- Country: USA
- Genres: Biography, Documentary
- Release: 2003-09-09
- Director: Elaina Archer
- Writers: Caren Roberts-Frenzel , Elaina Archer
- Language: English
- Stars: Kim Basinger
- Runtime: 59 min
- Awards: N/A
- AKA: Rita , Rita (Japan) , Rita (United States of America)
- Plot: Biography of 1940's sex goddess Rita Hayworth. Born Margarita Cansino, she studied dancing from the age of 5 and was soon part of the family's night club act. By age 18 she was married and pursuing a movie career. She reached her peak appeal with the movie Gilda, but found that people expected her to be that character in real life. In fact she was shy and introverted. Married four times (most notably to Orson Welles and Ali Khan) she had two children and was a dedicated and loving mother. As she got older, she focused on more dramatic roles but the early onset of Alzheimer's disease rendered it difficult for her to learn her lines. She died in 1987.
- IMDB:tt0380673
Rita Cast · · · ALL
Elaina Archer
Director
Kim Basinger
Narrator (voice)
Anthony Franciosa
Self
Tab Hunter
Self
Nicole Kidman
Self
Delbert Mann
(I)
(1920–2007)
Self
Ann Miller
(I)
(1923–2004)
Self
Juanita Moore
Self
Terry Moore
Self
Marc Platt
Self
Robert J. Schiffer
Self
Vincent Sherman
Self
George Sidney
Self
Eli Wallach
Self
Dick Haymes
(archive footage)
Rita Hayworth
(archive footage)
Orson Welles
(1915–1985)
(archive footage)