Volga Hayworth

Volga Hayworth
Volga Hayworth
	Hayworth (right) with her daughter Margarita (left) in 1942
Born	Volga Margaret Hayworth; August 8, 1897; Washington, D.C., U.S.
Died	January 25, 1945 (aged 47); Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Other name	Volga H. de Cansino
Occupation	Actress
Spouse	Eduardo Cansino, Sr.; (m. 1917)
Children	3, including Rita Hayworth and Vernon Cansino
Relatives	Vinton Hayworth (brother)

Volga Margaret Hayworth (August 8, 1897 – January 25, 1945) was an American dancer and vaudevillian. A popular showgirl on Broadway, she was the mother of actress Rita Hayworth, who used her mother's maiden name as her professional surname.

Biography

Volga Hayworth was born on August 8, 1897, in Washington, D.C., the daughter of Allynn Duran Hayworth and Margaret O'Hare. Her mother immigrated to the United States from Ireland, and her younger brother was actor Vinton Hayworth. She studied music and dance as child with William J. Oates. In 1910 she began performing in vaudeville at Chase's Theater in Washington D.C. as a member of Miss Cora B. Shreve's juvenile performers in the show The Follies of the Planets. The Washington Post described her as a "bright vivacious little star." At the age of 16 she ran away from home to pursue a career on the stage.

Volga worked as a member of Anna Held's theater troupe; performing in the ensemble of Sigmund Romberg's musical Follow Me at the Casino Theatre in the 1916-1917 Broadway season. After this she worked as a chorus girl in the Ziegfeld Follies, She met her future husband, the Spanish-born dancer Eduardo Cansino, in 1916 when he came to audition for Florence Ziegfeld. They married him in 1917. They had three children. She and her husband formed a vaudeville act, The Dancing Cansinos. This act was also featured in the Broadway revue The Greenwich Village Follies at the Winter Garden Theatre in 1923-1924. She and her husband also operated a dance school in Hollywood, Los Angeles.

Volga Hayworth Cansino died in 1945, at the age of 47, from peritonitis from a ruptured appendix in Santa Monica, California.

Immediate family

Husband: Eduardo Cansino, born on (1895-03-02)2 March 1895 – died on 24 December 1968(1968-12-24) (aged 73)
- Rita Hayworth, born Margarita Carmen Cansino on October 17, 1918 – died on 14 May 1987(1987-05-14) (aged 68)
  - Rebecca Welles, born on December 17, 1944 – died on 17 October 2004(2004-10-17) (aged 59)
    - Marc McKerrow, born on March 31, 1966 – died on 18 June 2010(2010-06-18) (aged 44)
  - Yasmin Aga Khan, born on December 28, 1949
    - Andrew Ali Aga Khan Embiricos, born on (1985-12-11)December 11, 1985 – died on December 4, 2011 (aged 25)
- Eduardo Cansino Jr., born on (1919-10-13)October 13, 1919 – died on March 11, 1974(1974-03-11) (aged 54)
  - Richard Cansino, born on August 10, 1953
- Vernon Cansino, born on (1922-05-21)May 21, 1922 – died on March 23, 1974 (aged 51)

Notes

↑ Although some sources cite Volga Cansino's maiden name as Haworth, the Haworth Association genealogy site includes an excerpt from the 1900 Census for Washington City, District of Columbia which clearly shows the surname as Hayworth. The genealogy site, which provides her date of birth, indicates that Volga Hayworth's great-grandfather had begun using the name "Hayworth" and her father was legally known by the amended surname (Haworth to Hayworth).

