Yahoo Web Search

Search results

  1. She was the top pin-up girl for GIs during World War II. [7] Hayworth is perhaps best known for her performance in the 1946 film noir Gilda, opposite Glenn Ford, in which she played the femme fatale in her first major dramatic role.

  2. May 16, 1987 · Rita Hayworth, the legendary Hollywood beauty who rose to international fame in the 1940's and 1950's, died Thursday night, of Alzheimer's disease, in her Central Park West apartment in...

  3. Apr 2, 2014 · After years of struggle Hayworth died on May 14, 1987, in the apartment she shared with her daughter in New York City. Her passing elicited an outpouring of appreciation from fans and...

  4. Jun 17, 2024 · Rita Hayworth (born October 17, 1918, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.—died May 14, 1987, New York, New York) was an American film actress and dancer who rose to glamorous stardom in the 1940s and ’50s.

    • The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
  5. May 15, 1987 · Rita Hayworth, the shy Spanish dancer who films transformed into a “love goddess” of the 1940s and who became a princess in real life, is dead, it was reported today.

  6. May 16, 1987 · Rita Hayworth, a shy Spanish dancer who was transformed into the titian-haired movie “love goddess” of the 1940s only to rebel against the studio system that created her, has died in New York...

  7. People also ask

  8. Beginning in 1960 (age 42), early onset of Alzheimer's disease (undiagnosed until 1980) limited Rita's ability. The last few roles in her 60-film career were increasingly small. With 20 years of symptoms, Rita was cared for by her daughter, Yasmin Khan, until Rita's death at age 68 on May 14, 1987, in New York City.