Dolores del Río

Also known as María de los Dolores Asúnsolo y López Negrete

Mexican actress (1904–1983)

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Acting · Durango, Mexico

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…

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Complicated Women — Self (archive footage)2003
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema — Herself2002
México de mis amores1979
The Children of Sanchez — Grandma Paquita1978
Los hijos de Sanchez1978
Brasileiros em Hollywood — Self (archive footage)1970
Marcus Welby, M.D. — Carlotta Lopez de Guadalupe1969
Mexico 68: Snapshots — Self1968
More Than a Miracle — Reine Mère1967
House of Women — Hilda Moreno1966

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María de los Dolores Asúnsolo y López Negrete (3 August 1904 – 11 April 1983), known professionally as Dolores del Río ( Spanish pronunciation: [doˈloɾes del ˈri.o]), was a Mexican actress. With a career spanning more than 50 years, she is regarded as the first major female Latin American crossover star in Hollywood. Along with a notable career in American cinema during the 1920s and 1930s, she was also considered one of the most important female figures in the Golden Age of Mexican cinema, and one of the most beautiful actresses of her era.

After being discovered in Mexico, she began her film career in Hollywood in 1925. She had roles in a string of successful films, including Resurrection (1927), Ramona (1928) and Evangeline (1929). Del Río came to be considered a sort of feminine version of Rudolph Valentino, a 'female Latin Lover', in her years during the American silent era.