Rita Hayworth

Rita Hayworth

1918-10-17 Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA 93 Credits

Biography

Margarita Carmen Cansino (October 17, 1918 – May 14, 1987), known by her screen name Rita Hayworth, was an American film actress and dancer of Spanish Roma and Irish descent. After going through extensive white-washing procedures, she attained fame in the 1940s as the titular femme fatale in the film noir Gilda. Being one of the most popular stars of the era, she was the top pin-up girl for American soldiers during WWII and was nicknamed "The Love Goddess". She is listed as number 19 on the Amer...

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Rat Pack

Rat Pack

2022

as Self (archive footage)

9.0
Acting

In the 1950s, a small group of artists monopolized the attention of the cameras and the public. Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Joey Bish...

Nicotine - A Drug with a Future

Nicotine - A Drug with a Future

2020

as Self (archive footage)

5.8
Acting

The number of smokers in Europe is declining, yet the tobacco industry is still making considerable profits. Electronic innovations such as e-cigarett...

Rita Hayworth - Zu viel vom Leben

Rita Hayworth - Zu viel vom Leben

2019

as Self (archive footage)

7.7
Acting

In front of the camera, Rita Hayworth was the prototype of the ideal of American beauty, twirling alongside Fred Astaire or Gene Kelly. In her private...

Hollywood, The Dream Life of Lana Turner

Hollywood, The Dream Life of Lana Turner

2019

as Self (archive footage)

9.5
Acting

Portrait of Julia Jean Turner, from her childhood to her rise of fame as Lana Turner, to her last role.

3-D Rarities

3-D Rarities

2015

as Miss Sadie Thompson (archive footage)

6.0
Acting

Selections include Kelley's Plasticon Pictures, the earliest extant 3-D demonstration film from 1922 with incredible footage of Washington and New Yor...

Rita Hayworth: And Men Created a Goddess

Rita Hayworth: And Men Created a Goddess

2014

as Self (archive footage)

Acting

A top glamour girl in the 1940's, and the ultimate femme fatale, the"Love Goddess" Rita Hayworth went from a dancer in Brooklyn to Columbia Pictures' ...

Casting By

Casting By

2012

as Self (Archival Footage)

7.1
Acting

This essential new documentary pays tribute to the legacy of the late, legendary casting director Marion Dougherty and shines a light on one of the mo...

Magic Mirror Maze

Magic Mirror Maze

2012

Acting

The famed Hall of Mirrors sequence of Welles' classic noir The Lady from Shanghai is transformed through a succession of four algorithmic progressions...

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

2012

as (archive footage)

7.6
Acting

A film where anything can happen - the hero and the heroine changes their faces, age, look, names, and so on. The only same thing: The love between ma...

Rita

Rita

2003

as (archive footage)

8.5
Acting

Biography of 1940's sex goddess Rita Hayworth.

Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer

Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer

2002

as Self (archive footage)

7.7
Acting

American Masters Series. Documentary on Gene Kelly that gives insight into his dancing, how he formed a style (first "blue collar dancer") and develop...

The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema

The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema

2002

6.2
Acting

Documentary about the presence of Latin American culture and actors in American movies.

Als Großvater Rita Hayworth liebte

Als Großvater Rita Hayworth liebte

2001

as Self (archive footage)

Acting

The story of a family that is forced to flee the ČSSR in 1969 and seeks a new home in Germany.

The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful

The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful

1996

as Self (archive footage)

10.0
Acting

A documentary reflecting on women in film and the entertainment industry through the ages led and hosted by some of its most beloved female icons.

Anthony Quinn: An Original

Anthony Quinn: An Original

1990

as Self (archive footage)

6.5
Acting

Born in Mexico, Anthony Quinn became the family's main provider when his father died in an accident. Thus began the story of a man who had a thousand ...

Dance Crazy in Hollywood

Dance Crazy in Hollywood

1990

as Various Roles (archive footage)

6.0
Acting

American dancer and choreographer Hermes Pan recalls his life and work as he relives the glorious history of the Hollywood musical.

Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream

Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream

1990

as Self (archive footage)

6.5
Acting
Notre Dame de la Croisette

Notre Dame de la Croisette

1983

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

6.0
Acting

A woman goes to Cannes and, lost in its chaos and unable to obtain tickets, ends up watching it on television from her hotel room.

Showbiz Goes to War

Showbiz Goes to War

1982

as (archive footage)

10.0
Acting

While a few Hollywood celebrities such as James Stewart and Clark Gable saw combat during World War II, the majority used their talents to rally the A...

Songs for After a War

Songs for After a War

1976

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

6.5
Acting

A particular reading of the hard years of famine, repression and censorship after the massacre of the Spanish Civil War (1936-39), through popular cul...

The Wrath of God

The Wrath of God

1972

as Señora De La Plata

5.3
Acting

Set in the 1920s, several foreigners held by a South American military group are offered possible freedom if they accept to topple a local crazed mili...

Road to Salina

Road to Salina

1970

as Mara

6.4
Acting

Jonas, a young drifter, is wandering in a deserted area on the road to Salina, Mexico. He stops at a desolate roadside service station when Mara, the ...

The Naked Zoo

The Naked Zoo

1970

as Helen Golden

4.4
Acting

Love and crime in Miami's Cocoanut Grove artist's colony. Swinging young writer Stephen Oliver has a falling-out with benefactress Rita Hayworth in th...

The Bastard

The Bastard

1968

as Martha

5.8
Acting

A criminal (Giuliano Gemma) seeks vengeance when his double-dealing brother (Klaus Kinski) steals his jewels and mutilates his shooting hand.

The Rover

The Rover

1967

as Caterina

5.5
Acting

A former counterrevolutionary pirate befriends a mentally ill young woman and this in turn leads to tragedy when she falls in love with a French naval...

The Poppy Is Also a Flower

The Poppy Is Also a Flower

1966

as Monique Marko

5.8
Acting

A special United Nations bureau organises a campaign to trace a drug-smuggling ring across Europe to its source on the Afghanistan-Iran border.

The Money Trap

The Money Trap

1965

as Rosalie Kelly

5.0
Acting

When half a million dollars disappears from a doctor office's safe, the cops assigned to the burglary case, Joe and Pete, decide to find the money and...

Circus World

Circus World

1964

as Lili Alfredo

6.1
Acting

Circus owner Matt Masters is beset by disasters as he attempts a European tour of his circus. At the same time, he is caught in an emotional bind betw...

The Happy Thieves

The Happy Thieves

1961

as Eve Lewis

5.7
Acting

A suave art thief romances a wealthy duchess, only to enable him to steal a priceless painting from her collection. Complications ensue.

The Happy Thieves

The Happy Thieves

1961

Executive Producer

5.7
Producing

A suave art thief romances a wealthy duchess, only to enable him to steal a priceless painting from her collection. Complications ensue.

The Story on Page One

The Story on Page One

1959

as Josephine Brown / Jo Morris

5.1
Acting

An adulterous couple is accused of murder after the woman's husband is shot and killed during a scuffle. A high-profile court case tells the story.

They Came to Cordura

They Came to Cordura

1959

as Adelaide Geary

6.6
Acting

An army major, himself guilty of cowardice, is asked to recommended soldiers for the Congressional Medal of Honor during the Mexican Border Incursion ...

Separate Tables

Separate Tables

1958

as Ann Shankland

7.0
Acting

The lives of a disparate group of unfulfilled people converge at a small, seaside English hotel in this adaptation of Terence Rattigan's classic play.

Pal Joey

Pal Joey

1957

as Vera Simpson

6.2
Acting

An opportunistic singer woos a wealthy widow to boost his career.

Fire Down Below

Fire Down Below

1957

as Irena

5.7
Acting

Tony and Felix own a tramp boat, and sail around the Caribbean doing odd jobs and drinking a lot. They agree to ferry the beautiful but passportless I...

