The Rita Hayworth Archive

Previously Rita Hayworth Daily 

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U.S. soldiers in eight theaters of operations around the world were polled to name their screen favorites. At ceremonies at Walter Reed hospital in Washington on June 11, 1945, the stars gathered to accept their Gl Oscars. Left to right, seated: are Rita Hayworth, “Glamour Girl”; Jennifer Jones, “Best actress”; Josephine Houston, soloist at ceremonies. Standing from left are Leo McCarey, “Best director”; Eddie Bracken, “Best comedian”; Milton Berle, master of ceremonies at program; Maj. Gen. Norman T. Kirk, who presented the awards; and Bing Crosby “Best actor.”

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G.I.s honor Rita Hayworth during a ceremony in Washington, June 11, 1945

In an overseas poll American GIs recently conferred the title of “No.1 Back Home Glamour Girl” on Rita Hayworth. At a presentation ceremony at Walter Reed Hospital, which Miss Hayworth attended, Pvt. Martin Leeds of the Bronx made a speech and awarded her a GI “Oscar” because her “sheer loveliness and her willingness to share that loveliness through the medium of the screen with millions of warsick and lonely GIs has contributed immeasurably to the morale of the fighting men."Accepting the award, Miss Hayworth stepped up and kissed Private Leeds. Later in her lavish Hollywood home she posed for a new picture which fully confirmed the GI verdict.  

- Life Magazine July 16, 1945

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Rita Hayworth on the Russell Harty Show, 1976

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Rita Hayworth photographed by Peter Stackpole at her home in Beverly Hills, 1945

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Rita Hayworth during the filming of The Wrath of God (1972)

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Rita Hayworth for Joseph and His Brethren (1955)

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Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth in You’ll Never Get Rich (1941)

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Rita Hayworth and Kay Thompson in Rome, 1965

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Rita Hayworth during the filming of Gilda (1946)

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Rita Hayworth in Paris, 1948

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Rita Hayworth, 1941

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Rita Hayworth and Patricia Farr for Kool Cigarettes, 1937

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Rita Hayworth during the filming of Fire Down Below (1957)

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Rita Hayworth and Glenn Ford during the filming of Affair in Trinidad (1952)

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Rita Cansino (Rita Hayworth), circa 1935

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Rita Hayworth at Lake Tahoe, 1951

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Rita Hayworth and Fred Astaire for You Were Never Lovelier (1942)