Rita Hayworth

**Rita Hayworth** (17 Oktober 1918 – 14 Mei 1987) was 'n Amerikaanse rolprentaktrise en danseres. 

Rita Hayworth is gebore op 17 Oktober 1918 in New York in die Verenigde State van Amerika as Margarita Carmen Cansino. Haar pa Eduardo Cansino was 'n Spaanse danser van Sevilla en haar ma Volga Hayworth was 'n Amerikaanse danser van Washington D.C..

Hayworth is as een van die beroemde aktrises van haar era geag en het in films soos *Gilda* (1946) en *The Lady from Shanghai* (1947) gespeel.

Hayworth is in 1981 gediagnoseer met Alzheimer se siekte. Sy is oorlede op 14 Mei 1987 op die ouderdom van 68 jaar in New York.

In 1999 het die American Film Institute Hayworth die 19de gewildste vroulike ster van alle tye benoem.

## Filmografie 
duimnael|200px|Rita Hayworth 1941
duimnael|200px|Rita Hayworth 1944
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* 1934: Cruz Diablo
* 1935: Dante’s Inferno
* 1935: Under the Pampas Moon
* 1935: Charlie Chan in Egypt
* 1935: Paddy O’Day
* 1936: Human Cargo
* 1936: Meet Nero Wolfe
* 1936: Rebellion
* 1937: Old Louisiana
* 1937: Hit the Saddle
* 1937: Trouble in Texas
* 1937: Criminals of the Air
* 1937: Girls Can Play
* 1937: The Game That Kills
* 1937: Paid to Dance
* 1937: The Shadow
* 1938: Who Killed Gail Preston?
* 1938: Special Inspector
* 1938: There’s Always a Woman
* 1938: Convicted
* 1938: Juvenile Court
* 1938: The Renegade Ranger
* 1939: Homicide Bureau
* 1939: The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt
* 1939: Only Angels Have Wings
* 1940: Music in My Heart
* 1940: Blondie on a Budget
* 1940: Susan and God
* 1940: The Lady in Question
* 1940: Angels Over Broadway
* 1941: The Strawberry Blonde
* 1941: Affectionately Yours
* 1941: Blood and Sand
* 1941: You'll Never Get Rich
* 1942: Tales of Manhattan
* 1942: My Gal Sal
* 1942: You Were Never Lovelier
* 1944: Cover Girl
* 1945: Tonight and Every Night
* 1946: Gilda
* 1947: Down to Earth
* 1947: The Lady from Shanghai
* 1948: The Loves of Carmen
* 1952: Affair in Trinidad
* 1953: Salome
* 1953: Miss Sadie Thompson
* 1957: Fire Down Below
* 1957: Pal Joey
* 1958: Separate Tables
* 1959: They Came to Cordura
* 1959: The Story on Page One
* 1962: The Happy Thieves
* 1964: Circus World
* 1965: The Money Trap
* 1966: The Poppy Is Also a Flower
* 1967: L'Avventuriero
* 1968: I Bastardi
* 1970: Road to Salina
* 1971: The Naked Zoo
* 1972: The Wrath of God

## Literatuur 
* John Kobal: *Rita Hayworth: The Time, The Place and the Woman*. W.W. Norton, New York 1977, 
* Joe Morella, Edward Z. Epstein: *Rita. The Life of Rita Hayworth*. Allen, London 1983, 
* Gerald Peary: *Rita Hayworth: A Pyramid Illustrated History of the Movies*. Harcourt, 1976, 
* Gene Ringgold: *The Films of Rita Hayworth*. Citadel Press, Secaucus, NJ 1974, 
* Caren Roberts-Frenzel: *Rita Hayworth: A Photographic Retrospective*. Abrams, New York 2001, 
* James Hill: *Rita Hayworth: A Memoir*. Robson, 1983, 
* Adrienne L. MacLean: *Being Rita Hayworth. Labor, Identity and Hollwood Stardom*. Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick 2004, 
* Neil Grant: *Rita Hayworth in Her Own Words*. Hamlyn, London 1992, 

## Eksterne skakels 
* "Rita Hayworth" by die *Internet Movie Database* - 'n Lys van sy rolprente en televisieprogramme.