Champagne Safari

Champagne Safari

1954

as Self

6.0
Acting

Travelogue/documentary follows newly married Rita Hayworth and Prince Aly Khan on their honeymoon trip through exotic locales.

Miss Sadie Thompson

Miss Sadie Thompson

1953

as Sadie Thompson

5.2
Acting

Sadie Thompson winds up stranded on an island and while her boat is being quarantined, she manages to stir up the blood of every marine on the base.

Salome

Salome

1953

as Princess Salome

5.8
Acting

In the reign of emperor Tiberius, Gallilean prophet John the Baptist preaches against King Herod and Queen Herodias. The latter wants John dead, but H...

Salome

Salome

1953

Producer

5.8
Producing

In the reign of emperor Tiberius, Gallilean prophet John the Baptist preaches against King Herod and Queen Herodias. The latter wants John dead, but H...

Affair in Trinidad

Affair in Trinidad

1952

as Chris Emery

6.3
Acting

A nightclub singer enlists her brother-in-law to track down her husband's killer.

Affair in Trinidad

Affair in Trinidad

1952

Producer

6.3
Producing

A nightclub singer enlists her brother-in-law to track down her husband's killer.

The Loves of Carmen

The Loves of Carmen

1948

as Carmen

6.7
Acting

Gypsy Carmen drives men wild in 1820s Spain, especially the dragoon Don Jose.

The Loves of Carmen

The Loves of Carmen

1948

Executive Producer, Producer

6.7
Producing

Gypsy Carmen drives men wild in 1820s Spain, especially the dragoon Don Jose.

The Lady from Shanghai

The Lady from Shanghai

1947

as Elsa Bannister

7.4
Acting

A romantic drifter gets caught between a corrupt tycoon and his voluptuous wife.

Down to Earth

Down to Earth

1947

as Terpsichore / Kitty Pendleton

5.8
Acting

Upset at a new Broadway musical mocking The Nine Muses, Greek goddess Terpsichore comes down to earth to land a part in the show and change it.

Gilda

Gilda

1946

as Gilda

7.5
Acting

A gambler discovers an old flame while in Argentina, but she's married to his new boss.

Tonight and Every Night

Tonight and Every Night

1945

as Rosalind Bruce

5.2
Acting

An American girl falls for an RAF pilot while performing at a British music hall.

Cover Girl

Cover Girl

1944

as Rusty Parker / Maribelle Hicks (flashback)

6.4
Acting

A nightclub dancer makes it big in modeling, leaving her dancer boyfriend behind.

Show-Business at War

Show-Business at War

1943

as Self

7.0
Acting

A multi-studio effort to show the newsreel audience the progress of the Hollywood war effort.

You Were Never Lovelier

You Were Never Lovelier

1942

as Maria Acuña

7.1
Acting

An Argentine heiress thinks a penniless American dancer is her secret admirer.

Tales of Manhattan

Tales of Manhattan

1942

as Ethel Halloway

6.3
Acting

Ten screenwriters collaborated on this series of tales concerning the effect a tailcoat cursed by its tailor has on those who wear it. The video relea...

My Gal Sal

My Gal Sal

1942

as Sally Elliott

5.8
Acting

Biopic chronicling the early life of gay nineties-era songwriter Paul Dresser as he outgrows his job as carnival entertainer and moves up into New Yor...

Breakdowns of 1941

Breakdowns of 1941

1941

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

7.0
Acting

Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1941.

You'll Never Get Rich

You'll Never Get Rich

1941

as Sheila Winthrop

6.5
Acting

A Broadway choreographer gets drafted and coincidentally ends up in the same army base as the boyfriend of his object of affection.

Blood and Sand

Blood and Sand

1941

as Dona Sol

6.5
Acting

Bullfighter Juan Gallardo falls for socialite Dona Sol, turning from the faithful Carmen who nevertheless stands by her man as he continues to face re...

Affectionately Yours

Affectionately Yours

1941

as Irene Malcolm

4.8
Acting

A married reporter's assignments carry him all over the world, which gives him ample opportunity to put the moves on the local females.

