Léa Girard 
La Légende de Rita Hayworth: La Vie et la Carrière d’une Star de Cinéma
Rita Hayworth, de son vrai nom Margarita Carmen Cansino, était une actrice de cinéma et une danseuse américaine d’origine espagnole. Née en 1918, elle a connu le succès dans les années 1940 et 1950, devenant l’une des actrices les plus en vue de l’âge d’or d’Hollywood.
Hayworth est surtout connue pour son rôle emblématique dans le film “Gilda” de 1946, qui a instantanément fait d’elle une star internationale. Son charisme à l’écran et sa beauté envoûtante ont captivé le public et les cinéastes du monde entier.
Malgré sa renommée, Hayworth a connu des hauts et des bas tout au long de sa carrière, luttant contre ses démons personnels et sa vie amoureuse tumultueuse. Elle a toutefois laissé un héritage cinématographique indélébile et reste une figure emblématique du glamour hollywoodien.
1. The Strawberry Blonde
Synopsis: Biff Grimes is in love with a strawberry blonde named Virginia, but she marries his rival. Years later, Biff is a dentist in a small town where Virginia lives.
Actors: Rita Hayworth, James Cagney, Olivia de Havilland
Date de sortie: July 16, 1941
Box Office: $2,250,000
2. You Were Never Lovelier
Synopsis: The Acuña family is a wealthy business family in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and the daughter of the house, Maria, is adored by everyone, except for her father, who is an expert at making sure that his daughter doesn’t get married to someone that he thinks is inappropriate.
Actors: Rita Hayworth, Fred Astaire, Adolphe Menjou
Date de sortie: October 5, 1942
Box Office: $4,150,000
3. Cover Girl
Synopsis: Rusty Parker wins a contest and becomes a celebrated cover girl; this endangers her romance with dancing mentor Danny.
Actors: Rita Hayworth, Gene Kelly, Phil Silvers
Date de sortie: March 30, 1944
Box Office: $5,500,000
4. Gilda
Synopsis: Ballin Mundson (George Macready) owns a Buenos Aires casino where Gilda (Rita Hayworth) performs as a singer and his wife. Mundson arrives with his new business partner Johnny Farrell (Glenn Ford), but Farrell turns out to be Mundson’s new wife Rita’s ex-lover.
Actors: Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, George Macready
Date de sortie: March 14, 1946
Box Office: $5,200,000
5. The Lady from Shanghai
Synopsis: Michael O’Hara, against his better judgement, hires on as a crew member of Arthur Bannister’s yacht and finds himself romantically entangled with his employer’s wife, Elsa.
Actors: Rita Hayworth, Orson Welles, Everett Sloane
Date de sortie: June 9, 1948
Box Office: $2,350,000
6. Affair in Trinidad
Synopsis: A woman with a shady past is blackmailed by her former lover, a criminal.
Actors: Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, Alexander Scourby
Date de sortie: July 29, 1952
Box Office: $3,400,000
7. Salome
Synopsis: In the reign of emperor Tiberius, Gallilean prophet John the Baptist preaches against King Herod and Queen Herodias. The latter wants John dead, but Herod fears to harm him due to a prophecy.
Actors: Rita Hayworth, Stewart Granger, Charles Laughton
Date de sortie: February 3, 1953
Box Office: $2,000,000
8. Miss Sadie Thompson
Synopsis: A self-righteous missionary man seeks to save the soul of a former prostitute.
Actors: Rita Hayworth, José Ferrer, Aldo Ray
Date de sortie: November 26, 1953
Box Office: $1,550,000
9. Tales of Manhattan
Synopsis: A formal tailcoat that gets passed from one owner to another affects each life of its new owners.
Actors: Rita Hayworth, Charles Boyer, Ginger Rogers
Date de sortie: August 5, 1942
Box Office: $5,700,000
10. Fire Down Below
Synopsis: A gambler and a prostitute become business partners in a remote Old West mining town, and their enterprise thrives until a large corporation arrives on the scene.
Actors: Rita Hayworth, Robert Mitchum, Jack Lemmon
Date de sortie: October 12, 1957
Box Office: $2,850,000
Roi du Cinéma: La Vie Trépidante de Jack Nicholson