
Dolores Del Rio, Hollywood Movie Star

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Dolores Del Rio, Hollywood Movie Star
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Promotional photo of Del Rio. Dolores del Rio (August 3, 1905 - April 11, 1983), was a Mexican actress of cinema, theater and television. She was a Hollywood star in the 1920s and 1930s, and was one of the most important female figures of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema in the 1940s and 1950s. She was the first Latin American female star to be recognized internationally. During the 1920s in Hollywood, she was considered one of the most beautiful women of her time. She was one of the few Hollywood superstars of the silent era to adapt to the talkies. In the 1930s, she was noted for her participation in numerous films of the Pre-Code era. When her Hollywood career began to decline she returned to Mexico in the early 1940s, and became one of the most important female stars of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. Del R�o remained in force in the cinema of her native country for the next three decades and only returned to Hollywood sporadically. Her long career also spanned theater and television. She died in 1983 at the age of 77. No photographer credited, undated.
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January 24th, 2017
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