Before becoming Hollywood icon Rita Hayworth, she was Margarita ... Doors began to open more widely for Hayworth after her makeover in the late 1930s, but it wasn’t until 1941 that her star ...

She was spending time across the border, performing in Tijuana, of all places. Before she was Rita Hayworth, she was Margarita Carmen Cansino. (Photo courtesy of Wikipedia, public domain ...

In the process of becoming Rita Hayworth, Margarita Carmen Cansino went through a number of transformations–from her name to a makeover that “eliminated most traces of her ethnicity ...

“As soon as I could stand on my own feet, I was given dance lessons,” said Rita, whose mother, Volga Hayworth, had been a Ziegfeld Follies performer. Before long, Rita was dancing onstage with ...

Stacker compiled a list of moments in Rita Hayworth's life you may not know about, drawing from news accounts, biographies, interviews, and movie databases. circle-arrow Play Button ...

it’s no wonder Rita Hayworth became one of Hollywood’s most iconic screen sirens (and one of my personal favorites). But long before she lit up the silver screen in Gilda and other classics ...