Rita Hayworth
Known for Acting
Biography
Margarita Carmen Cansino (October 17, 1918 – May 14, 1987), known by her screen name Rita Hayworth, was an American film actress and dancer of Spanish Roma and Irish descent. After going through extensive white-washing procedures, she attained fame in the 1940s as the titular femme fatale in the film noir Gilda. Being one of the most popular stars of the era, she was the top pin-up girl for American soldiers during WWII and was nicknamed "The Love Goddess". She is listed as number 19 on the American Film Institute's 50 greatest female screen legends.
Filmography
Gilda
1946
as Gilda
The Lady from Shanghai
1947
as Elsa Bannister
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012
as (archive footage)
You Were Never Lovelier
1942
as Maria Acuña
Only Angels Have Wings
1939
as Judy MacPherson
Cover Girl
1944
as Rusty Parker / Maribelle Hicks (flashback)
The Money Trap
1965
as Rosalie Kelly
Blood and Sand
1941
as Dona Sol
The Happy Thieves
1961
as Eve Lewis
Tales of Manhattan
1942
as Ethel Halloway
Affair in Trinidad
1952
as Chris Emery
Circus World
1964
as Lili Alfredo
Anthony Quinn: An Original
1990
as Self (archive footage)
Affectionately Yours
1941
as Irene Malcolm
Meet Nero Wolfe
1936
as Marie Maringola
The Story on Page One
1959
as Josephine Brown / Jo Morris
Separate Tables
1958
as Ann Shankland
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
2002
Showbiz Goes to War
1982
as (archive footage)
Rat Pack
2022
as Self (archive footage)