Dolores del RÃo
Dolores López Negrete Asúnsolo y de Martínez del Río, called Dolores del Río ( born August 3, 1905 in Durango, † April 11, 1983 in Newport Beach, California ) was a Mexican film actress.
Dolores del Río was born into a very noble and long-established family. One of her cousins was the actor Ramon Novarro. After ballet lessons at the Conservatory in Mexico City, and later in Europe del Río was in 1925 for the film to Hollywood and made his debut in Joanna by Edwin Carewe. The following year, she received international resonance for her portrayal of a young Frenchwoman in Raoul Walsh's successful anti-war film rivals ( What Price Glory? ) And was voted one of the WAMPAS baby stars of the year. She was considered exotic beauty and this picture was taken accordingly. The actress turned together with Carewe several successful films that came over the United Artists in the rental. After the actress had initially refused to perform in sound films, she finally gave her talkie debut in 1930 in the strip The Bad One. The film was very successful and they do not even shot a few years. Only a change to RKO in 1932 revitalized her career. In the South Seas adventure Bird of Paradise, she performed under the direction of King Vidor in the same year. In 1933, she played a Brazilian in the musical Flying Down to Rio and was announced before Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, who had their first joint appearance here.
Despite her heavy accent, the actress turned to 1942 continues in the U.S., most recently alongside Joseph Cotten as the female lead in hunted by agents directed by Orson Welles. Dissatisfied with the role do they then returned to Mexico, where they mitaktivierte the national film industry and was considered for a further 25 years as one of the top stars of the national cinema. She worked on her first Mexican film Flor Silvestre in 1943 with director Emilio Fernández together, further work followed with him. For her starring role in his film Las abandonadas 1946 she received an Ariel in the first award of this Mexican Film Awards. In 1975, she received the Golden Ariel in recognition of her 50-year film career. Among her few appearances in U.S. productions included Don Siegel Flaming Star from 1960, in which she played the mother of Elvis Presley and John Ford's Cheyenne. She also worked at the Mexican and U.S. theaters and on television.
The actress was married from 1929 to 1941 with Cedric Gibbons, the chief designer of MGM. Marlene Dietrich called Dolores del Río as the most beautiful woman in Hollywood.
A star on the Walk of Fame remembers it.