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 Landi Margarita Landi Encarnación Margarita Isabel Verdugo Díez (19 November 1918 – 6 February 2004), popularly known as Margarita Landi, was a Spanish journalist. Margarita Landi was one of the first women to specialize in the journalistic genre of crime reporting, which had traditionally been limited to men. Her diploma in criminology helped her to excel in this field. Widowed at age 28, her career began shortly thereafter. Following the Spanish Civil War, Landi worked in the magazine of Sección Femenina, "El Ventanal", between 1947 and 1948. From there she went to "La Moda de España" (1948–1954), as a chronicler of