Rita Hayworth (b. Margarita Carmen Cansino) was an American film actress and dancer. She gained fame in the 1940s as 'The Love Goddess'. In 1987, she succumbed to Alzheimer's and died in New York City.

Help fight the disease that took her life here.

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: Rita Hayworth behind the scenes of You’ll Never Get Rich (1941)

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Rita Hayworth Jewelry Collection on HSN

10% of the proceeds go towards the Alzheimer’s Association. Go, go, go!

Rita Hayworth stretching out, 1940.

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Rita Hayworth in Down to Earth (1947).

Rita Hayworth in My Gal Sal (1942).

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25 sources of insecurity——> Rita Hayworth

Thank you to VintageSonia for the pictures. 

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A sixteen-year-old Rita Cansino (aka Rita Hayworth) being adorable in Paddy O’Day (1935).