AKA: Margarita Carmen Cansino, Rita Cansino, Margarita Cansino
Nationality: American
Birthdate: 10/17/1918
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, USA
Death Date: 05/14/1987
biography
Where Hollywood glamour was concerned, one thing was undeniable – there never was a woman like Rita Hayworth. The ultimate Hollywood bombshell of the wartime 1940’s, titian-haired Hayworth left a mark on the silver screen that would make her a movie icon for generations to follow. Growing up in show business, Hayworth began her career as a Spanish dancer, a considerable talent that later set her apart from other leading ladies. It was Hayworth’s sultry roles, however, that made her a star. As the femme fatale star of “Gilda” (1946), Hayworth most famously raised pulses with just the flip of
