![]() Judson, 1936 (divorced, 1943) married Orson Welles, 1943 (divorced, 1948) married Prince Aly Khan, 1949 (divorced, 1951) married Dick Haymes, 1953 (divorced, 1955) married James Hill, 1958 (divorced, 1961): children: Rebecca, Yasmin.Ĭareer: Actress. īorn Margarita Carmen Cansino on October 17, 1918, in Brooklyn, NY died on May 14, 1987, in New York, NY daughter of Eduardo and Volga Haworth Cansino married: Edward C. After that she was seen in movies such as Strawberry Blonde, 1941, with James Cagney, and Blood and Sand, 1941, with Tyrone Power. After a string of small parts in low-budget movies, Hayworth was finally given a leading role, portraying an unfaithful wife in Only Angels Have Wings, 1939, alongside Cary Grant. Her new look brought her speedily into the public eye and garnered her a seven-year contract with Columbia Pictures. Hayworth altered her hairline and eyebrows with electrolysis and changed her name to Rita Hayworth (This was a variation on her mother's maiden name, with the 'y' added to help pronunciation). Judson is said by the Encyclopedia of World Biography to have transformed Hayworth, changing her from a dark Latin girl into a red-headed sophisticate. Judson, a man who was a car salesman and businessman and soon became Hayworth's manager. When Hayworth was 18 she married Edward C. Her contract was not renewed, and Hayworth was forced to take a line of small parts playing Mexican and Indian girls for very little money. ![]() For this one year Hayworth held small, ethnic parts in movies such as Charlie Chan in Egypt, 1935, Under the Pampas Moon, 1935, Paddy O'Day, 1935, and Human Cargo, 1936. The movie wasn't popular, but it brought her to the attention of Fox Film bigwigs and Hayworth was given a year-long contract. ![]() Hayworth was billed on the film as Rita Cansino. Although her screen debut was with her family in La Fiesta in 1932, her first film by herself was Dante's Inferno. Because of her grace and beauty she was invited by Fox Films, at age 16, to begin her career in film, acting in B-grade movies. The show traveled throughout Mexico and California until Fox Film Corporation spotted Hayworth in Agua Caliente, Mexico. Called the "Dancing Cansinos," they performed up to 20 times per week. She then spent one year at Hamilton High before, in ninth grade, her schooling was halted when she became her dad's dancing partner. While Hayworth was busy learning the family business, she also went to the Carthay School where she had parts in a few school plays, including a stage prologue for the movie Back Street at the Carthay Circle Theater. Hayworth's father at this time moved from Vaudeville performing to being a dancer and director for several Hollywood movie dance scenes. There her parents -Eduardo, a vaudevillian performer, dance instructor, and director, and Volga Haworth, a Ziegfield Follies showgirl -encouraged her to follow in the family line and started her in acting and dancing lessons. When she was nine years old and the Vaudevillian scene was breaking up, Hayworth's family moved to Los Angeles. Born Margarita Cansino on Octoin Brooklyn, NY, Hay-worth was part of a family descending from a long line of performers. Rita Hayworth: 1918 –1987: Actor, dancer, producerĬalled "the fiery epitome of screen sensuality," by People magazine, Rita Hayworth became one of America's most popular and famous actresses of the 1940s and beyond, known for her grace, her beauty, and her amazing dancing ability.
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