on her birthday, Rita Hayworth (Born: October 17, 1918; Died: May 14, 1987).

Rita Hayworth (a.k.a. "Love Goddess") was known for the movies "Cover Girl (1944)" with Gene Kelly and "Gilda (1946)" with Glenn Ford.

She also appeared with the latter in the movies "The Lady in Question (1940)", "The Loves of Carmen (1948)", "Affair in Trinidad (1952)" and "The Money Trap (1965)".

Rita Hayworth appeared with Spencer Tracy in the movie "Dante's Inferno (1935)", with Cary Grant in "Only Angels Have Wings (1939)", with Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. in "Angels Over Broadway (1940)", with Joan Crawford in "Susan and God (1940)", with Fred Astaire in the movies "You'll Never Get Rich (1941)" and "You Were Never Lovelier (1942)", with James Cagney in "The Strawberry Blonde (1941)", with Tyrone Power in "Blood and Sand (1941)", with Orson Welles in "The Lady from Shanghai (1947)", with Robert Mitchum in "Fire Down Below (1957)" and "The Wrath of God (1972)", with Jack Lemmon in "Fire Down Below (1957)", with Frank Sinatra and Kim Novak in "Pal Joey (1957)", with Burt Lancaster and David Niven in "Separate Tables (1958)", with Gary Cooper in "They Came to Cordura (1959)", with John Wayne and Claudia Cardinale in "Circus World (1964)", with Yul Brynner in "Poppies Are Also Flowers (a.k.a. The Poppy Is Also a Flower) (1966)", and with Anthony Quinn in "L'avventuriero (a.k.a. The Rover) (1967)".

Some other movies she appeared in are "Under the Pampas Moon (1935)", "Charlie Chan in Egypt (1935)", "Piernas de seda (1935)", "Hi, Gaucho! (1935)", "Professional Soldier (1935)", "Paddy O'Day (1936)", "Human Cargo (1936)", "Dancing Pirate (1936)", "Meet Nero wolfe (1936)", "Rebellion (1936)", "Old Louisiana (1937)", "Hit the Saddle (1937)", "Trouble in Texas (1937)", "Criminals of the Air (1937)", "Girls Can Play (1937)", "The Game That Kills (1937)", "Life Begins with Love (1937)", "Paid to Dance (1937)", "The shadow (1937)", "Special Inspector (1938)", "Who Killed Gail Preston? (1938)", "There's Always a Woman (1938)", "Convicted (1938)", "Juvenile Court (1938)", "The Renegade Ranger (1938)", "Homicide Bureau (1939)", "The Lone wolf Spy Hunt (1939)", "Music in My Heart (1940)", "Blondie on a Budget (1940)", "Affectionately Yours (1941)", "My Gal Sal (1942)", "Tales of Manhattan (1942)", "Tonight and Every Night (1945)", "Down to Earth (1947)", "Salome (1953)", "Miss Sadie Thompson (1953)", "The Story on Page One (1959)", "The Happy Thieves (1961)", "I bastardi (a.k.a. The Bastard) (1968)", "The Naked Zoo (1970)" and "Road to Salina (1970)".

The American Film Institute (AFI) has ranked her as the nineteenth greatest female screen legend in American film history.