Rita Hayworth made a lot of influence in her life time,I admire her from a distance.though don't know much about her
She changed her name for one! She was born Margarita Carmen Cansino in 1918 and was an actress and dancer
What music did she feature in?
the 1946 film noir, "Gilda", opposite Glenn Ford, in which she played the "femme fatale" in her first major dramatic role. Fred Astaire, with whom she made two films, called her his favorite dance partner. Her greatest success was in the Technicolor musical "Cover Girl" (1944), with Gene Kelly. She is listed as one of the top 25 female motion picture stars of all time in the American Film Institute's survey, AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars.
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her maternal grandmother's maiden name (Harvey) as her professional name.
- Rita Hayworth, American actress and dancer, was born Margarita Carmen Cansino and appeared in her first 10 movies under the name Rita Cansino. Subsequently, under the tutelage of her first husband and manager, she altered her physical appearance and adopted the maiden name of her mother (Volga Hayworth) so as to no longer be perceived solely as an exotic or ethnic Latina.
- Mlle Hervez, French actress; born Geneviève Béjart, she later