from a flight during which she had an angry outburst while traveling with her agent, an event which attracted much negative publicity. In 1977, Rita Hayworth was the recipient of the National Screen Heritage Award (see photo). Lynda Carter starred in a 1983 biopic of her life. She lived in an apartment at the San Remo in New York City.Following her death from Alzheimer's disease in 1987 at age 68, she was interred in the Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California; location: Grotto, Lot 196, Grave 6 (right of main sidewalk, near the curb). Her marker includes the inscription "To yesterday's companionship and tomorrow's reunion."One of the major fund raisers for the Alzheimer's Association is the annual Rita Hayworth Gala, which is held in New York City and Chicago. Hayworth's daughter, Princess Yasmin Aga Khan, has been the hostess for these events, which since 1985 have raised more than $42 million for the Association |
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October 17,1918, Brooklyn, New York, USADate of Death: May 14,1987, New York, New York, USA (Alzheimer's disease)Birth Name: Margarita Carmen CansinoNickname: The Love GoddessHeight: 5' 6" (1.68 m)TriviaThe annual Rita Hayworth charity gala, managed by daughter Princess Yasmin Khan, raised $1.8 million in 1999 alone for the Alzheimer's Assn.She appeared in 5 movies with classic leading actor, Glenn Ford: Affair in Trinidad (1952), The Lady in Question (1940), The Loves of Carmen (1948), The Money Trap (1965) and Gilda (1946).Ranked #98 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. [October 1997]Some legends say the Margarita cocktail was named for her when she was dancing under her real name in a Tijuana, Mexico nightclub.Her dancer father, Eduardo Cansino, himself the son of a dancer, came to New York from Spain in 1913 with sister Elisa.Mother, showgirl Volga Hayworth (sometimes spelled Haworth), met Eduardo on Broadway in 1916; they married 1917.Her first (uncredited) appearance on film was with the dancing Cansino family in a Vitaphone short Anna Case in La Fiesta (1926) (aka "La Fiesta").She appeared 5 times on the cover of "Life" Magazine.The famous Bob Landry photo of Rita in "Life", 11 August 1941, p. 33, made her the number 2 soldier pin-up of World War II.Her singing was dubbed by Nan Wynn (1941-44), Martha Mears (1945), Anita Ellis (1946-48), and Jo Ann Greer (1952-57).Her own singing voice is heard in the introductions to her songs (otherwise dubbed by Jo Ann Greer) in Pal Joey (1957).Daughters: Rebecca Welles (17 December 1944 to 17 October 2004) and Yasmin Khan, born 28 December 1949.Owned the production company "Hillworth Productions A.G." together with her fifth husband, James Hill.She played the sister of Barbara Stanwyck in A Message to Garcia (1936), but after a test screening all her scenes were cut at the request of Darryl F. Zanuck.The image of her face was glued onto an A-bomb which was dropped on the Bikini Atoll during a test in 1946.Interred at Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, California, USA, in the Grotto section, L196, #6 (to the right of the main sidewalk, near the curb).Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the "100 Sexiest Stars" in film history (#54). [1995]Through her mother she is part Irish and part English.In 1947 started her own production company, "Beckworth Corporation" (formed from syllables of her daughters name, Rebecca, and her own surname). It was dissolved in 1954 under advice from her fourth husband, Dick Haymes.In the early 1940s she replaced Jean Arthur as the top female star at Columbia Picture. Coincidentally, the two stars share the same birthday (October 17).The famous red hair was not her natural color (which was black). When she was signed, studio heads decided that her hairline was too low on her forehead, and she underwent years of painful electrolysis to make it higher.Niece of actor Vinton Haworth.Measurements: 36.5-C-24-36 (at peak of WW-II pin-up fame), 35-25-35 (in 1953 at 120 lbs.) (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine).Nephew: Richard Cansino.It was James Hill, her fifth husband, who recognised her true talent as a comedienne. He tried to encourage her to do more comedy, but she felt that it was too late and instead began to resent him for pushing her into more work.Knocked out two of Glenn Ford's teeth during their