Movies
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s long-running Tuesday matinee film series not only is one of the best deals in town — $4 for the public and $2 for LACMA members, seniors and children 17 and under — it also shines a spotlight on some of the biggest stars and filmmakers of yesteryear.
March 5, 2016
The American Cinematheque ignites its 22nd “Noir City: Hollywood” with Rita Hayworth in “Gilda” and the 1952 Argentine suspense film “The Beast Must Die.”
Feb. 27, 2020
All the Rage
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March 7, 2010
A documentary on Hayworth puts a more ordinary face on the 1940s sex symbol.
Sept. 4, 2003
Entertainment & Arts
More than 500 mourners, including film greats, fans, relatives and friends, crowded into the Church of the Good Shepherd in Beverly Hills on Monday to hear film star Rita Hayworth eulogized as a “sweet, kind, gentle lady” who was actually shy away from the cameras.
May 19, 1987
Obituaries
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 City, it was reported Friday.
May 16, 1987
Born Margarita Cansino in Brooklyn, N.Y. in 1918, Rita Hayworth began her career as a professional nightclub dancer before entering movies as a teenager in 1935’s “Dante’s Inferno.”
Dec. 13, 2010
Books
James Hill, a film producer and writer once married to Rita Hayworth and who put her in one of her last major films, “Separate Tables,” and later wrote a biography of the actress revered as “the love goddess,” has died.
Jan. 16, 2001
Science & Medicine
Today, someone suffering from forgetfulness is immediately assumed to have Alzheimer’s disease.
Nov. 20, 2006
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.
May 15, 1987