Actress RITA HAYWORTH (1918 – 1987) was born on this day. Hayworth appeared in a total of 61 films over 37 years. She is one of six women who have the distinction of having danced on screen with both Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly. In 1944, Hayworth made one of her best-known films, the Technicolor musical Cover Girl (1944) with Kelly. The film established her as Columbias top star of the 1940s. For three consecutive years, starting in 1944, Hayworth was named one of the top movie box office attractions in the world. She was adept in ballet, tap, ballroom, and Spanish routines. Columbia continued to showcase Hayworths dance talents; she was the first dancer featured on film to partner with both Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly. Columbia featured her in the Technicolor films: Tonight and Every Night (1945) with Lee Bowman; and Down to Earth (1947) with Larry Parks. Her erotic appeal was most noted in Charles Vidors black and white film noir Gilda (1946) with Glenn Ford, which caused censors some consternation. The role, in which Hayworth wore black satin and performed a legendary one-glove striptease, made her into a cultural icon as a femme fatale. Hayworths performance in The Lady from Shanghai (1947), directed by her then-husband Orson Welles, was critically acclaimed
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