fight in Gilda (1946).In 1946, an expedition into the wilderness of Canada's unexplored Headless Valley came across an abandoned trapper's shack. In it the expedition found three things: a candle, a can of beans, and a picture of Rita.On May 27, 1949, she married Prince Aly Khan. Many people forget that Rita, not Grace Kelly, was the first movie star to become a princess.She was the producers' first choice for Casablanca (1942), but they couldn't get her and were fortunate to settle for Ingrid Bergman.The Maria Vargas character (played by Ava Gardner) in the 1954 Joseph L. Mankiewicz film The Barefoot Contessa (1954)) was based on her.She was the first bombshell to appear on one of the posters in The Shawshank Redemption (1994). (The other two were Marilyn Monroe and Raquel Welch).She was voted the 65th "Greatest Movie Star" of all time by Entertainment Weekly.She was voted the 34th Greatest Movie Star of all time by Premiere Magazine.Was named #19 Actress, The American Film Institutes 50 Greatest Screen LegendsIs one of the many movie stars mentioned in Madonna's song "Vogue"Was portrayed by Lynda Carter in Rita Hayworth: The Love Goddess (1983) (TV)Subject of The White Stripes song "Take, Take, Take" from the album "Get Behind Me Satan".Is portrayed by Veronica Watt in Hollywoodland (2006)Along with James Cagney, is mentioned by name in the Tom Waits' song "Invitation To The Blues".Publicist Henry Rogers, hired by Eddie Judson to promote his wife, said of him, "It seemed to me that Eddie would have sold his wife to the highest bidder if it would have advanced her career.".Studio chief Harry Cohn only began taking interest in Hayworth as star material after she began undergoing painful electrolysis treatments (at the urging of husband Eddie Judson), which drastically altered her hairline and appearance.Under of the influence of second husband Orson Welles, Rita began to read classic literature. While pregnant in 1944, she was very impressed by Sir Walter Scott's "Ivanhoe" and named her firstborn daughter Rebecca after the novel's heroine.In Italy, all her films were dubbed by either Tina Lattanzi, most notably in Gilda (1946), and later in her career by Lidia Simoneschi.Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume Two, 1986-1990, pages 399-400. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1999.Cousin of Ginger Rogers. |
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Movies:The Wrath of God (1972) .... Se?ora De La PlataThe Naked Zoo (1971) .... Mrs. GoldenRoad to Salina (1970) .... MaraBastardi, I (1968) .... MarthaAvventuriero, L' (1967) .... Aunt CaterinaPoppies Are Also Flowers (1966) .... Monique MarkosThe Money Trap (1965) .... Rosalie KellyCircus World (1964) .... Lili AlfredoThe Happy Thieves (1962) .... Eve LewisThe Story on Page One (1959) .... Josephine BrownThey Came to Cordura (1959) .... Adelaide GearySeparate Tables (1958) .... Ann ShanklandPal Joey (1957) .... Vera SimpsonFire Down Below (1957) .... IrenaMiss Sadie Thompson (1953) .... Sadie ThompsonSalome (1953) .... Princess SalomeAffair in Trinidad (1952) .... Chris EmeryThe Loves of Carmen (1948) .... CarmenThe Lady from Shanghai (1947) .... Elsa BannisterDown to Earth (1947) ....Kitty PendletonGilda (1946) .... Gilda Mundson FarrellTonight and Every Night (1945) .... Rosalind BruceCover Girl (1944) .... Rusty ParkerYou Were Never Lovelier (1942) .... Maria Acu?aTales of Manhattan (1942) .... Ethel HallowayMy Gal Sal (1942) .... Sally ElliottYou'll Never Get Rich (1941) .... Sheila WinthropBlood and Sand (1941) .... Do?a Sol des MuireAffectionately Yours (1941) .... Irene MalcolmThe Strawberry Blonde (1941) .... Virginia BrushAngels Over Broadway (1940) .... Nina BaroneThe Lady in Question (1940) .... Natalie RoguinSusan and God (1940) .... Leonora StubbsBlondie on a Budget (1940) .... Joan ForresterMusic in My Heart (1940) .... Patricia O'MalleyOnly Angels Have Wings (1939) .... Judith 'Judy' MacPhersonThe Lone Wolf Spy Hunt (1939) .... KarenHomicide Bureau (1939) .... J.G. BlissThe Renegade Ranger (1938) .... Judith AlvarezJuvenile Court (1938) .... Marcia AdamsConvicted (1938) .... Jerry WheelerThere's Always a Woman (1938) (uncredited) .... Mary, Ketterling's SecretarySpecial Inspector (1938) .... Patricia LaneWho Killed Gail Preston? (1938) .... Gail PrestonThe Shadow (1937) .... Mary GillespiePaid to Dance (1937) .... Betty