The Strawberry Blonde

The Strawberry Blonde

1941

as Virginia Brush

6.9
Acting

Biff Grimes is desperately in love with Virginia, but his best friend Hugo marries her and manipulates Biff into becoming involved in his somewhat nef...

Angels Over Broadway

Angels Over Broadway

1940

as Nina Barona

5.9
Acting

Small-time businessman Charles Engle is threatened with exposure for embezzling $3,000 for his free-spending wife. Deciding on suicide, he scribbles a...

The Lady in Question

The Lady in Question

1940

as Natalie Roguin

6.6
Acting

When a jury member takes in the defendant he couldn't convict, she has a bad influence on his son.

Susan and God

Susan and God

1940

as Leonora Stubbs

6.5
Acting

A flighty socialite neglects her family to promote a new religious group.

Blondie on a Budget

Blondie on a Budget

1940

as Joan Forrester

6.0
Acting

Dagwood wants to join the trout club and Blondie wants a fur coat. Jealousy reigns when Dag's old girlfriend Joan shows up, but nothing else matters w...

Music in My Heart

Music in My Heart

1940

as Patricia O'Malley

6.2
Acting

A young woman engaged to a millionaire falls for the understudy in a Broadway musical.

Only Angels Have Wings

Only Angels Have Wings

1939

as Judy MacPherson

7.3
Acting

A traveling performer arrives at a remote South American port town where the head of an air freight service must risk his pilots' lives to earn a majo...

Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8

Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8

1939

as Rita Hayworth

4.0
Acting

Ice skating is the theme; at the Tropical Ice Garden, in Westwood Hills, are seen a flock of skating stars including Irene Dare and Phyllis Ann Thomos...

The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt

The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt

1939

as Karen

6.6
Acting

Spies force former jewel thief Michael Lanyard to steal defense secrets in Washington.

Homicide Bureau

Homicide Bureau

1939

as J.G. Bliss

6.0
Acting

After being criticized by the Citizens' League for his inability to cope with a crime wave, Police Captain Haines orders his men in the Homicide Burea...

The Renegade Ranger

The Renegade Ranger

1938

as Judith Alvarez

5.2
Acting

Two Texas Rangers have their worlds rocked by a wrongfully accused female bandit.

Juvenile Court

Juvenile Court

1938

as Marcia Adams

5.0
Acting

Public Defender Gary Franklin, frustrated by being unable to save criminal Dutch Adams from a death sentence by blaming the slums environment as the c...

Convicted

Convicted

1938

as Jerry Wheeler

5.9
Acting

A nightclub dancer and a detective try and catch the gangster who framed her brother.

There's Always a Woman

There's Always a Woman

1938

as Mary - Ketterling's Secretary (uncredited)

6.1
Acting

An investigator for the District Attorney's office quits to open his own detective agency. However, business is so bad that he finally decides to give...

Who Killed Gail Preston?

Who Killed Gail Preston?

1938

as Gail Preston

6.0
Acting

A temperamental singer's murder leaves a nightclub full of suspects.

Special Inspector

Special Inspector

1938

as Patricia Lane

5.0
Acting

U. S. Customs Agent Tom Evans is given the assignment of running down a smuggling ring which hijacks Canadian fur-shipper's trucks and sells the loot ...

The Shadow

The Shadow

1937

as Mary Gillespie

6.5
Acting

Mary Gillespie is restoring the Col. Gillespie Circus to its former splendor after her father's death. With the help of her publicist boyfriend Jim, t...

Paid to Dance

Paid to Dance

1937

as Betty Morgan

5.3
Acting

Government undercover agents William Dennis and Joan Barclay are working to solve the disappearances of girls working as "taxi-dancers" from dance hal...

Life Begins with Love

Life Begins with Love

1937

as Dinner Guest's Girl Friend (uncredited)

5.0
Acting

A spoiled playboy is forced to leave town to avoid the press, which latches on to his statement, while tipsy, that he will give away his fortune. He d...

