Final Days and Painful Ending of Love Goddess Rita Hayworth. Here's Why!
Rita Hayworth, the dazzling movie star of 1940s Hollywood, was dubbed the "love goddess" by the media. Her image was meticulously crafted and promoted by a series of male handlers over the course of her career. Though she began as a Spanish-American dancer, she was transformed into an iconic American figure, adored by legions of soldiers as a pin-up. Hayworth's most memorable performance was as the dangerous and alluring Gilda in Charles Vidor's 1946 film of the same name, a role that epitomized a perilous type of femininity.