Rita Hayworth quote about dancing

Quote:

“As soon as I could stand on my own feet, I was given dance lessons…I didn’t like it very much, but I didn’t have the courage to tell my father, so I began taking the lessons. Rehearse, rehearse, rehearse, that was my girlhood.”

– Rita Hayworth

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Notes:

• Born to parents who were both dancers, Rita danced professionally by the age of 12, then went on to act in 61 films over 37 years.
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“Rita Hayworth quote about dancing” sources:

• Photograph is promotional photo for the film Gilda, taken in 1946 by Robert Coburn – “Hayworth-Gilda-1946-Color.” /
• United States Office Of War Information. Cotton stockings. Rita Hayworth in a pink and silver lame evening dress designed by the famed Hollywood designer Howard Greer. Her evening hose are of fine crepe lisle of the same spun sugar sheen as the dress. Oct. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2017699355/>.