Rita Hayworth
Sexy

Rita Hayworth, the ravishing redhead of American G.I.’s dreams, was actually a Spanish Mamacita incognito! Decades before Hispanic hotties were in fashion, Margarita Carmen Cansino struggled to find her place in 1930s Hollywood. Once the dark-haired ingenue dyed her locks red and changed her last name to Hayworth, doors began to open. By 1941, she landed the lead in The Strawberry Blonde; tap danced with Fred Astaire in You’ll Never Get Rich; and posed for Life magazine in a see-through negligee that turned her into a national pinup! But it wasn’t until she played Gilda (1946) that Rita became a screen legend. The mamorable part had her engaging in witty repartee as well as a three-way affair between Glenn Ford and George Macready. During the complicated romance, the onscreen seductress donned transparent attire and performed a partial striptease that earned her the nickname of The Love Goddess! She followed up this film noir classic with another, starring (as a blonde) in The Lady from Shanghai (1947). Rita then gave a titillating turn in the fantasy Down to Earth (1947) wherein her twirls offer upskirt views of her panties! She also flashed her flesh in the musical Pal Joey (1957) even though her bare breasts are blurred behind glass. Ms. Hayworth would work another 15 years before health reasons forced her to retire. She passed away in 1987, but her sex appeal lives on in such modern fare as The Shawshank Redemption (1994). Moreover, in 1999 the American Film Institute acknowledged Rita as one of the 25 Greatest Female Stars of Classic Hollywood Cinema. Muy buena to this secret Spaniard!