
Only later was it realized that she had the beginnings of Alzheimer's disease, an illness she'd die from in 1987, at age 68.





Rita started her acting career in 1926.
But behind the scenes she had a tumultuous relationship with Columbia Pictures, married a man more than twice her age at just 18 years old and went on to divorce him and four others , and struggled with alcoholism.
Born into a show business family of dancers, she grew up in the footlights, and her dazzling beauty made her future as a Hollywood starlet seem inevitable.

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The bombshell had seven different husbands, two of whom were married when she came into the picture—one to Debbie Reynolds, her best friend.

Description: In 1940, Hayworth starred in Blondie on a Budget.