Ava Gardner's most famous film role, The Barefoot Contessa,, was reportedly based on the life of Rita Hayworth; the millionaire character in the film was based on Howard Hughes. I can't tell you. Years after her film career had ended and long after Cohn had died, Hayworth still resented her treatment by both him and Columbia. The actress and dancer, born Margarita Carmen Cansino on Oct. 17, 1918, rose to fame during Hollywood's golden age, starring in films like "Strawberry Blonde" (1941) and "Tales of Manhattan" (1942). "[44]:104, Hayworth was a top glamour girl in the 1940s, a pin-up girl for military servicemen and a beauty icon for women. [10] Antonio Cansino instructed Rita Hayworth's first dance lesson. The role, in which Hayworth wore black satin and performed a legendary one-glove striptease, "Put The Blame On Mame", made her into a cultural icon as a femme fatale. Judson acted on Cohn's advice: Rita Cansino became Rita Hayworth when she adopted her mother's maiden name, to the consternation of her father. [6], Hayworth appeared in five minor Columbia pictures and three minor independent movies in 1937. Many movie pundits have referred to her performance in I Want To Live as the greatest Hollywood acting performance ever, of any actress, of all time. She has sort of triumph and tragedy story like Rita Hayworth. Columbia featured her in the Technicolor films Tonight and Every Night (1945) with Lee Bowman and Down to Earth (1947) with Larry Parks. [58] Ford later moved next door to her in Beverly Hills in 1960, and they continued their relationship for many years until the early 1980s. Hayworth was born as Margarita Carmen Cansino in Brooklyn, New York, the oldest child of two dancers. [85] Hayworth lived in an apartment at The San Remo on Central Park West adjoining that of her daughter, who arranged for her mother's care during her final years. She alleged that Judson compelled her to transfer a considerable amount of her property to him, and she promised to pay him $12,000 under threats that he would do her "great bodily harm". [7] During her high school years, she acted in various school plays, and was named "Most Dramatic" by her class. She also starred in the Technicolor musical Cover Girl (1944), with Gene Kelly. In 1951, Columbia alleged it had $800,000 invested in properties for her, including the film she walked out on that year. She made herself into one of Hollywood's greatest stars, and it never gave her any happiness." With Susan Hayward, Robert Preston, Pedro Armendriz, Lloyd Gough. In late 1934, aged 16, she performed a dance sequence in the Spencer Tracy film Dante's Inferno (1935), and was put under contract in February 1935. The men in her life often used and damaged her, and ultimately her failed . He continued to sexually abuse her, calling her his wife and dressing her up in "garish, sexy clothes" while performing in nightclubs. He recalled seeing Hayworth three years before at an event which the Reagans held for Frank Sinatra. The news sent photogs rushing to the Santa Monica Courthouse on Sept. 7, 1943. I was under contract, and that was it. [citation needed], Also in 1947, Hayworth was featured in a Life cover story by Winthrop Sargeant that resulted in her being nicknamed "The Love Goddess". "[17]:322, Alzheimer's disease had been largely forgotten by the medical community since its discovery in 1906. At one point, the couple was effectively imprisoned in a hotel room for 24 hours in Manhattan at the Hotel Madison as sheriff's deputies waited outside threatening to arrest Haymes for outstanding debts. I came back to Columbia because I wanted to work and first, see, I had to finish that goddamn contract, which is how Harry Cohn owned me!"[32]. "When it was over, I came over to her table, and I saw that she was very beautiful, very reposed looking, and didn't know me at first. Feet rating stats (456 total votes) 232. beautiful. [37], She received good reviews for her performance at Caesars Palace in the Las Vegas production of Mame that opened in December 1968. She is listed as one of the top 25 female motion picture stars of all time in the American Film Institute's survey, AFI's 100 Years100 Stars. Welles tried to persuade Hayworth that the whole business was not a publicity stunt on Cohn's part, that it was simply homage to her from the flight crew. Clip from the movie "You Were Never Lovelier" and Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth to a remixed version of "Bossa Nova Baby"by Elvis Presley. Susan Hayward (born Edythe Marrenner; June 30, 1917 - March 14, 1975) was an American film actress, best known for her film portrayals of women that were based on true stories.. After working as a fashion model for the Walter Thornton Model Agency, Hayward traveled to Hollywood in 1937 to audition for the role of Scarlett O'Hara.She secured a film contract and played several small supporting . One night, Heston and his wife Lydia joined the couple for dinner at a restaurant in Spain with the director George Marshall and the actor Rex Harrison, Hayworth's co-star in The Happy Thieves. Entries consist of an essay on the topic and a bibliographic portion listing works for further [23], RKO used her again for They Won't Believe Me (1947). In I Want to Live! Intended to be the pilot episode for a television series, "Maggie Cole" was never produced because of Hayward's failing health. It also documents her personal life, including her marriages and attempted suicide, and her illness and death at the age of 56. Her daughter Yasmin, only three years old, played about the court while the case was being heard, finally climbing on to the judge's lap.