Spanish dancer Eduardo Cansino's daughter Margarita trained as a dancer from early childhood. At age 12, mature-looking Rita joined Eduardo's stage act, in which she was spotted three years later by Fox studio head Winfield R. Sheehan, leading to her first studio contract and film debut at age 16 in
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1953Miss Sadie Thompson
(performer: "Hear No Evil, See No Evil Speak No Evil" - uncredited, "The Heat Is On!" - uncredited, "The Blue Pacific Blues" - uncredited)
1952Affair in Trinidad
(performer: "I've Been Kissed Before" - uncredited, "Trinidad Lady" - uncredited)
1947Down to Earth
(performer: "Let's Stay Young Forever", "This Can't Be Legal", "People Have More Fun Than Anyone", "Greek Ballet", "The Muses Come To Earth")
1946Gilda
(performer: "Amado Mio", "Put the Blame on Mame")
1945Tonight and Every Night
(performer: "Tonight and Every Night", "What Does an English Girl Think of a Yank?", "You Excite Me", "Anywhere", "The Boy I Left Behind", "Cry and You Cry Alone")
1944Cover Girl
(performer: "THE SHOW MUST GO ON", "WHO'S COMPLAINING?", "SURE THING", "MAKE WAY FOR TOMORROW", "PUT ME TO THE TEST", "LONG AGO AND FAR AWAY", "POOR JOHN" - uncredited, "COVER GIRL THAT GIRL ON THE COVER")
1942You Were Never Lovelier
(performer: "You Were Never Lovelier" 1942 - uncredited, "I'm Old Fashioned" 1942 - uncredited, "The Shorty George" 1942 - uncredited / "Dearly Beloved" 1942 - uncredited)
1942My Gal Sal
(performer: "ON THE GAY WHITE WAY", "COME TELL ME WHAT'S YOUR ANSWER, YES OR NO", "OH, THE PITY OF IT ALL", "HERE YOU ARE", "ON THE BANKS OF THE WABASH", "ME AND MY FELLA AND A BIG UMBRELLA", "MY GAL SAL")
1941You'll Never Get Rich
(performer: "Boogie Barcarolle" 1941, "So Near and Yet So Far" 1941, "The Wedding Cake Walk" 1941)
1941Blood and Sand
(performer: "Verde luna" - uncredited)
I rode on horseback, though I was terrified of them. That was when I was doing westerns. They were something else again. And I did them because that was work, that was my job. So I don't start from the top.
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Ranked #98 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. [October 1997]
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