Rita Hayworth - Legacy

Legacy

• A fund raiser for the Alzheimer's Association is named in her honor by her daughter, Yasmin Aga Khan, who has been the hostess for these events and a major sponsor of Alzheimer's Disease charities and awareness programs.
• The film I Remember Better When I Paint (2009) describes how Hayworth took up painting while struggling with Alzheimer's and produced art.
• Lynda Carter portrayed Hayworth in the television movie Rita Hayworth: The Love Goddess (1983).
• Actress Veronica Watt portrayed her in the film Hollywoodland (2006).
• Hayworth Pin-Up Poster is portrayed in Stephen King's novel "Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption (1982)", and was later brought to the screen in the film "The Shawshank Redemption (1994)" directed by Frank Darabont.