[72]. She died in 1975 of brain cancer. She'd fly into a rage. In 1956, she was cast by Howard Hughes to play Bortai in the historical epic The Conqueror, as John Wayne's leading lady. [15][16] She was next in Paramount's all-star musical review Star Spangled Rhythm (1943) that also featured its nonmusical contract players. In 1948, Hayworth left her film career to marry Prince Aly Khan, a son of Sultan Mahommed Shah, Aga Khan III, the leader of the Ismaili community of Shia Islam. After a tumultuous two years together, Haymes struck Hayworth in the face in 1955 in public at the Cocoanut Grove nightclub in Los Angeles. Aly Khan, legendary playboy son of the Aga Khan, prowled the Riviera in relentless pursuit of speed, sport, and women. After Hayward's second marriage and subsequent move to Georgia, her film appearances became infrequent; although she continued acting in film and television until 1972. "[52] Her provocative role in Gilda, in particular, was responsible for people expecting her to be what she was not. But she didn't make pictures! He had played a major role in launching her acting career. [48], Hayward's doctor found a lung tumor in March 1972 that metastasized, and after a seizure in April 1973, she was diagnosed with brain metastases. [14] She was in the short A Letter from Bataan (1942) and supported Goddard and Fred MacMurray in The Forest Rangers (1942). Joan Crawford Dancer. While I respect the Moslem faith, and all other faiths, it is my earnest wish that my daughter be raised as a normal, healthy American girl in the Christian faith. House Of Strangers (1949) -- (Movie Clip) Money Is A Great Cleanser Having jumped back in time at least seven years, to when Manhattan Italian banker Gino Monetti (Edward G. Robinson) lived, we see the first meeting of Susan Hayward as Irene and Richard Conte as his son and in-house lawyer Max, Paul Valentine as the younger brother and security guard, in Joseph L. Mankiewicz's House Of . In the film, there is a scene where the prison movie night shows Rita Hayworth's film Gilda. That year, she was first featured in a Life magazine cover story. Hayward played the troubled 1930s Broadway star Lillian Roth in Ill Cry Tomorrow (1955), earning best-actress honours at the Cannes film festival and her fourth nomination for an Academy Award. When Hayworth took time off from attending his comeback performances in Philadelphia, the audiences sharply declined. He put her in one of her last major films, Separate Tables. [74] Hayworth ended up paying most of Haymes's debts. Rita Hayworth's highest grossing movies have received a lot of accolades over the years, earning millions upon millions around the world. [36] The term was adopted and used later as the title of a biopic and of a biography about her. They had me so intimidated that I couldn't have done it anyway. Although there was prejudice against Hispanic actors at the time, Hayworth is now widely regarded to be one of the first Hispanic-American "sex goddesses" of "Golden Age" Hollywood with leading roles in film. I was provocative, I guess, in some things. Marrener grew up in a working-class family. Haymes was desperate for money because two of his former wives were taking legal action against him for unpaid child support. Her father was a dance teacher who started up an act . Haymes's $5,000 weekly salary was attached by the IRS to pay a $100,000 bill, and he was unable to pay his pianist. [49] On March 14, 1975, she suffered a seizure in her Beverly Hills home and died at the age of 57. Following her graduation from Girls' Commercial High School, she . In a 2005 interview with Rolling Stone, Jack White says, "Rita Hayworth became an all-encompassing metaphor for everything I was thinking about while making the album.[104]". [25][26] In 2002, the satin nightgown Hayworth wore for the photo sold for $26,888. [6], With Cohn and Judson's encouragement, Hayworth changed her hair color to dark red and had electrolysis to raise her hairline and broaden the appearance of her forehead. Our editors will review what youve submitted and determine whether to revise the article. [5] According to the Erasmus Hall High School alumni page, Hayward attended that school in the mid-1930s,[6] although she only recollected swimming at the pool for a dime during hot summers in Flatbush, Brooklyn. With her film career launched in earnest by the dawn of the forties, she became a top pin-up . [21][22], In August 1941, Hayworth was featured in an iconic Life photo in which she posed in a negligee with a black lace bodice. Of course Rita Hayworth was an undisputed queen of Hollywood; her picture in LIFE Magazine was so much in demand as a pin-up by American serviceman that is was reproduced in . Hayward went on to appear in such movies as Adam Had Four Sons (1941); Cecil B. DeMilles Reap the Wild Wind (1942); The Fighting Seabees (1944), in which she costarred with John Wayne; and Deadline at Dawn (1946). In the mid-thirties, Columbia Pictures put her under a long-term contract, transforming dark-haired teenager Rita Cansino into redhead bombshell Rita Hayworth. [15] The film served as inspiration for the 1960s TV series Bewitched and was based on an unfinished novel by Thorne Smith. Garbo, Hedy, Gardner, Hayworth. Susan Hayward, original name Edythe Marrener, (born June 30, 1917, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.died March 14, 1975, Los Angeles, California), American film actress who was a popular star during the 1940s and '50s known for playing courageous women fighting to overcome adversity. Following her graduation from Girls Commercial High School, she began working as a photographers model. [21] Her first film was Canyon Passage (1946). Speaking to his lifelong friend Roger Hill, Orson Welles expressed his concern about the visit's effect on his daughter. [26], MGM hired Hayward to play the alcoholic showgirl/actress Lillian Roth in I'll Cry Tomorrow (1955),[27] based on Roth's best-selling autobiography of the same title, for which she received a Cannes award. In 1947, she received the first of five Academy Award nominations for her role as an alcoholic nightclub singer based on Dixie Lee in Smash-Up, the Story of a Woman, her second film for Wanger. [70] Hayworth rejected his offer of $1million if she would rear Yasmin as a Muslim from age seven and allow her to go to Europe to visit with him for two or three months each year, stating: Nothing will make me give up Yasmin's chance to live here in America among our precious freedoms and habits. Hayworth left Hollywood to marry Prince Aly Khan and was suspended for failing to report to work on the film Affair in Trinidad.