Rita Hayworth

Rita Hayworth (real name Margarita Carmen Cansino) (October 17, 1918 – May 14, 1987) was a famous American film star of Spanish and Irish descent during the 1940s who was sometimes called "The Love Goddess" or "The Great American Love Goddess." She was also celebrated as an expert dancer and as a great beauty.

Final Years

After about 1960 she suffered from early onset of Alzheimer's disease, which was not diagnosed until 1980; she continued to act in films until the early 1970s and made a well-publicized appearance on The Carol Burnett Show near the end of her career. Lynda Carter starred in a 1983 biopic of her life. She lived in an apartment at the San Remo in New York City.

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1960 - Alzheimer's disease - 1980 - The Carol Burnett Show - Lynda Carter - 1983 - The San Remo - New York City

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Following her death in 1987, she was interred in the Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California.

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1987 - Holy Cross Cemetery - Culver City, California

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A poster of Rita Hayworth was used as a main plot device in Stephen King's short story, Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption and later in the movie based on the story which starred Morgan Freeman and Tim Robbins, The Shawshank Redemption.

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Stephen King - Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption - Morgan Freeman - Tim Robbins - The Shawshank Redemption

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Rita Hayworth placed 19th on the American Film Institute's list of the 25 greatest female movie stars of all time in 2001.

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American Film Institute - 2001

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In 2005, the White Stripes wrote a song titled "Take, Take, Take" on their album "Get Behind Me Satan" which humourously describes a man meeting Hayworth in a bar and pestering her for an autograph and a picture. She is also briefly mentioned in the song "White Moon" from the same album.

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2005 - White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan

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In Salvador Plascencia's The People of Paper, Rita Hayworth is a sad, disenfranchised character. In the novel, she was made infamous for having sex with a cabbage picker.

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Salvador Plascencia - The People of Paper

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