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Rita Hayworth (born Margarita Carmen Cansino; October 17, 1918 – May 14, 1987) was an American dancer and film actress who garnered fame during the 1940s as one of the era's top stars. Appearing first as Rita Cansino, she agreed to change her name to Rita Hayworth and her hair color to dark red to attract a greater range in roles. Her appeal led to her being featured on the cover of Life magazine five times, beginning in 1940.
The first dancer featured on film as a partner of both the stars Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly, Hayworth appeared in a total of 61 films over 37 years. She is listed by the American Film Institute as one of the 100 Greatest Stars of All Time.
Hayworth was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1918 as Margarita Carmen Cansino, the oldest child of two dancers, Eduardo Cansino, Sr., from Castilleja de la Cuesta, a little town near Seville, Spain, and Volga Hayworth, an American of Irish-English descent who had performed with the Ziegfeld Follies. The Catholic couple had married in 1917. They also had two sons: Eduardo, Jr. and Vernon.
Actors: Jackamoe Buzzell (actor), David Ferry Jr. (writer), David Ferry Jr. (editor), David Ferry Jr. (producer), Hannah Macpherson (producer), Hannah Macpherson (editor), Amy Baklini (actress), Justin Golightly (editor), Kristen Rakes (producer), Morse Bicknell (actor), Sarah Burney (producer), Sarah Burney (miscellaneous crew), Ariel Rakes (editor), Chris Chavez (actor), Amanda Machon (actress),
Genres: Short, Thriller,Actors: Michael Rhoades (actor), Lois Smith (actress), Bob Hoskins (actor), Dash Mihok (actor), Ben Affleck (actor), Molly Parker (actress), Bill Lake (actor), Neil Crone (actor), Richard Fancy (actor), Adrien Brody (actor), Steve Adams (actor), Jeffrey DeMunn (actor), Larry Cedar (actor), Marcelo Zarvos (composer), Diane Lane (actress),
Plot: Struggling private investigator Louis Simo treats his work more as a means to make a living than a want to do right by what few clients he has. Through connections with the investigation firm for which he used to work, Simo is hired by Helen Bessolo to investigate the death of her son, actor 'George Reeves (I)' (qv). Reeves was best known for his title role in _"Adventures of Superman" (1952)_ (qv), a role which he always despised, in part since it typecast him as a "cartoon", despite it bringing him a certain fame. His June 16, 1959 death by a single gunshot wound while in his bedroom in his Los Angeles home was ruled a suicide by the police, the death which occurred when the house was filled with people. Reeves' story is told in part in flashback as Simo, who is trying to make a name for himself with this case, talks to or tries to talk to some of the players involved, most specifically the wife of MGM General Manager 'E.J. Mannix' (qv), Toni Mannix, with who Reeves was having a relatively open and gift-lucrative affair (she bought him that house), and Reeves' fiancée at the time of his death, Lenore Lemmon, an aspiring actress who some felt didn't love Reeves (or visa versa). As Simo proceeds with his high-profile investigation, he learns that someone doesn't want him snooping around. Through the process, Simo evaluates his own professional and personal life, the latter which includes a somewhat strained relationship with his wife and son.
Keywords: 1950s, accidental-shooting, actor, actress, adultery, ambush, apartment-building, audition, barbecue-grill, bare-breastsActors: Rita Hayworth (actress), Vlastimil Brodský (actor), Charles Brauer (actor), Jirí Lábus (actor), Jirí Menzel (actor), Annette Focks (composer), Renée Gundelach (producer), Dagmar Manzel (actress), Georg Janett (editor), Barbara Philipp (actress), Claudia Vaseková (actress), Vladimír Hajdu (actor), Ewa Gawryluk (actress), Annika Strauss (actress), Dagmar Ungureit (producer),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Lalo Schifrin (composer), Rance Howard (actor), David Susskind (producer), Michael Lerner (actor), Philip Sterling (actor), Julian Fellowes (actor), John Considine (actor), Lynda Carter (actress), James T. Callahan (actor), Aharon Ipalé (actor), Joe Dorsey (actor), James Goldstone (director), Alejandro Rey (actor), Leonard Mann (actor), David Byrd (actor),
Plot: Based on the life and times of silverscreen goddess, Rita Hayworth. This film shows in detail her happiest and saddest moments, the men she dated and her successful career as an actress as well as many other aspects of her life.
Keywords: actress, based-on-book, dance, film-camera, sex-symbol, showbiz, star