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 Savitskaya Olga in Chekhov's "Three Sisters" has been described (by theatre historian Inna Solovyova) as "outstanding" and earned praise from Maria Ermolova who became her close friend in late 1900s. Savitskaya, who died in 1911, has been described as "the symbol of the original MAT's ethics". She was interred in the Novodevichy Cemetery, next to the Chekhov monument. Georgy Burdzhalov of The Moscow Art Theatre was her husband. Margarita Savitskaya Margarita Georgiyevna Savitskaya (, born 30 October 1868, — died 27 March 1911) was a Russian stage actress and in her later years a reader in drama, associated with the Moscow