Elegant movie star Grace Kelly was not just a stunning beauty but a gifted performer, so some might be surprised to learn that her film career lasted just five years. During those years, the regal blonde won an Oscar and worked with Alfred Hitchcock three times, in “Dial M for Murder,” “To Catch a Thief” and “Rear Window” — perhaps her signature role.
Hollywood’s big question when she married Prince Albert Rainier of Monaco in 1956 was whether she would continue to act. Fans and the media all wanted to know what would happen, but it seemed unlikely — after all, Rita Hayworth had found being a princess incompatible with being a movie star and her marriage to Prince Aly Khan lasted just a few years.
Americans are most familiar with the monarchs of Britain, thanks to generations of media coverage. But for several decades, Yankees faithfully followed another royal family, the Grimaldis of Monaco,...
Hollywood’s big question when she married Prince Albert Rainier of Monaco in 1956 was whether she would continue to act. Fans and the media all wanted to know what would happen, but it seemed unlikely — after all, Rita Hayworth had found being a princess incompatible with being a movie star and her marriage to Prince Aly Khan lasted just a few years.
Americans are most familiar with the monarchs of Britain, thanks to generations of media coverage. But for several decades, Yankees faithfully followed another royal family, the Grimaldis of Monaco,...
- 11/12/2020
- by Tim Gray
- Variety Film + TV
She was the first American actress to marry a prince, the first actress to dance with both Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly, one of the first pin-up girls of the 1940s and the first celebrity to bring awareness to Alzheimer’s Disease. She was the “Love Goddess,” Rita Hayworth.
Hayworth was born on October 17, 1918, in Brooklyn as Margarita Carmen Cansino, into a family of Spanish dancers. Although she later claimed she didn’t care for it, Hayworth started dancing at a young age to please her father. They performed together as the Dancing Cansinos from the time she was 12-years-old. She began landing small film roles in her teens under the name Rita Cansino, eventually earning a contract with Columbia Pictures. There she was “Americanized” by changing her last name to her Irish mother’s maiden name of Hayworth, dying her dark hair red and having electrolysis to raise her hairline.
Hayworth was born on October 17, 1918, in Brooklyn as Margarita Carmen Cansino, into a family of Spanish dancers. Although she later claimed she didn’t care for it, Hayworth started dancing at a young age to please her father. They performed together as the Dancing Cansinos from the time she was 12-years-old. She began landing small film roles in her teens under the name Rita Cansino, eventually earning a contract with Columbia Pictures. There she was “Americanized” by changing her last name to her Irish mother’s maiden name of Hayworth, dying her dark hair red and having electrolysis to raise her hairline.
- 10/17/2019
- by Susan Pennington and Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
Long before Jennifer Lopez and Eva Longoria, there was Rita Hayworth. The dancer-actress, born Margarita Carmen Cansino, would have been 100 on Wednesday, and even fans of classic Hollywood may not realize how extraordinary her career was. She was the No. 1 box office star of Columbia Pictures in the 1940s, she was Fred Astaire’s favorite dancing partner, and U.S. G.I.s had pinups of her around the globe during WWII. These are especially impressive in an era when Latino-Hispanic children were still in segregated schools and only a decade after America’s “repatriation” program shipped 2 million Mexicans across the border, claiming they were “stealing” American jobs.
Work dried up for Hayworth in the 1960s, due to occasional slurred speech and memory problems. Hollywood assumed she was alcoholic, but in 1980 she was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, bringing worldwide awareness to the little-known disease. Her greatest legacy may be the annual Rita Hayworth Galas,...
Work dried up for Hayworth in the 1960s, due to occasional slurred speech and memory problems. Hollywood assumed she was alcoholic, but in 1980 she was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, bringing worldwide awareness to the little-known disease. Her greatest legacy may be the annual Rita Hayworth Galas,...
- 10/16/2018
- by Tim Gray
- Variety Film + TV
Prince Rahim Aga Khan - whose grandfather Prince Aly Khan was married from 1947 to 1953 to Hollywood sex goddess Rita Hayworth - is claiming a beautiful American bride all his own. The prince, 42, a graduate of Brown University who now works on behalf of poverty reduction for the Aga Khan Development Network (described on its website as "one of the largest private systems of agencies fostering social, cultural and economic development in Asia, Africa and the Middle East"), will wed model Kendra Spears of Seattle. The site says that the two will marry in a Muslim ceremony at an as-yet undecided date.
- 5/3/2013
- by Stephen M. Silverman
- PEOPLE.com
With three episodes left of Season 5, the tension on "Mad Men" shifted into high gear on Sunday's (May 20) episode, "Christmas Waltz." Here's the one-sentence summary: Don Draper's head is back in the game, Lane Pryce is dancing on the edge of financial ruin (and possibly a precipice) and it turns out that Harry Crane, official Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce d-bag, isn't a total tool after all.
