Dolores del Rio Biography (1905-1983)

Original name, Dolores Martinez Asunsolo y Lopez Negrete; born August 3, 1905, in Durango, Mexico; died of liver failure, April 11, 1983, in Newport Beach, CA; married Jaime Martinez del Rio, 1921 (divorced, c. 1925); married Cedric Gibbons (an art director and production designer), c. 1930 (divorced, 1941).

Nationality
Mexican
Gender
Female
Birth Details
August 3, 1905
Durango, Mexico
Death Details
April 11, 1983
Newport Beach, California, United States

Famous Works

  • Credits; Film Appearances
  • The Voice of the Child, 1911.
  • Carlotta de Silva, Joanna, 1925.
  • Rita Renault, The Whole Town's Talking, 1926.
  • Charmaine de la Cognac, What Price Glory?, 1926.
  • Jeanne Lamont, Pals First, 1926.
  • Evelyn Iffield, High Steppers, 1926.
  • Carmen, The Loves of Carmen, 1927.
  • Katyusha Maslova, Resurrection, 1927.
  • Berna, The Trail of '98, 1928.
  • Rascha, Revenge, 1928.
  • Tasia, The Red Dance, 1928.
  • Title role, Ramona, 1928.
  • Carmelita de Granados, No Other Woman, 1928.
  • Chela "Toni," The Gateway of the Moon, 1928.
  • Title role, Evangeline, United Artists, 1929.
  • Lita, The Bad One, United Artists, 1930.
  • Luana, Bird of Paradise, RKO Radio Pictures, 1932.
  • Dolores, Girl of the Rio (also known as The Dove), RKO Radio Pictures, 1932.
  • Belinha de Rezende, Flying Down to Rio, RKO Radio Pictures, 1933.
  • Title role, Madame du Barry, Warner Bros., 1934.
  • Inez, Wonder Bar, Warner Bros., 1934.
  • Donna Alvares, I Live for Love (also known as I Live for You and Romancein a Glass House), Warner Bros., 1935.
  • Rita Gomez, In Caliente, Warner Bros., 1935.
  • Gaby Semour, Accused, United Artists, 1936.
  • Inez, Duchess of Rye, The Widow from Monte Carlo (also known as Meet theDuchess and A Present from Margate), Warner Bros., 1936.
  • Carmen, The Devil's Playground (also known as The Depth Below and Submarine), Columbia, 1937.
  • Fraulein Dolores Daria Sunnell, Lancer Spy, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1937.
  • Guest, Ali Baba Goes to Town, 1937.
  • Lenore Dixon, International Settlement, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1938.
  • Eugenia "Jenny," The Man from Dakota (also known as Arouse and Beware), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1940.
  • Josette Martel, Journey into Fear, RKO Radio Pictures, 1942.
  • Esperanza, Flor silvestre (also known as Wild Flower), 1943.
  • Amalita de los Robles, Bugambilia, 1944.
  • Margarita Perez, Las Abandonadas, 1944.
  • Estrella, La Selva de Fuego (also known as Jungle Fire), 1945.
  • Maria Candelaria, Portrait of Maria (also known as Xochimilco and Maria Candelaria), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1946.
  • Magdalena Mendez and Maria Mendez, La Otra, 1946.
  • Mexican woman, The Fugitive, RKO Radio Pictures, 1947.
  • Mrs. Erlynne, Historia de una Mala Mujer, 1948.
  • Raimunda, La Malquerida, 1949.
  • Amalia Estrada, La Casa Chica, 1949.
  • Title role, Deseada, 1950.
  • Title role, Dona Perfecta, 1950.
  • Maria Enriqueta, Reportaje, 1953.
  • Marta, El Nino y la Niebla (also known as The Boy and the Fog), 1953.
  • Domenica, Senora Ana, 1954.
  • Rosa, Adonde van Nuestros Hijos?, 1956.
  • Torero! (also known as Bullfighter), 1957.
  • The mother, El Pecado de una Madre, 1960.
  • Neddy Burton, Flaming Star, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1960.
  • Chabela, La Cucaracha (also known as The Soldiers of Pancho Villa), Azteca, 1961.
  • Spanish woman, Cheyenne Autumn, Warner Bros., 1964.
  • Title role, La Dama del Alba, 1965.
  • Casa de Mujeres, 1966.
  • Queen mother, More than a Miracle (also known as Cinderella--Italian Style, Happily Ever After, and C'era una Volta), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1967.
  • El Hijo de Todas, 1967.
  • A revolutionary, Rio Blanco, 1967.
  • Grandma, The Children of Sanchez, Bartlett, 1978.
  • Credits; Television Appearances; Episodic
  • "Old Spanish Custom," Schlitz Playhouse of the Stars, CBS, 1957.
  • "The Public Prosecutor," The U.S. Steel Hour, CBS, 1958.
  • "Return to Glory," I Spy, NBC, 1966.
  • "The Ghost of Murietta," Branded, NBC, 1966.
  • "The Legacy," Marcus Welby, M.D., ABC, 1970.
  • Credits; Television Appearances; Specials
  • The Man Who Bought Paradise, CBS, 1965.
  • Credits; Stage Appearances
  • Appeared in A Streetcar Named Desire.