Rita Hayworth

1918-1987

Biography: life and films

Rita Hayworth was an American actress whose birth name was Margarita Carmen Cansino. She was born in Brooklyn, New York City, USA on 17th October 1918 and died in New York City, New York, USA on 14th May 1987, aged 68.

Her best films as an actor include Lambert Hillyer's Girls Can Play (1937), Howard Hawks's Only Angels Have Wings (1939), Charles Vidor's thriller Gilda (1946), Orson Welles's crime-thriller The Lady from Shanghai (1947) and Jackson Leighter's Champagne Safari (1954).

Rita Hayworth appeared in 70 films.

She has most frequently worked with the following directors: Charles Vidor (4 films), Charles C. Coleman (4), Leon Barsha (3), Terence Young (2), Duccio Tessari (2), D. Ross Lederman (2) and Alexander Hall (2).

Her most frequent genres include: drama (28 films), romance (13), comedy (12), comedy-romance (10), comedy-drama (10), Western (9), Thriller (4), Documentary (4), history (3), crime-thriller (3), War (2) and Fantasy (2).

Our average rating for Rita Hayworth over all films is: 3.3

Filmography

Key: a = actor

Charlie Chan in Egypt (1935) [a]

Dante's Inferno (1935) [a]

Hi, Gaucho! (1935) [a]

Paddy O'Day (1935) [a]

Piernas de seda (1935) [a]

Professional Soldier (1935) [a]

Under the Pampas Moon (1935) [a]

Dancing Pirate (1936) [a]

Human Cargo (1936) [a]

Meet Nero Wolfe (1936) [a]

Rebellion (1936) [a]

Criminals of the Air (1937) [a]

Girls Can Play (1937) [a]

Hit the Saddle (1937) [a]

Old Louisiana (1937) [a]

Paid to Dance (1937) [a]

The Game That Kills (1937) [a]

The Shadow (1937) [a]

Trouble in Texas (1937) [a]

Convicted (1938) [a]

Juvenile Court (1938) [a]

Special Inspector (1938) [a]

The Renegade Ranger (1938) [a]

There's Always a Woman (1938) [a]

Who Killed Gail Preston? (1938) [a]

Homicide Bureau (1939) [a]

Only Angels Have Wings (1939) [a]

The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt (1939) [a]

Angels Over Broadway (1940) [a]

Blondie on a Budget (1940) [a]

Music in My Heart (1940) [a]

Susan and God (1940) [a]

The Lady in Question (1940) [a]

Affectionately Yours (1941) [a]

Blood and Sand (1941) [a]

The Strawberry Blonde (1941) [a]

You'll Never Get Rich (1941) [a]

My Gal Sal (1942) [a]

Tales of Manhattan (1942) [a]

You Were Never Lovelier (1942) [a]

Cover Girl (1944) [a]

Tonight and Every Night (1945) [a]

Gilda (1946) [a]

Down to Earth (1947) [a]

The Lady from Shanghai (1947) [a]

The Loves of Carmen (1948) [a]

Affair in Trinidad (1952) [a]

Miss Sadie Thompson (1953) [a]

Salome (1953) [a]

Champagne Safari (1954) [a]

Fire Down Below (1957) [a]

Pal Joey (1957) [a]

Separate Tables (1958) [a]

The Story on Page One (1959) [a]

They Came to Cordura (1959) [a]

The Happy Thieves (1962) [a]

Circus World (1964) [a]

The Money Trap (1965) [a]

Poppies Are Also Flowers (1966) [a]

L'Avventuriero (1967) [a]

Bastardi, I (1968) [a]

Road to Salina (1970) [a]

The Naked Zoo (1971) [a]

The Wrath of God (1972) [a]

Canciones para después de una guerra (1976) [a]

That's Action (1977) [a]

Notre Dame de la Croisette (1981) [a]

Ab ins Paradies (2001) [a]

Final Cut: Hölgyeim és uraim (2012) [a]



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