References

Citations

↑ "Date of birth as per the Haworth Association, a genealogy site". Archived from the original on 2011-07-26. Retrieved 2011-02-21.
↑ Haworth Association genealogy site Archived 2011-09-28 at the Wayback Machine, ibid.
↑ "Mrs. Eduardo Cansino; Mother of Rita Hayworth, Film Actress - In Dancing Team" The New York Times obituary, January 27, 1945.
1 2 3 Ringgold 1980, p. 15.
↑ "Musicale and Dance". Washington Evening Star. June 29, 1907. p. 5.
↑ "Clever Child Dancer". The Washington Post. May 22, 1910. p. 3, section Magazine.
↑ "Capitol Proteges Score". The Washington Herald. October 29, 1916. p. 18.
↑ "Washington Girl Plays in Anna Held Company". The Washington Herald. December 10, 1916. p. 19.
↑ "Rita Hayworth, Movie Legend, Dies" The New York Times, May 16, 1987
↑ , title=From dancer to silver screen siren
↑ Smith & Litton 2013, p. 131.
↑ "Dancer Sues on Slander Charges". New York Daily News. March 24, 1932. p. 5.
↑ "Died". Time magazine. 1945. Volga Haworth Cansino, 47, partner in the onetime famed Cansino dancing team until birth (Oct. 17, 1918) of Daughter Rita Hayworth, who cinemadopted her mother's maiden name; of a heart ailment; in a Santa Monica hospital.
↑ "Mrs. Eduardo Cansino. Mother of Rita Hayworth, Film Actress. In Dancing Team". The New York Times. Associated Press. January 27, 1945. Retrieved 2014-12-09. Mrs. Volga Cansino, mother of Rita Hayworth, film actress, died at St. John's Hospital last night after an illness of a week. …
↑ "'American love goddess' Rita Hayworth dies". Wilmington Morning Star. North Carolina. The New York Times News Service. May 16, 1987. p. 1D.

Bibliography

Ringgold, Gene (1980). The Films of Rita Hayworth: The Legend and Career of a Love Goddess. Citadel Press. ISBN 9780806505749.
Smith, Cecil A.; Litton, Glenn (2013). Musical Comedy in America: From The Black Crook to South Pacific, From The King & I to Sweeney Todd. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9781136556685.

External links

Volga Hayworth at the Internet Broadway Database
Volga Hayworth at Find a Grave

[1] Although some sources cite Volga Cansino's maiden name as Haworth, the Haworth Association genealogy site includes an excerpt from the 1900 Census for Washington City, District of Columbia which clearly shows the surname as Hayworth. The genealogy site, which provides her date of birth, indicates that Volga Hayworth's great-grandfather had begun using the name "Hayworth" and her father was legally known by the amended surname (Haworth to Hayworth).

[2] "Date of birth as per the Haworth Association, a genealogy site". Archived from the original on 2011-07-26. Retrieved 2011-02-21.

[3] Haworth Association genealogy site Archived 2011-09-28 at the Wayback Machine, ibid.

[NYT-4] "Mrs. Eduardo Cansino; Mother of Rita Hayworth, Film Actress - In Dancing Team" The New York Times obituary, January 27, 1945.

[FOOTNOTERinggold198015-5] 1 2 3 Ringgold 1980, p. 15.

[6] "Musicale and Dance". Washington Evening Star. June 29, 1907. p. 5.

[7] "Clever Child Dancer". The Washington Post. May 22, 1910. p. 3, section Magazine.

[8] "Capitol Proteges Score". The Washington Herald. October 29, 1916. p. 18.

[9] "Washington Girl Plays in Anna Held Company". The Washington Herald. December 10, 1916. p. 19.

[10] "Rita Hayworth, Movie Legend, Dies" The New York Times, May 16, 1987

[11] , title=From dancer to silver screen siren

[FOOTNOTESmithLitton2013131-12] Smith & Litton 2013, p. 131.

[13] "Dancer Sues on Slander Charges". New York Daily News. March 24, 1932. p. 5.

[14] "Died". Time magazine. 1945. Volga Haworth Cansino, 47, partner in the onetime famed Cansino dancing team until birth (Oct. 17, 1918) of Daughter Rita Hayworth, who cinemadopted her mother's maiden name; of a heart ailment; in a Santa Monica hospital.

[obit-15] "Mrs. Eduardo Cansino. Mother of Rita Hayworth, Film Actress. In Dancing Team". The New York Times. Associated Press. January 27, 1945. Retrieved 2014-12-09. Mrs. Volga Cansino, mother of Rita Hayworth, film actress, died at St. John's Hospital last night after an illness of a week. …

[algrhd-16] "'American love goddess' Rita Hayworth dies". Wilmington Morning Star. North Carolina. The New York Times News Service. May 16, 1987. p. 1D.

Volga Hayworth
Hayworth (right) with her daughter Margarita (left) in 1942
Born	Volga Margaret Hayworth August 8, 1897 Washington, D.C., U.S.
Died	January 25, 1945(1945-01-25) (aged 47) Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Other name	Volga H. de Cansino
Occupation	Actress
Spouse	Eduardo Cansino, Sr. (m. 1917)
Children	3, including Rita Hayworth and Vernon Cansino
Relatives	Vinton Hayworth (brother)