Rita Hayworth (1918-1987) was and still is one of the biggest movie stars of all time. Her unique beauty and talent propelled her to inevitable stardom. And iconic roles like Gilda’s were marked in the history of the seventh art. To honor her, the Russian artist Olga Shirnina colored some photographs of this eternal diva. Thanks to her talent, we can now see, from a completely different point of view, one of cinema’s most iconic actresses.
O awesome.club was delighted with Olga’s work and creativity. Therefore, he invites you, the reader, to check out the photographs, now in color. Our team has also added some curious facts about Rita so that you can find out a little more about the life of this brilliant actress.
Some fun facts about Rita Hayworth
Her real name was Margarita Carmen Cansino. She was born on October 17, 1918 in Brooklyn, New York. Her father was Spanish and her mother American
At the age of 13, she began her career as a dancer and followed the same path as her parents, Eduardo Cansino Reina and Volga Margaret Hayworth, who were also dancers.
Used the name Rita Cansino at the beginning of her career as a ballerina
Her childhood was not easy, because her father forced her to be her partner, and not just in dancing. This fact had consequences in her life, influencing her future behavior
In 1933, she arrived in Hollywood not as an actress but as part of the spanish ballet
After two years, she began working as an actress in supporting roles in B movies — low-budget, for commercial purposes -, standing out for her dancing talent and her beauty.
To work as an actress, she underwent diets, treatments and also enlarged her forehead to accentuate her V-shaped hairline.
She married at 18 and her first husband, Edward Judson, launched her to fame when she signed a contract with Columbia Pictures.
The producer’s president, Harry Cohn, fell in love with her, but Rita never gave in to the tycoon’s harassment.
Rita’s first major role as an actress was in the film the hellish paradisein 1939, in a minor role
After standing out, she transferred to 20th Century Fox to play Dona Sol in the film blood and sand (1941)
Her successful performance launched her as one of the most famous, attractive and highly paid actresses of the era.
He was the protagonist of the film Gilda (1946) and, in one of the scenes, she took off her gloves in a “sexy” way
But the film was banned in some countries for being deemed “inappropriate”. One of those countries was Spain.
Gilda was one of the most dazzling characters in American cinema and turned the actress into one of Hollywood’s greatest divas.
After this interpretation and while suffering a personal crisis, he said one of his famous phrases: “All the men I know sleep with Gilda, but wake up with me”
Although she participated in more than 30 films, Gilda was the most important role of her career.
In the late 1960s, he began to show some signs of Alzheimer’s disease.
This prevented her from memorizing movie scripts properly, so she took to working occasionally
His last film was the divine wrathfrom 1972
He was married five times and had two daughters by different marriages, Yasmine Aga Khan and Rebecca Welles.
Rita Hayworth died in Manhattan, aged 68, alongside her daughter Yasmine, due to problems arising from the disease.
Other famous quotes from the actress:
“Sensitive and shy, of course I am. The fun of acting is becoming someone else.”
“All I wanted was what everyone wants: to be loved”
“Movies were so much better in the days I was making them”
“We are all tied to our destiny and there is no way to break free”
“I didn’t have everything in life. I had too much”
“If I were a farm, they would call me no man’s land”
“Are you interested in knowing how much I hate him? I hate him so much that I would seek my ruin to destroy him with me.”
“I had a lot of sadness in my life and a lot of joy too. Who hasn’t?
“I think all women have a certain elegance, which is destroyed when they take off their clothes”
“I have always felt that one of the secrets of true beauty is simplicity”
What did you think of the result of the Russian artist’s work in coloring Rita’s photos? Which image did you like best? What other black and white photographs by other artists would you like to see in color? Leave your opinion in the comments.
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