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Birth Name: Margarita Carmen Dolores Cansino
Stage Name: Rita Hayworth, temporarily Rita Cansino
Date of Birth: October 17, 1918
Place of Birth: New York Nursery and Child’s Hospital, New York
Date of Death: May 14, 1987 (Alzheimer’s Disease) at age 68
Final Resting Place: Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California
Parents: Eduardo Cansino (born March 2, 1895, died December 24, 1968) and Volga Cansino (née Haworth, born c. 1898, died January 25, 1945)
Brothers: Vernon (born May 21, 1922, died March 23, 1974) and Eduardo Jr. (born October 13, 1919, died March 11, 1974)
Children: Rebecca Welles, born December 17, 1944 in California, passed away on October 17, 2004; father, Orson Welles
Princess Yasmin Aga Khan, born December 28, 1949 in Lausanne, Switzerland; father, Aly Khan.
Height: 5′ 6″
Shoe Size: 7AAA
Eyes: Dark brown
Natural Hair Color: Dark brown
Education: Alexander Hamilton High School and Carthay School in Los Angeles, California

Marriages:
Edward C. Judson (May 29, 1937; divorced on May 22, 1942)
Orson Welles (September 7, 1943; divorced on December 1, 1948)
Prince Aly Khan (May 27, 1949; divorced on January 27, 1953)
Dick Haymes (September 24, 1953; divorced on December 13, 1955)
James Hill (February 2, 1958; divorced in September 1961)

Biography coming soon!