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María Cristina Estela Marcela Jurado García, better known as Katy Jurado, was a Mexican actress of film, television, and theater. Jurado began her acting career in Mexico. She achieved some renown in her country's cinema during the period known as the Golden Age of Mexican cinema (1940s–1950s). In 1951, she was discovered by American filmmakers in Mexico and began her Hollywood career. She acted in notable Western films of the 1950s and 1960s. An exotic beauty, Jurado specialized in interpretations of complex, stereotyped and sexualized women. Her talent for playing a variety of characters helped pave the way for Mexican actresses in American cinema. 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).
Birth Name
María Cristina Estela Jurado García
Born
Wednesday, 16 January 1924
Died
Friday, 05 July 2002
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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How the West Was Lost | Mrs. Baker | 2008 |
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade | (archive footage) | 2004 |
The 75th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Memorial Tribute | 2003 |
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema | Self | 2002 |
A Beautiful Secret | Esperanza | 2002 |
The Hi-Lo Country | Meesa | 1998 |
Divine | Mamá Dorita | 1998 |
Un Buñuel mexican | Self | 1997 |
Grace Kelly: The American Princess | Self (co-star) | 1987 |
American Masters | Self | 1986 |
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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How the West Was Lost | Mrs. Baker | 2008 |
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade | (archive footage) | 2004 |
The 75th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Memorial Tribute | 2003 |
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema | Self | 2002 |
A Beautiful Secret | Esperanza | 2002 |
The Hi-Lo Country | Meesa | 1998 |
Divine | Mamá Dorita | 1998 |
Un Buñuel mexican | Self | 1997 |
Grace Kelly: The American Princess | Self (co-star) | 1987 |
American Masters | Self | 1986 |
Lady Blue | Doña Maria Theresa | 1985 |
Under the Volcano | Senora Gregoria | 1984 |
a.k.a. Pablo | Rosa Maria Rivera | 1984 |
Barrio de campeones | Doña Leonor | 1981 |
Evita Peron | Doña Juana | 1981 |
La viuda de Montiel | Mama Grande / Mamá grande | 1979 |
Tales of the Unexpected | Woman | 1979 |
The Children of Sanchez | Chata | 1978 |
The Recourse to the Method | La Mayorala | 1978 |
The Bricklayers | Josefina | 1976 |
Baretta | Rosa Canzone | 1975 |
Fe, esperanza y caridad | Eulogia (segment "Caridad") | 1974 |
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid | Mrs. Baker | 1973 |
Once Upon a Scoundrel | Aunt Delfina | 1973 |
A Little Game | Laura | 1971 |
Alias Smith and Jones | Carlotta | 1971 |
The Fearmaker | Sara Verdugo | 1971 |
The Bridge in the Jungle | Angela / The Witch | 1971 |
Faltas a la moral | Lilia, hermana de Chelo | 1970 |
La puerta y la mujer del carnicero | Remedios (segment "La mujer del carnicero") | 1969 |
Stay Away, Joe | Annie Lightcloud | 1968 |
A Covenant with Death | Eulalia Lewis | 1967 |
Smoky | Maria | 1966 |
La bandida | La Jarocha | 1963 |
The Eleventh Hour | Rose Ramirez | 1962 |
The Virginian | Mama Fe | 1962 |
Barabbas | Sara | 1961 |
I briganti italiani | Assunta Carbone | 1961 |
One-Eyed Jacks | Maria Longworth | 1961 |
The Westerner | 'Carlotta' | 1960 |
Here's Hollywood | Self | 1960 |
The Rifleman | Julia Andueza | 1958 |
The Badlanders | Anita | 1958 |
Dragoon Wells Massacre | Mara Fay | 1957 |
Man from Del Rio | Estella | 1956 |
Probe and Night Beat | Self - actress | 1956 |
Playhouse 90 | Sister Monica | 1956 |
Trapeze | Rosa O'Flynn / Rosa | 1956 |
Trial | Mrs. Chavez / Consuela Chavez | 1955 |
MGM Parade | Consuela Chavez / Mrs. Chavez in 'Trial' | 1955 |
The Racers | Maria Chávez | 1955 |
Tehuantepec | Clara | 1954 |
Climax! | Margo Nieto | 1954 |
Broken Lance | Señora Devereaux | 1954 |
Sword of Granada | Lolita | 1954 |
Arrowhead | Nita | 1953 |
San Antone | Mistania Figueroa | 1953 |
El bruto | Paloma | 1953 |
Mr. & Mrs. North | Lolita Alvarez | 1952 |
High Noon | Helen Ramírez | 1952 |
Death Valley Days | La Tules | 1952 |
Cárcel de mujeres | Lupe | 1951 |
Bullfighter and the Lady | Chelo Estrada | 1951 |
El sol sale para todos | 1950 | |
Cabellera blanca | Luisa del Valle | 1950 |
El seminarista | Rosario (Chayito) / Chayito | 1949 |
La casa embrujada | 1949 | |
Hay lugar para... dos | Kitty (Amalia R. Legazpi) | 1949 |
Nosotros los pobres | La que se levanta tarde / The One Who Gets Up Late | 1948 |
La viuda celosa | 1946 | |
El museo del crimen | Sara Ramos | 1945 |
Soltera y con gemelos | Gloria | 1945 |
The Useless Life of Pito Perez | 1944 | |
Girls Boarding School | 1943 | |
No matarás | Susana | 1943 |
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1955 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Nominated |
1953 | Golden Globe | Best Supporting Actress | Won |
1953 | Golden Globe | Most Promising Newcomer - Female | Nominated |