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“Sensitive, shy, of course I was. The fun of acting is to become someone else”. Rita Hayworth was an American actress and dancer who stood out in Hollywood in the 1940s. Rita took her first steps as a dancer, imposed by family mandate, but at age 16 a producer offered her a film role, and she debuted in Dante's Inferno (1935). She got a contract with Columbia Pictures and got her first role as a supporting actress in Only Angels Have Wings (1939), directed by Howard Hawks, then began to have more prominent roles. She began a successful career, with 20th Century Fox that had previously rejected her, starred in hits such as Blood and Sand (1941), Cover Girl (1944) or The Lady from Shanghai (1947) by director Orson Welles, with whom she had a love affair. But it was her role in Gilda (1946) that brought her to absolute stardom. Recognized as one of the best female characters in the history of cinema, she became the highest paid actress of the time. Since that film, she has never starred in another film with such success. In the 1970s, symptoms of Alzheimer's began to appear, as well as her inability to memorize scripts. Remembered as one of the most iconic Hollywood women of the era, nicknamed “The Goddess of Love”, she captivated everyone with her unmistakable talent, her undeniable beauty and her fantastic sense of style.
Best Actress - Drama