Don's back: At the end of the episode, Don (Jon Hamm) re-engaged in the work of Scdp and it's a good thing because if Don's happy, so goes the firm. What convinced him? A domino effect: Pete (Vincent Kartheiser) suggested Don drive a Jaguar. Thanks to Joan (Christina Hendricks), drunk-driving a Jaguar sports car gets him fired up about the product. Finally, an irate Megan (Jessica Paré) -- who gets his attention by throwing her dinner plate at the wall and ordering him to...
Don's back: At the end of the episode, Don (Jon Hamm) re-engaged in the work of Scdp and it's a good thing because if Don's happy, so goes the firm. What convinced him? A domino effect: Pete (Vincent Kartheiser) suggested Don drive a Jaguar. Thanks to Joan (Christina Hendricks), drunk-driving a Jaguar sports car gets him fired up about the product. Finally, an irate Megan (Jessica Paré) -- who gets his attention by throwing her dinner plate at the wall and ordering him to...
- 5/21/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Andrew Embiricos, grandson of Rita Hayworth and Prince Aly Khan, was found dead of an apparent suicide at his West 17th Street apartment in Chelsea, New York City, on Sunday, Dec. 4. Embiricos was 25. Andrew Ali Aga Khan Embiricos was the son of economist and shipping heir Basil Embiricos and Princess Yasmin Aga Khan. He was also the nephew of Prince Karim, Aga Khan IV. As such, Embiricos was purportedly a direct descendant of the prophet Mohammed. His body, lying face up in bed with a bag over his head, was found Sunday evening by a friend, Aaron Edwards, who then called 911. An autopsy is to be performed. Because the handsome Embiricos had appeared in amateur gay sex video clips on X-Tube, New York and gay tabloids have gone on to claim that his death wasn't actually suicide, but an experimentation with autoerotic asphyxiation gone wrong. Those are the same sensational...
- 12/7/2011
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Andrew Ali Aga Khan Embiricos, grandson of the late screen goddess Rita Hayworth, was found dead in his New York City apartment of an apparent suicide. He was 25.
Andrew's body was discovered Sunday night by a friend who went to check on him after Embiricos missed several appointments, according to the NY Daily News. Daily Mail reported, "Embiricos was found lying on his bed in his Chelsea apartment after suffocating himself with a plastic bag.
Andrew's body was discovered Sunday night by a friend who went to check on him after Embiricos missed several appointments, according to the NY Daily News. Daily Mail reported, "Embiricos was found lying on his bed in his Chelsea apartment after suffocating himself with a plastic bag.
- 12/6/2011
- Extra
Filed under: Movie News
Andrew Embiricos, grandson of the late Rita Hayworth, was found dead in his New York City apartment on Sunday; the 25-year-old died of an apparent suicide. According to the NY Daily News, Embiricos was the son of Hayworth's daughter Princess Yasmin Aga Khan; his LinkedIn page had him listed as a sales executive for Virgin Atlantic Airways. Embiricos' grandfather was Prince Aly Aga Khan, who married Hayworth in 1949 at the height of her career. It was the actress's third marriage.
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Andrew Embiricos, grandson of the late Rita Hayworth, was found dead in his New York City apartment on Sunday; the 25-year-old died of an apparent suicide. According to the NY Daily News, Embiricos was the son of Hayworth's daughter Princess Yasmin Aga Khan; his LinkedIn page had him listed as a sales executive for Virgin Atlantic Airways. Embiricos' grandfather was Prince Aly Aga Khan, who married Hayworth in 1949 at the height of her career. It was the actress's third marriage.
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- 12/6/2011
- by Moviefone Staff
- Moviefone
The glittering committee and friends. Photo via Patrick McMullan The bejeweled masses took to the Waldorf Astoria hotel Tuesday night for the annual Alzheimer’s Association Rita Hayworth Gala, the theme of which was “the exotic allure” of Eastern culture. The gala general chair was Princess Yasmin Aga Khan—the daughter of Prince Aly Khan and Rita Hayworth—she established the event as a tribute to her late mother, who suffered with Alzheimer’s for the last years of her life. The princess has truly dedicated her life to this cause. When Vf Daily met her chez Hearst-McInerney this summer, the princess and her co-chairs were already deep in preparations. “We’re a group of ladies who never give up,” she said at the time.
- 10/27/2010
- Vanity Fair
Last night at the Alzheimer's Association Rita Hayworth Gala, in New York City, Brooke Shields was photographed alongside Princess Yasmin Aga Khan, the second daughter of Hollywood beauty Rita Hayworth. (The Princess gets her royal title from her father, Hayworth's third husband, Prince Aly Khan.) Started by Princess Yasmin in 1985, the galas have helped the Alzheimer's Association raise more than $250 million. Hayworth, who died in 1987, suffered from Alzheimer's in later years, and Princess Yasmin tirelessly worked to raise awareness about the disease at a time when it was little known and even less discussed.
- 10/28/2009
- Vanity Fair
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