Katy Jurado

Mexican actress (1924-2002)

Film & TV

Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

Katy Jurado (16 January 1924 – 5 July 2002), born María Cristina Estela Marcela Jurado García, was a Mexican stage and screen actress. Jurado had already established herself as an actress in Mexico in the 1940s when she came to Hollywood becoming a regular in Western films of the 1950s and 1960s. She worked with many Hollywood legends, including Gary Cooper in High Noon, Spencer Tracy in Broken…

Known for

3-D Rarities: Volume II — (archive)2020
A Beautiful Secret — Esperanza2002
Divine — Mamá Dorita1998
The Hi-Lo Country — Meesa1998
A Mexican Buñuel — Self1997
Te Sigo Amando — Justina1996
Más allá del puente — La Jurada1993
Grace Kelly: The American Princess — Self1987
Under the Volcano — Senora Gregoria1984
a.k.a. Pablo1984

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Key facts

Born: María Cristina Estela Marcela Jurado García , ( 1924-01-16 ) 16 January 1924, Mexico City , Mexico
Died: 5 July 2002 (2002-07-05) (aged 78), Cuernavaca , Mexico
Resting place: Panteón de la Paz, Cuernavaca, Mexico
Occupation: Actor
Years active: 1943–2002
Spouses: Víctor Velázquez ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1939 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1943 ) Ernest Borgnine ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1959 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1963 )

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Gender: female
Citizenship: Mexico
Place of birth: Guadalajara
Place of death: Cuernavaca
Spouse: Ernest Borgnine
Occupation: stage actor
Languages spoken: Spanish
Religion: Catholicism
Award: star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Field of work: acting
Image: Katy Jurado in a publicity photo for Arrowhead (1953).jpg
Residence: Guadalajara

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name in native language: Katy Jurado
Commons category: Katy Jurado
date of birth: 1924-01-16
nominated for: Ariel Award for Best Actress
date of death: 2002-07-05
cause of death: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
manner of death: natural causes
start of work period: 1943-00-00
end of work period: 2002-00-00
birth name: María Cristina Estela Claudia Soledad Katherina Lucía Marcela Jurado García
second family name in Spanish name: García

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Encyclopedic overview

María Cristina Estela Marcela Jurado García (16 January 1924 – 5 July 2002), known professionally as Katy Jurado (/dʒəˈrɑːdoʊ/ jə-RAH-doh, Spanish: [ˈkati xuˈɾaðo]), was a Mexican actress. She followed in the footsteps of earlier Mexican actresses in Hollywood, including Dolores Del Rio, Lupe Velez, and María Félix. And her talent for playing a variety of characters helped to promote later Mexican actresses in American cinema. She acted in popular Western films of the 1950s and 1960s. She was the first Latin American actress nominated for an Oscar, as Best Supporting Actress for her work in Broken Lance (1954), and was the first to win a Golden Globe Award, for her performance in High Noon (1952).

Life and career

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