Baby portrait of Rita Hayworth. Before becoming Hollywood icon Rita Hayworth, she was Margarita Carmen Cansino—born in Brooklyn, New York, on Oct. 17, 1918, a year after her parents married.

Just a few years later, Hayworth was cast in what is regarded as her most memorable role in Gilda (1946), alongside Glenn Ford. While it is one of her most notable films, Hayworth didn’t want to ...

In 1941, Rita posed for an iconic ‘Life’ photo, which made Hayworth one of the two p i n -up girls who got soldiers through WWII (alongside Betty Grable). For two years, her image was the most ...

Classic Hollywood stars are often known for their many marriages and it turns out actress Rita Hayworth was no different. Best known for her work in My Gal Sal (1942), Cover Girl (1944), Gilda ...

But by that November, Hayworth was back in court, officially filing for divorce. According to Leaming, Hayworth later told Welles, “You know the only happiness I’ve ever had in my life has ...

The Love Goddess: Rita Hayworth’s Tragic Quest A heartbreaking 1989 biography, If This Was Happiness, lays out the trauma that haunted one of Hollywood’s most glamorous stars.

THE HEAT IS ON! A theatrical concert backed by an 11- piece Big Band Orchestra based on the life of movie star, Rita Hayworth, comes to Ridgefield Playhouse, Friday May 11 at 8 pm; following 35 ...

Rita Hayworth shared daughter Rebecca Welles with ex-husband Orson Welles and daughter Yasmin Aga Khan with ex-husband Prince Aly Khan. Here is everything to know about Rita Hayworth's two kids.

If This Was Happiness: A Biography of Rita Hayworth By Barbara Leaming Viking, 351 pages, $21.95 Movie star Rita Hayworth, the ”Love Goddess,” was a favorite pin-up of GIs during World War II ...

In 1943, Hayworth married director and actor Orson Welles, with whom she had her first child, Rebecca. Just a few years later, Hayworth was cast in what is regarded as her most memorable role in ...