num_pages: 404
description: A beautiful actress, a gifted dancer, a fiery screen temptress linked to some of the most handsome men of her generation, Rita Hayworth seemed to live the life that dreams are made of. But the reality behind the fantasy was a harsh one. Sexually abused by her father as a young girl, Rita constantly searched for a man to save her, marrying five times. At the age of forty-two, Alzheimer's disease began to ravage her mind, cutting short her career at its peak. A haunting and sympathetic tribute to the talented but insecure beauty who was created, and ultimately destroyed, by the movies.From the Paperback edition.
language: English
title: If This Was Happiness: A Biography of Rita Hayworth
titlecomplete: If This Was Happiness: A Biography of Rita Hayworth
characters: Rita Hayworth
genres: Autobiography, History, Film, The United States Of America, Media Tie In, Biography Memoir, Biography, Memoir, Nonfiction, Womens
ratings_count: 857
publisher: Random House Value Publishing