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Rita Hayworth Seeks Final Severing of Marriage With Orson Welles
Rita Hayworth and Orson Welles, once dubbed the Boy Wonder, remain separated since 1945 with a daughter Rebecca born that year. Hayworth, real name Margarita Cansino, seeks restoration of her maiden name and a divorce based on cruelty amid years of intermittent reconciliation and renewed estrangement. Welles, known for his Mars broadcasts, has a son Christopher nine, from a prior marriage to Ann Lederer.
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Los Angeles
Rita Hayworth
Orson Welles
Boy Wonder
Miss Hayworth
Margarita Cansino
Welles
Rebecca
Mexico
Miss Hungworth
Mars
Rita
Victor Mature
Christopher
Ann Lederer
David Wark Griffith
Evelyn Marjorie Baldwin
Griffith
Miss Baldwin
Louisville
Linda Avidson