Dolores del Río
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Dolores del Río in a publicity photo (1933)
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María de los Dolores Asúnsolo y López-Negrete August 3, 1904 Durango City, Durango, Mexico |
| Died | April 11, 1983 (aged 78) Newport Beach, California, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Liver disease |
| Resting place | The Rotunda of Illustrious Persons, Dolores Cemetery, Mexico City, Mexico |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1925–1978 |
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| Partner(s) | Orson Welles (1940–1943) |
| Parent(s) | Jesus Leonardo Asúnsolo Jacques Antonia López-Negrete |
| Relatives |
Ramon Novarro [cousin] (1899–1968) Andrea Palma [cousin] (1903–1987) |
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Dolores del Río (Spanish pronunciation: [doˈloɾes del ˈrio]; born María de los Dolores Asúnsolo López-Negrete; August 3, 1904 – April 11, 1983), was a Mexican actress. She was the first major female Latin cross-over star in Hollywood, with an outstanding career in American films in the 1920s and 1930s. She was also considered one of the more important female figures of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema in the 1940s and 1950s. Del Río is remembered as one of the most beautiful faces of the cinema in her time. Her long and varied career spanned silent film, sound film, television, stage and radio.
After being discovered in Mexico by the filmmaker Edwin Carewe, she began her film career in 1925. She had roles in a series of successful silent films like What Price Glory? (1926), Resurrection (1927) and Ramona (1928). During this period she came to be considered a sort of feminine version of Rudolph Valentino, a "female Latin Lover". With the advent of sound, she acted in films that included Bird of Paradise (1932), Flying Down to Rio (1933), Madame Du Barry (1934) and Journey into Fear (1943). In the early 1940s, when her Hollywood career began to decline, del Río returned to Mexico and joined the Mexican film industry, which at that time was at its peak.
When del Río returned to her native country, she became one of the more important promoters and stars of the called Golden Age of Mexican cinema. A series of films, including Wild Flower (1943), María Candelaria (1943), Las Abandonadas (1944), Bugambilia (1944) and The Unloved Woman (1949), are considered classic masterpieces and they helped boost Mexican cinema worldwide. Del Río remained active in Mexican films throughout the 1950s. She also worked in Argentina and Spain.
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