Eduardo Cansino Hollywood, Margarita Carmen Cansino took her mother's maiden name as her professional surname, becoming Rita Hayworth. Eduardo Cansino Sr. died in Pompano Beach, Florida, in 1968, aged 73, and is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale). Eduardo Cansino Eduardo Cansino Reina (March 2, 1895 – December 24, 1968) was a Spanish-born American dancer and actor, and the father of actress Rita Hayworth. Eduardo Cansino was born on March 2, 1895, in Castilleja de la Cuesta, Andalusia, Spain. His sister, Elisa, was also a dancer. He emigrated to the United States and joined the Ziegfeld Follies. In 1917 he married
Margarita Terekhova together at the musical theatre collective "Balaganchik". In 2005 she made her debut as a director, shooting the film "The Seagull" based on the work of Anton Chekhov. Starting from 2005 Margarita no longer plays in a theater, not in films and almost never gives interviews due to Alzheimer's disease. Since 2011 she rarely appears in public and hardly ever attends public events. In the movie "The Seagull" Alexander had act under the pseudonym "Turaev", as director Margarita Terekhova (also starring as Anna Terekhova) believed that three people with the Terekhov name is too much for one film. Margarita Terekhova