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Rita Hayworth

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Biography

Spanish dancer Eduardo Cansino's daughter Margarita trained as a dancer from early childhood. At age 12, mature-looking Rita joined Eduardo's stage act, in which…more

Born

10/17/1918, Brooklyn, New York, USA

Died

5/14/1987

Birth Name

Margarita Carmen Cansino

Gender

Female

Credits

Guest Star (6)

Role
- The Dick Cavett Show
  Herself
  - S 6: Ep 172 June 6, 1972
    6/6/72
- The Merv Griffin Show
  Herself
  - S 9: Ep 141 April 27, 1972
    4/27/72
  - S 8: Ep 208 July 12, 1971
    7/12/71
- Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
  Guest Preformer
  - S 5: Ep 3 Episode #95
    9/27/71
- The Carol Burnett Show
  herself
  - S 4: Ep 20 with Rita Hayworth, Jim Bailey
    2/1/71
- The Academy Awards
  Herself - Presenter
  - S 36: Ep 1 The 36th Annual Academy Awards
    4/13/64
- The Ed Sullivan Show
  Herself, on film
  - S 10: Ep 5 scheduled: Jack Paar / On film: Robert Mitchum; Rita Hayworth; Jack Lemmon
    10/21/56

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Trivia
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- Rita was chosen for the role of Coral in Dead Reckoning (1947) as the part was written for her, but she turned it down to do The Lady From Shanghai (1948) with her enstranged husband Orson Welles.
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- Rita was intended to play Delilah in Samson And Delilah (1949), but Columbia wouldn't loan her out to 20th Century Fox.
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- Rita was considered for the role of Brigid O'Shaughnessy in The Maltese Falcon (1941).
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Quotes
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- (regarding identification with her title role in Gilda) Rita: Men go to bed with Gilda, but they wake up with me.
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- Rita: We are all tied to our destiny and there is no way we can liberate ourselves.
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- Rita: What surprises me in life are not the marriages that fail, but the marriages that succeed.
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