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Katy Jurado

Katy Jurado

Birthday: 1924-01-16 | Place of Birth: Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

Katy Jurado, born María Cristina Estela Marcela Jurado García, was a Mexican stage and screen actress. Jurado had already established herself as an actress in Mexico in the 1940s when she came to Hollywood becoming a regular in Western films of the 1950s and 1960s. She worked with many Hollywood legends, including Gary Cooper in High Noon, Spencer Tracy in Broken Lance, and Marlon Brando in One-Eyed Jacks, and such respected directors as Fred Zinneman (High Noon), Sam Peckinpah (The Wild Bunch and Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid) and John Huston (Under the Volcano). Jurado made seventy one films during her career. She became the first Latina/Hispanic actress nominated for an Academy Award when she was nominated as Best Supporting Actress for her work in 1954's "Broken Lance" and was the first to win a Golden Globe. Like many Latin actors, she was typecast to play ethnic roles in American films. By contrast, she had a greater variety of roles in Mexican films; sometimes she also sang and danced.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2020
3-D Rarities: Volume II

as    (archive)

1984
Under the Volcano

as    Senora Gregoria

1981
Evita Peron

as    Doña Juana

1973
Once Upon a Scoundrel

as    Aunt Delfina

1973
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

as    Mrs. Baker

1971
The Fearmaker

as    Sara Verdugo

1968
Stay Away, Joe

as    Annie Lightcloud

1966
Smoky

as    Maria

1963
La Bandida

as    La Jarocha

1962
Barabbas

as    Sara

1961
One-Eyed Jacks

as    Maria Longworth

1958
The Badlanders

as    Anita

1957
Dragoon Wells Massacre

as    Mara Fay

1956
Man from Del Rio

as    Estella

1956
Trapeze

as    Rosa

1955
Trial

as    Consuela Chavez

1954
Broken Lance

as    Señora Devereaux

1953
San Antone

as    Mistania Figueroa

1953
Arrowhead

as    Nita

1953
The Brute

as    Paloma

1952
High Noon

as    Helen Ramírez

1951
Bullfighter and the Lady

as    Chelo Estrada