The First and Final Red Carpet of These Beloved Celebrities

First Red Carpet: 1939
Last Red Carpet: 1987

Rita Hayworth’s first major red carpet moment came in 1939 for the premiere of Only Angels Have Wings. A rising Columbia Pictures contract star, she was just beginning to shed her Margarita Cansino identity and reinvent herself as Hollywood’s next big glamour icon, catching the industry’s attention.

Her final red carpet appearance was in 1987 at an event honoring her career. By then, she was remembered as the ultimate “Love Goddess” of the 1940s, her beauty and charisma undimmed in memory. The evening celebrated a career that helped define mid-century Hollywood allure.