Tuesday 5 November 2024

Lovely Rita

Rita Hayworth, legendary actress and dancer, was, without doubt, the favourite pin-up girl for American GIs during WW2. Often described a sex goddess, five times married Hayworth led a troubled life. Her second husband Orson Welles once said "All her life was pain." Early onset of Alzheimer's was misinterpreted by friends as alcoholism and her latter days were spent mostly isolated from the outside world.

Hayworth was, I think we can agree, the muse for Bryan Ferry's idea of how the first Roxy Music should look. He's never denied it.



Rita Hayworth (1918-1987)

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