Rita Hayworth Rita Hayworth Rita Hayworth (born Margarita Carmen Cansino; October 17, 1918May 14, 1987) was an American actress and dancer. She achieved fame during the 1940s as one of the era's top stars, appearing in a total of 61 films over 37 years. The press coined the term "The Love Goddess" to describe Hayworth after she had become the most glamorous screen idol of the 1940s. She was the top pin-up girl for GIs during World War II. Hayworth is perhaps best known for her performance in the 1946 film noir, "Gilda", opposite Glenn Ford, in which she played the "femme
Carmen Silvera Carmen Silvera Carmen Dorothy Blanche Silvera (2 June 1922 – 3 August 2002) was a British comic actress, who was born in Canada of Spanish descent, she moved to Coventry, England, with her family when she was a child. She appeared on television regularly in the 1960s, and achieved mainstream fame in the 1980s as her starring role in British television programme, "'Allo 'Allo!" as Edith Artois. During World War II, Silvera was evacuated to Montreal and narrowly escaped death when, at the last minute, her name was taken off the passenger list of troopship SS Athenia that was sunk