“We have a public, the power to influence, and we have an enormous responsibility to use this influence. We have awakened to this responsibility in Mexico. We even have an actress, María Elena Marqués, who is a congresswoman. She works terribly hard and is up at 6, not to go to a studio, but to work for the people of her district.”
Ethnicity: Puerto Rican
Birthday: December 11, 1931
Born in: Humacao, Puerto Rico
Dolores Del Rio was a Mexican actress who was the first major female Latin America crossover star in Hollywood with a career in American films in the 1920s and 1930s. She was also considered one of the more important female figures of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema in the 1940s and 1950s. She was known for her beautiful face within the cinema during her time. Rio’s career mostly focused on spanned silent film, sound film, television, stage and radio.
Dolores del Río was a Mexican actress who was the first major female Latin American crossover star in Hollywood,with a career in American films in the 1920s and 1930s. She was also considered one of the more important female figures of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema in the 1940s and 1950s. Del Río is remembered as one of the most beautiful faces of the cinema in her time.Her long and varied career spanned silent film, sound film, television, stage and radio.
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