Dolores del Río
Born: 1904-08-03 in Durango, Mexico
Died: 1983-04-11
Known For: Acting
Biography
Dolores del Río (3 August 1904 – 11 April 1983) was a Mexican film actress. She was a star of Hollywood films during the silent era and in the Golden Age of Hollywood. Later in life, she became an important actress in Mexican films. She was generally thought to be one of the most beautiful actresses of her era, and was the first Latin American movie star to have international appeal. In the Silent film era, Del Rio was considered a counterpart to Rudolph Valentino. With the arrival of the talkies, she became one of the principal Art Deco symbols of beauty. Del Río was one of the principal stars of Mexican films during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema in the 1940s and 1950s. She was frequently called the "Princess of México".
Filmography
2003
- Complicated Women as Self (archive footage)
1978
- The Children of Sanchez as Grandma Paquita
1969
- Marcus Welby, M.D. as Carlotta Lopez de Guadalupe
1968
- Mexico 68: Snapshots as Self
1967
- Rio Blanco
- More Than a Miracle as Reine Mère
1966
- House of Women as Hilda Moreno
- The Lady of the Dawn as La Peregrina
1965
1964
- Cheyenne Autumn as Spanish woman
1960
- Flaming Star as Neddy Burton
- The Sin of a Mother as Gabriela del Valle
1959
- La Cucaracha as Isabel Puente
1957
- Torero! as Guest
1956
- The Dinah Shore Chevy Show as Self
1955
- Señora ama as Dominica
1953
- Reportaje as María Cristina
- The Boy and the Fog as Marta
1951
- Doña Perfecta as Doña Perfecta
- Desired as Deseada
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1950
- The Love Nest as Amalia Estrada
1949
- La malquerida as Raimunda
1948
- Historia de una mala mujer as Mrs. Erlynne
1947
- The Fugitive as An Indian Woman
1946
- The Other as Magdalena Méndez / María Méndez
1945
- The Abandoned as Margarita Pérez
- Bugambilia as Amalita de los Robles
- The Jungle of Fire as Estrella
1944
- Maria Candelaria as María Candelaria
1943
- Wild Flower as Esperanza
- Journey into Fear as Josette Martel
1940
- The Man from Dakota as Jenny Sanford
1938
- International Settlement as Lenore Dixon
1937
- Lancer Spy as Dolores Daria Sunnel
- Ali Baba Goes to Town as Herself
- Devil's Playground as Carmen
1936
- Accused as Gaby Seymour
- Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1) as Self
1935
- In Caliente as Rita Gomez
- The Widow from Monte Carlo as Inez
- A Dream Comes True as Herself (uncredited)
- I Live for Love as Donna
- A Trip Thru a Hollywood Studio as Herself (uncredited)
1934
- Wonder Bar as Inez
- Madame du Barry as Madame Du Barry
1933
- Flying Down to Rio as Belinha De Rezende
1932
- Girl of the Rio as Dolores
- Bird of Paradise as Luana
1930
1929
- Evangeline as Evangeline
1928
- Ramona as Ramona
- Revenge as Rascha
- No Other Woman as Carmelita de Granados
- The Trail of '98 as Berna
- The Red Dance as Tasia
- The Movie City of Hollywood as Self
- The Gateway of the Moon as Chela (Toni)
1927
- Resurrection as Katyusha Maslova
- The Loves of Carmen as Carmen
1926
- High Steppers as Evelyn Iffield
- What Price Glory as Charmaine de la Cognac
- Pals First as Jeanne Lamont
- The Whole Town's Talking as Rita Renault - Movie Star
1925
- Joanna as Carlotta de Silva