Rita Hayworth, one of the most glamorous actresses of Hollywood's golden age, was never nominated for an Oscar. Her only significant award came at age 60, in 1978, when she received an award from the National Film Society for her lifetime of dedication to film.
The actress has her star on the Los Angeles Walk of Fame, at 1645 Vine Street, Cinema category.
In 2014, among the countless existing biographies, a posthumous and very complete one was written about the actress: “Rita Hayworth: And Men Created a Goddess”
Rita Hayworth, born Margarita Carmen Cansino, on October 17, 1918, Brooklyn, New York, United States and died on May 14, 1987, Manhattan, New York, United States, aged 68.
Rita Hayworth was married five times and all unions ended in divorce. Her first marriage was to American prosecutor Edward C. Judson (1896-1988) from 1937 to 1942; her second marriage was to the controversial American actor, director, writer and producer, considered one of the most versatile artists of the 20th century in the area of theater, radio and cinema, George Orson Welles (1915-1985) from 1943 to 1947, with whom she had a daughter, actress Rebecca Welles (1944-2004); his third marriage was to the Pakistani ambassador to the United Nations, Ali Solomone Aga Khan (1911-1960) from 1949 to 1953, with whom he had one daughter, the Swiss princess Yasmin Aga Khan (1949-), a Swiss-born American, philanthropist, known for increasing public awareness of Alzheimer’s disease; her fourth marriage was to Argentine singer Dick Haymes (1918-1980) from 1953 to 1955; and her fifth and last marriage and divorce was with American film producer and screenwriter James Hill (1916-2001) from 1958 to 1961. During the 26 years until her death, the actress had other casual relationships that were not assumed.
