Re: [ranchos] Rita Hayworth

[Alberto Duarte <albertodua@...>]

Rita Hayworth was not only an excellent and beautiful
actress, she had talent.  Any Hispanic that made it in
Hollywood in the '40s had be super beautiful and
talented. 

Regarding red hair...
Red hair runs in my wife's family; her
great---grandfather was also from Andalusia (Seville).
 Also, I've seen a number of families from Los Altos,
Jalisco, with red hair.  Like I said, the women from
Los Altos are very beautiful.  My wife gets real upset
whenever a gringo asks her if she is Spanish; she
always tells them "I'm Mexican, not Spanish"!

Alberto Duarte Prieto
Santa Maria, California

--- Susana Leniski <susyfarias@...> wrote:

> Some members mentioned Rita Hayworth (Margarita
> Cansino), and I decided to write about her. 
> She was the daughter of Eduardo Cansino. He was a
> dancer born in Seville, Spain. In the Andalusia
> Region. He immigrated to America (New York) where he
> married. Margarita was born in New York city. Years
> later, the family moved to Tijuana, Mexico. Here,
> the father and Rita had a show called "The Dancing
> Cansinos". It was here where Rita was discovered and
> the rest is history .According with the family
> stories Eduardo was a "free spirit", and his father
> didn't like his chosen profession.
> 
> On my part, My grand mother Maria de los Angeles
> Cansino, was the daughter of Don Enrique Cansino. He
> was the brother of Eduardo's father. My great
> grandfather emigrated from Malaga, in the Andalusia
> region of Spain in 1880's. He relocated to
> Zacatecas, Mexico. He married my great grandmother
> who was from Jerez, Zacatecas. Genealogy that now
> I'm researching. My great grandfather left his whole
> family back in Spain.
> 
> Many years later,  another one of my grandmothers
> cousins arrived in Mexico after spending many years
> in Cuba. She was the daughter of another one of Don
> Enrique's brothers. Her name was "Tia Concha ". I
> actually met her when I was very young. She was also
> a Dancer with "El Ballet Folklorico Andaluz". She
> brought with her pictures of the family left in
> Spain. She showed the pictures to my mom and my
> grandmother. In one of the pictures was Eduardo very
> young and his father. On a sad note, Tia Concha died
> in 1970's.The pictures were left to her step-son who
> died unexpectedly shortly after and his wife burned
> these pictures. The only information that I have is
> what my grandmother , my mom and my aunt remembered.
> The pictures were not just family members also
> pictures of Seville and Malaga, home of the
> Cansinos.
> 
> I still don't know the origin of the last name
> Cansino. I found the last name in "Diccionario de
> apellidos Castellanos" but the oldest record in
> Spain is in the 1770's. But the last name in this
> "Diccionario" was "CANCINO".   It doesn't mention
> what happened before this date. I also found the
> last name Cansino in the Encyclopedia of Sephardic
> Last Names. Here the last name is written CANSINO. I
> found that  CANSINO Sephardic Jews  were in the
> Andalusia Region, coming from Morocco. They arrived
> to Spain in the 1600's. I know that many Cansinos
> left Spain, some moved to Gibraltar and others left
> to England. Both groups are practicing Jews to this
> day.
> 
> One interesting note about Rita. I'm sure she
> colored her reddish hair many times, but it is
> possible that her hair was originally this color. I
> have an uncle here in Mexico with reddish hair, and
> everyone wonder about the color. It was until "Tia
> Concha" saw him, she talked about the family in
> Spain with reddish hair.
> In our home we have a black and white picture of
> Rita Hayworth  in our guest bath, and when our guest
> go the bathroom and inquire about the picture. My
> husband loves to say, She is " just Aunt Rita".
> OK I guess by now you know more that you wanted to
> know about Rita Hayworth
> 
> Susana Leniski



		
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