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Rita Hayworth

A dancer turned Columbia superstar whose image became one of the defining glamour symbols of the 1940s.

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Hayworth’s career shows how dance, photography, publicity, and noir could combine to manufacture a global screen icon.

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1946 · Film noir

Gilda

Hayworth’s entrance and musical numbers made this tale of jealousy and control a defining star vehicle.

1947 · Film noir

The Lady from Shanghai

Welles and Hayworth enter a maze of seduction, murder, and betrayal ending in a hall of mirrors.