Dolores Del Rio

Dolores del Río (August 3, 1905 – April 11, 1983) was a Mexican film actress. She was a star of Hollywood films during the silent era and became an important actress in Mexican films later in her life. images. ... images. ... August 3 is the 215th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (216th in leap years), with 150 days remaining. ... See also: 1904 in film 1905 1906 in film years in film film Events Pathé Frères colors black and white films by machine. ... April 11 is the 101st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (102nd in leap years). ... See also: 1982 in film 1983 1984 in film 1980s in film years in film film Events February 11 - The Rolling Stones concert film Lets Spend the Night Together opens in New York Top grossing films North America Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi Tootsie Trading Places... Film refers to the celluloid media on which movies are printed Film — also called movies, the cinema, the silver screen, moving pictures, photoplays, picture shows, flicks, or motion pictures, — is a field that encompasses motion pictures as an art form or as part of the entertainment industry. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... For other uses, see Hollywood (disambiguation) Greetings from Hollywood Hollywood is a district of the City of Los Angeles, California, U.S.A., that runs from about Vermont Avenue on the east to just beyond Laurel Canyon Boulevard above Sunset and Crescent Heights Boulevards on the west; the north to... The history of Mexican cinema goes back to the beginning of the 20th century, when several enthusiasts of the new medium documented historical events – most particularly the Mexican Revolution – and produced some movies that have been only recently been rediscovered. ...

Born Dolores Martínez Asúnsolo y López Negrete in Durango, Durango, Mexico, del Río was the cousin of actor Ramón Novarro. Her wealthy family lost all their assets during the Mexican Revolution, and a desire to restore her comfortable lifestyle inspired her to follow a career as an actress. In 1921 she married Jaime del Río, and through a Hollywood friend the couple emigrated to the USA with the plan of establishing showbusiness careers for themselves: screenwriter and actress, respectively. The marriage ended in divorce but del Río retained her married name, continued to pursue a career as an actress, and made her first film appearance in Joanna (1925) in which Hollywood first noticed her appeal as a sex siren, but struggled against the "Mexicali Rose" image initally pitched to her Hollywood execs.. She was selected as one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars in 1926 (along with fellow newcomers Joan Crawford, Fay Wray, Janet Gaynor, and Mary Astor), but initially overcame prejudice that same year in one of that year's biggest screen successes, What Price Glory. She came to be admired as one of the most beautiful women on screen, and her career flourished until the end of the silent era. This article is about the Mexican city. ... Ramon Navarro Ramón Novarro (February 6, 1899 – October 30, 1968) was a Mexican actor who achieved fame as a Latin lover in silent films. ... The Mexican Revolution was a violent social and cultural movement, colored by socialist, nationalist, and anarchist tendencies that began with the popular rejection of dictator Porfirio Díaz Mori in 1910 and culminated in the promulgation of a new constitution seven years later. ... 1921 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... See also: 1924 in film 1925 1926 in film 1920s in film years in film film Events Top grossing films Ben-Hur His People The Unholy Three The Freshman Movies released Movies released in 1925 include: Ben-Hur, starring Ramon Novarro. ... The WAMPAS Baby Stars was a promotional campaign sponsored by the Western Association of Motion Picture Advertisers in the United States, which honored thirteen young women each year who they believed to be on the threshold of movie stardom. ... 1926 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Joan Crawford (March 23, 1904 — May 10 - 1977) was an Academy Award winning American actress. ... Vina Fay Wray (September 15, 1907 - August 8, 2004) was a Canadian-born American actress. ... Janet Gaynor (October 6, 1906 - September 14, 1984) was an actress who in 1928 was the first winner of the Academy Award for Best Actress. ... Mary Astor (May 3, 1906 – September 25, 1987) was a US film actress. ...

In 1930, she married Cedric Gibbons, one of MGM's leading art directors and production designers. With the advent of talkies she was usually relegated to exotic and unimportant roles, but scored successes with Flying Down to Rio (the film that launched the careers of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers) (1933) and Madame DuBarry (1934). An affair with Orson Welles was reported to have been the cause of her divorce from Gibbons in 1941. Her collaboration with Welles, Journey Into Fear (1942), was her last major Hollywood film. 1930 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... MGM logo Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer or MGM, is a large media company, involved primarily in the production and distribution of cinema and television programs. ... Fred Astaire Fred Astaire (May 10, 1899 – June 22, 1987), born Frederick Austerlitz in Omaha, Nebraska, was an American film and Broadway ballroom dancer and actor. ... Virginia Katherine McMath (July 16, 1911 – April 25, 1995), better known as Ginger Rogers, was an American actress and dancer. ... See also: 1932 in film 1933 1934 in film 1930s in film years in film film Events March 2 - King Kong premieres in New York City. ... See also: 1933 in film 1934 1935 in film 1930s in film years in film film Events January 26 - Samuel Goldwyn (of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) finally purchased the film rights to The Wizard of Oz from Frank J. Baum for $40,000. ... Orson Welles, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1937 George Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985) is generally considered one of Hollywoods greatest directors, as well as a fine actor, broadcaster and screenwriter. ... 1941 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1942 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...

She returned to Mexico in 1942. She was soon approached by director Emilio Fernández, and she began making Spanish-language films that brought her great success in Mexico over the next twenty years. She was nominated for Mexico's Silver Ariel Award five times, winning two awards for her performances. In 1960 she starred with Elvis Presley in the Western Flaming Star directed by Don Siegel. 1942 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article is about the international language known as Spanish. ... 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), also known as The King of Rock and Roll, or as just simply The King, was an American singer who had an immeasurable effect on world culture. ... Broncho Billy Anderson, from The Great Train Robbery The Western movie is one of the classic American film genres. ... Flaming Star is the title of a 1960 Elvis Presley film in the Western genre. ... Don Siegel (October 26, 1912 - April 20, 1991) was an influential American film director. ...

She died from liver disease at Laguna Beach, California and was buried at in the Panteón de Dolores cemetery (no relation) in Mexico City. The liver is an organ in vertebrates including humans. ... Laguna Beach is a city located in southern Orange County, California. ... The Panteón de Dolores is a cemetery in Mexico City. ...

Dolores del Río has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, at 1620 Vine Street, in recognition of her contributions to the motion picture industry. A small part of the Walk of Fame The Hollywood Walk of Fame is a sidewalk along Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Hollywood, California, United States, which is embedded with more than 2,000 five-pointed stars featuring the names of celebrities honored by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce...

External links

• Portrait of Dolores del Río (http://www.hollywoodcelebrityphotographs.com/slideshow/bw/1158B-ss.html)
• The Dolores del Río Mural, at Hudson Avenue, Hollywood, California. (http://www.seeing-stars.com/ImagePages/DoloresDelRioMural.shtml)