Eduardo Cansino, Sr.
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Eduardo Cansino (March 2, 1895 – December 24, 1968) was an accomplished dancer and actor, the brother of Spanish dancer Elisa Cansino, and the father of three children, two of whom became famous as actors.
Cansino was born in Castilleja de la Cuesta, Spain. In 1917 he married Volga Haworth, his partner in the Ziegfeld Follies, and they had three children, Margarita Carmen, Eduardo Jr., and Vernon. After she began making films in Hollywood, Margarita Carmen Cansino would become the famous actress and dancer Rita Hayworth, taking her professional surname from a variant of her mother's maiden name.
Cansino died in Pompano Beach, Florida.
[edit] Filmography
- Sombrero (1953)
- Salome (1953)
- The Loves of Carmen (1948)
- Dancing Pirate (1936)
- Golden Dawn (1930)
- Anna Case in La Fiesta (1926)
