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 in the Golden Age of Hollywood, becoming an important actress in Mexican films later in her life. 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.
She was considered in the Silent film era as the female versi...
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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 in the Golden Age of Hollywood, becoming an important actress in Mexican films later in her life. 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.
She was considered in the Silent film era as the female version of Rudolph Valentino. With the arrival of the talkies she was considered one of the principal Art-Decó symbols of beauty. In the early '40s she began a polemic romance with Orson Welles and that was the key reason why she decided to return to Mexico.
Del Río was the principal star of Mexican films from the Golden age of Mexican cinema in the 1940s and 1950s. She was frequently referred as the "Princess of México".
Born María de los Dolores Asúnsolo y López Negrete in Durango, Mexico, del Río was the second cousin of actor Ramón Novarro and...
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