Known for being one of the most beautiful actresses on the Hollywood scene thanks also to her Latin traits, Rita Hayworth has become one of the best known faces of the cinema of the 1950s. Here is his work and private story, which has not left the press in silence.
Who was Rita Hayworth
Rita Hayworth, pseudonym of Margarita Carmen Cansino (New York, October 17, 1918 – New York, May 14, 1987), was an American actress but also a singer and dancer. He grew up in Brooklyn with his father a dancer of Spanish origins and his mother, always a dancer, but of Irish and English origins. Her father’s work led her to enter the world of dance soon and even accompany him on several tours.
One day she is noticed by an agent of the 20th Century Fox which places it first in the world of cinema with minor parts. Her beauty leaves producer Harry Cohn speechless and offers her a new contract for Columbia Pictures working incredibly on his image. In fact, she invented her stage name, but also works on the more purely aesthetic part by changing her hairstyle and the color of her hair that turns red.
The beginning of Rita Hayworth’s career
It is now placed in a completely different environment from the initial one. He joins well-known stars of the time such as James Cagnety in the film “Strawberry blonde” o Tyrone Power in “Blood and sand”. After a comedy and a drama film he also launches into the world of musicals with “You have never been so beautiful”. During these years she meets several men with whom she undertakes love relationships such as the director Orson Welles with whom she marries and gives birth to a girl.
The two divorce after five years of love and a film together entitled “The lady from Shanghai”. Meanwhile Rita becomes one real icon for American soldiers engaged in World War II especially with sensual parts like that of Gilda in the homonymous film by Charles Vidor. In short, it is now one real star also nicknamed “Goddess of love”, but with a series of complications related to the director of the manufacturer, is suspended from the contract with Columbia.
Rita Hayworth between work and private scandals
Rita Hayworth is found in the late 40’s to be victim of numerous scandals. In fact, after the divorce he meets the Prince Aly Chan with whom she decides to marry in 1949, also attracting the attention of the pope who decides to excommunicate her. The union between a Catholic actress and the son of a spiritual figure of Islam is not in fact acceptable and even the press does not reserve the right to give opinions about it, leading the actress to retire for a period in the residence of her father-in-law.
For a couple of years he devoted himself to private life with his partner with whom, however, he did not mature a lasting affair. The two in fact They separate in 1953 and she, taken by economic difficulties, is forced to retrace her steps. So he takes part in the films “Trinidad” and “Rain” finding extreme difficulty in the interpretation of the latter. Among latest blockbuster movies she remembers “Pal Joey” alongside Frank Sinatra but towards the end of the 60s she is forced to devote herself to her illness which leads her to die several years later.