The Game That Kills

The Game That Kills

1937

as Betty Holland

5.3
Acting

Ferguson is a rough-and-tumble hockey player who discovers that his chosen profession is nothing more than a racket, a plaything for game-fixing racke...

Girls Can Play

Girls Can Play

1937

as Sue Collins

4.0
Acting

The Hollywood Post's sports writer, Jimmy Jones (Charles Quigley), yearns to be a crime reporter, and thus looks for foul play on even the most routin...

Criminals of the Air

Criminals of the Air

1937

as Rita Owens

5.5
Acting

Undercover agent Mark Owens is sent to aid the Border Patrol in the trans-border town of Hernandez in breaking up a well-organized band of smugglers.

Trouble in Texas

Trouble in Texas

1937

as Carmen Serano

4.7
Acting

Rodeo stars are being killed with poisoned needles, and Tex Ritter is next on the list.

Hit the Saddle

Hit the Saddle

1937

as Rita

5.3
Acting

Unable to legally capture and sell a herd of protected wild horses, corrupt rancher Rance Macgowan uses his trained killer horse, Volcano, to substitu...

Old Louisiana

Old Louisiana

1937

as Angela Gonzales as Rita Cansino

6.0
Acting

The Louisiana Purchase is imminent and Gilmore is smuggling guns into St. Louis so his men can make him Governor of the new Louisiana Territory. But J...

Rebellion

Rebellion

1936

as Paula Castillo

6.0
Acting

In this drama, a Mexican woman attempts to live a peaceful life in California. Unfortunately, land-grabbers kill her father and begin harassing her. D...

Meet Nero Wolfe

Meet Nero Wolfe

1936

as Marie Maringola

6.5
Acting

Rex Stout's portly detective prides himself on solving crimes without venturing outside his comfortable home; here he relies on others to do the legwo...

Dancing Pirate

Dancing Pirate

1936

as Specialty Dancer (uncredited)

5.4
Acting

Jonathan Pride is a mild-mannered dance instructor in 1820 Boston. En route to visit relatives, Jonathan is shanghaied by a band of zany pirates and f...

Human Cargo

Human Cargo

1936

as Carmen Zoro

6.0
Acting

Bonnie Brewster and "Packy" Campbell, rival reporters on competing newspapers, team up to put an end to a smuggling gang that brings illegal aliens to...

Paddy O'Day

Paddy O'Day

1936

as Tamara Petrovitch

7.0
Acting

A wealthy, eccentric collector of stuffed birds and a beautiful Russian singer provide refuge to an orphaned Irish child who has arrived illegally in ...

Professional Soldier

Professional Soldier

1935

as Gypsy Dancer (uncredited)

4.5
Acting

Mercenary Donovan is hired to kidnap King Peter II. He learns that the party in power is evil and that the King is in danger, so kidnaps the King to k...

Hi, Gaucho!

Hi, Gaucho!

1935

as Dolores

7.5
Acting

The son and daughter of feuding ranchers defy their fathers in the name of love.

Piernas de seda

Piernas de seda

1935

as Ballerina (uncredited)

6.0
Acting
Dante's Inferno

Dante's Inferno

1935

as Dancer

6.2
Acting

A carny builds a gambling empire at the expense of his family's wellbeing.

Charlie Chan in Egypt

Charlie Chan in Egypt

1935

as Nayda

6.9
Acting

While investigating the theft of antiquities from an ancient tomb excavation , Charlie discovers that the body of the expedition's leader concealed in...

Under the Pampas Moon

Under the Pampas Moon

1935

as Carmen

5.0
Acting

Cesare Campo is a hard-riding and hard-loving Argentine gaucho. Yvonne LaMarr is a famous Parisian singer on her way to play an engagement in a Buenos...

Cruz Diablo

Cruz Diablo

1934

as Extra (uncredited)

5.3
Acting

16th-century swashbuckler; evil nobleman usurps another man's title and properties and forces his daughter to marry a political ally. But Cruz Diablo ...