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Oct 17, 2017 · Cansino, AKA Rita Hayworth, AKA an all-American “love goddess,” was born on this day in 1918. After being discovered in a Mexican nightclub, she went on to become one of the 1940s’ most famous...
Mar 18, 2020 · The pinup so iconic that her posters were used as avatars of escapist fantasy in Bicycle Thieves, and as a cover-up for a more literal escape in Stephen King’s jailbreak novella Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption. The bombshell so voluptuous they pasted her image onto an actual atom bomb.
Rita Hayworth (born Margarita Carmen Cansino; October 17, 1918 – May 14, 1987) was an American actress, dancer, and pin-up girl. She achieved fame in the 1940s as one of the top stars of the Golden Age of Hollywood, and appeared in 61 films in total over 37 years.
