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Volga Margaret Hayworth [nb 1] (August 8, 1897 – January 25, 1945) was an American dancer and vaudevillian. A popular showgirl on Broadway, she was the mother of actress Rita Hayworth, who used her mother's maiden name as her professional surname.
Her mother, Volga Hayworth, was an American of Irish and English descent who had performed with the Ziegfeld Follies. [12]: 281 The couple married in 1917. They also had two sons: Eduardo Jr. and Vernon. [12][13] Her maternal uncle Vinton Hayworth was also an actor. [14]
Volga Margaret Hayworth was an American dancer and vaudevillian. A popular showgirl on Broadway, she was the mother of actress Rita Hayworth, who used her mother's maiden name as her professional surname.
Volga Margaret Hayworth [nb 1] (August 8, 1897 – January 25, 1945) was an American dancer and vaudevillian. A popular showgirl on Broadway, she was the mother of actress Rita Hayworth, who used her mother's maiden name as her professional surname.
Her mother, the improbably named Volga, was an ex-Ziegfeld Girl, born to a printer, Allynn Hayworth, and his wife, Maggie O’Hare, the daughter of Patrick and Bridget O’Hare, immigrants from Ireland.
The Dancing Cansinos[1] were a family of dancers and actors including American actress Rita Hayworth, and Spanish dancer Antonio Cansino. The family performed and toured extensively in New York City and Spain. The elder generation of the Dancing Cansinos were Antonio and Carmen Cansino.
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Mar 5, 2024 · She was American dancer best known as Volga Hayworth, was a popular showgirl on Broadway, an actress, and mother of actress Rita Hayworth, who took her movie name from her mother's maiden name. She appeared in the Ziegfeld Follies, met her husband, Spanish-born dancer Eduardo Cansino, Sr. in 1916 and married him in 1917.