MorganLife Begins with Love (1937) (uncredited) .... Girl FriendThe Game That Kills (1937) .... Betty HollandGirls Can Play (1937) .... Sue CollinsCriminals of the Air (1937) .... Rita OwensTrouble in Texas (1937) (as Rita Cansino) .... Carmen SeranoHit the Saddle (1937) (as Rita Cansino) .... RitaOld Louisiana (1937) (as Rita Cansino) .... Angela GonzalesRebellion (1936) (as Rita Cansino) .... Paula Castillo Meet Nero Wolfe (1936) (as Rita Cansino) .... Maria MaringolaDancing Pirate (1936) .... Los Polomas dancerHuman Cargo (1936) (as Rita Cansino) .... Carmen ZoroProfessional Soldier (1935) (uncredited) (as Rita Cansino) .... Gypsy DancerPaddy O'Day (1935) (as Rita Cansino) .... Tamara PetrovitchPiernas de seda (1935) (uncredited) .... BallerinaDante's Inferno (1935) (as Rita Cansino) .... DancerCharlie Chan in Egypt (1935) (as Rita Cansino) .... NaydaUnder the Pampas Moon (1935) (as Rita Cansino) .... CarmenCruz Diablo (1934) (uncredited) .... ExtraAnna Case in La Fiesta (1926) (unconfirmed) .... A Dancing Cansino |
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Television:"V.I.P.-Schaukel" .... Herself (1 episode, 1973) - Episode #3.4 (1973) TV Episode .... Herself"This Is Your Life" .... Herself (1 episode, 1973) - Glenn Ford (1973) TV Episode .... Herself"Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" .... Herself (1 episode, 1971)- Episode #5.3 (1971) TV Episode .... Herself"The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" .... Herself (1 episode, 1971) - Episode dated 4 August 1971 (1971) TV Episode .... Herself"The Carol Burnett Show" .... Herself (1 episode, 1971) - Episode #4.20 (1971) TV Episode .... HerselfThe 36th Annual Academy Awards (1964) (TV) .... Herself - Presenter: Best DirectorLykke og krone (1962) .... HerselfScreen Snapshots Series 33, No. 10: Hollywood Grows Up (1954) .... HerselfChampagne Safari (1952)Show Business at War (1943) .... HerselfMeet the Stars #6: Stars at Play (1941) .... HerselfMeet the Stars #1: Chinese Garden Festival (1940) .... HerselfScreen Snapshots Series 19, No. 9: Sports in Hollywood (1940) .... Herself, Pigeon RacerScreen Snapshots Series 19, No 6: Hollywood Recreations (1940) .... HerselfScreen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8 (1939) .... HerselfArchive Footage: "Cinema tres" - Episode dated 31 March 2007 (2007) TV Episode .... Gilda Mundson FarrellBudd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That (2005) (TV) .... Do?a Sol des Muire Rita (2003) (TV) .... HerselfNelson Freire (2003) .... HerselfGene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer (2002) (TV) .... HerselfAb ins Paradies (2001) .... Rita Hayworth Orson Welles and Rita Hayworth (2000) (TV) .... HerselfThe 71st Annual Academy Awards (1999) (TV) (uncredited) .... GildaHollywood Screen Tests: Take 2 (1999) (TV) (uncredited) .... HerselfJunket Whore (1998) .... Herself "The Fifties" (1997) (mini) (uncredited) .... Sadie ThompsonPlayboy: Farrah Fawcett, All of Me (1997) (V) .... Herself The Good, the Bad & the Beautiful (1996) (TV) .... HerselfEntertaining the Troops (1994) .... HerselfMina Tannenbaum (1994) (uncredited) .... GildaThe Carol Burnett Show: A Reunion (1993) (TV) .... HerselfRita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream (1990) (TV)The 1950's: Music, Memories & Milestones (1988) (V) .... HerselfMargret D?nser, auf der Suche nach den Besonderen (1981) (TV) .... HerselfNotre Dame de la Croisette (1981) (uncredited) .... Herself That's Action (1977) .... HerselfCanciones para despu?s de una guerra (1976) (uncredited) .... Herself"M*A*S*H" - Deluge (1976) TV Episode (uncredited) .... HerselfHead (1968) (uncredited) .... Herself, Actress in Clip from 'Gilda' The Love Goddesses (1965) .... Herself"Hollywood and the Stars" - Hollywood Goes to War (1964) TV Episode .... Herself- The Odyssey of Rita Hayworth (1964) TV Episode .... Herself"Toast of the Town" - Episode #10.40 (1957) TV Episode .... Herself- Episode #10.5 (1956) TV Episode .... Herself - Episode #8.22 (1955) TV Episode .... Herself |
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| MaritalStatus: | Married |
| Ethnicity: | White / Caucasian |
| SexualOrientation: | Straight |
| Hometown: | Brooklyn |
| Smoker: | Yes |
| Drinker: | Yes |
| Children: | Proud parent |
| Occupation: | Actress |
| Income: | $30,000 to $45,000 |
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