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Rita Hayworth’s Milestones
| Absent from film for three years during her affair with and marriage to Aly Khan; returned to films with "Affair in Trinidad" (1952), co-starring Ford | |
| Another similar absence from film after "Salome" and "Miss Sadie Thompson" (both 1953) during marriage to singer Dick Haymes; returned to film in 1957 to appear in "Pal Joey" and "Fire Down Below" | |
| Began dancing career at age six, performing with parents; worked in Mexican nightclubs as a Spanish dancer from age 13 | |
| 1926 | Film debut dancing with her parents in the shorts, "La Fiesta" and "Anna Case with the Dancing Cansinos" |
| 1934 | Acted in the Spanish-language feature "Cruz Diablo" |
| 1935 | Appeared in "Under the Pampas Moon" and "Dante's Inferno", both for Fox |
| 1935 | Put under contract by Fox |
| 1936 | First garnered attention for small role as a dancer in "Cargo" |
| 1937 | Signed with Columbia; in B pictures until Howard Hawks cast her in "Only Angels Have Wings" (1939) |
| 1940 | First of five films with Glenn Ford, "The Lady in Question", directed by Charles Vidor |
| 1941 | Appeared for first time with red hair in "The Strawberry Blonde" (filmed in black-and-white) |
| 1941 - 1942 | Career further boosted by appearances in two musical opposite Fred Astaire, "You'll Never Get Rich" and "You Were Never Lovelier" |
| 1942 | Had lead in "My Gal Sal" |
| 1946 | Starred in the title role of her best-remembered film, "Gilda"; Ford co-starred and Vidor directed; singing voice dubbed by Anita Ellis |
| 1948 | Directed by then estranged husband Orson Welles in "The Lady From Shanghai"; |
| 1948 | Third film with Ford and Vidor, "The Loves of Carmen" |
| 1958 | Co-starred with Burt Lancaster in "Separate Tables", produced by then-husband James Hill |
| 1959 | Played a dissolute Mexican woman in "They Came to Corduba" opposite Gary Cooper |
| 1960 | Essayed an adulterous wife on trial for murdering her husband in "The Story on Page One" |
| 1962 | Was miscast opposite Rex Harrison in the comedy "The Happy Thieves" |
| 1966 | Fifth movie with Glenn Ford, "The Money Trap" |
| 1966 | Made sole venture into TV movies, co-starring in "The Poppy Is Also a Flower" (ABC); had brief theatrical run in NYC after TV airing |
| 1972 | Last film, "The Wrath of God", co-starring Robert Mitchum |
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