Rita Hayworth
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Twentieth Century
- Categories: Arts, Popular Culture
- Subcategories: Entertainment, Entertainers, Acting, Actors, Films, Movies, Motion Pictures
- Curriculum: American History 1901-1950, American History 1951-present, Women’s History, Latino History
Article abstract: A dazzling film star, Hayworth was renowned worldwide as one of the favorite pinup queens of American servicemen during World War II.
Early Life
Rita Hayworth was born Margarita Carmen Cansino in Brooklyn, New York, on October 17, 1918, the first child of Eduardo Cansino, a Spanish-born vaudeville dancer, and Volga Haworth, a showgirl. Although Haworth was herself a dancer with a promising career, her husband preferred to keep together his own successful act, the Dancing Cansinos. In it he and his sister Elisa starred. Volga Cansino...
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