Dolores del Río filmography
This is a complete filmography of the Mexican actress Dolores del Río. She was a Hollywood star in the 1920s and 1930s, and one of the most important womanly figures of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema in the 1940s and 1950s. During the 1920s and 1930s in Hollywood, she was considered one of the most beautiful women of the cinema. Her career flourished with success in films such as Resurrection (1927), Ramona (1928), Evangeline (1929), Bird of Paradise (1932), Flying Down to Rio (1933), Madame Du Barry, Wonder Bar (1934) and Journey into Fear (1942).
When del Río returned to Mexico in the early 1940s, she became the most important female star of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. Films like Wild Flower (1943), María Candelaria (1943), Las abandonadas (1944), Bugambilia (1944) and La Malquerida (1949), are considered among the great classics of the Mexican cinema..
With the decline of Mexican cinema during the sixties, Dolores del Río opted for work in theatre. She starred successful stage projects in her native country. She also participated in some American TV series in the 1950s and 1960s. Her film appearances during the 1960s and 1970s were sporadic. She remained active in the entertainment until the early 1980s.
With Lupe Velez, Katy Jurado and Salma Hayek, Dolores del Río complete the group of successful Mexican actresses in Hollywood.
Filmography
1925 – 1929
Year | Title | Role | Director | Other cast members | Studio |
1925 | Joanna | Carlotta Da Silva | Edwin Carewe | Dorothy Mackaill, Jack Mullah | Edwin Carewe Productions |
1926 | High Steppers | Evelyn Iffield | Edwin Carewe | Mary Astor, Lloyd Hughes, Rita Carewe | Edwin Carewe Productions |
1926 | The Whole Town's Talking | Rita Renault | Edward Laemmle | Edward Everett Horton, Trixie Friganza | Universal |
1926 | Pals First | Jeanne Lammont | Edwin Carewe | Lloyd Hughes, George Cooper, Edward Earle | Edwin Carewe Productions |
1926 | What Price Glory? | Charmaine de la Cognac | Raoul Walsh | Victor McLaglen, Edmund Lowe | Fox |
1927 | Resurrection | Katyusha Maslova | Edwin Carewe | Rod La Rocque, Rita Carewe, Vera Lewis | Edwin Carewe Productions |
1927 | The Loves of Carmen | Carmen | Raoul Walsh | Victor McLaglen, Don Alvarado, Carmen Costello | Fox |
1927 | No Other Woman | Carmelita de Granados | Lou Tellegen | Don Alvarado, Ben Bard, Paulette Duval | Fox |
1928 | The Gateway of the Moon | Chela (Toni) | John Griffith Wray | Walter Pidgeon, Leslie Fenton | Fox |
1928 | The Trail of '98 | Berna | Clarence Brown | Ralph Forbes, Tenen Holtz | MGM |
1928 | Ramona | Ramona | Edwin Carewe | Warner Baxter, Roland Drew | United Artists |
1928 | The Red Dance | Tasia | Raoul Walsh | Charles Farrell, Ivan Linow | Fox |
1928 | Revenge | Rascha | Edwin Carewe | James A. Marcus, Le Roy Mason | Edwin Carewe Productions |
1929 | Evangeline | Evangeline | Edwin Carewe | Roland Drew, Alec B. Francis | Edwin Carewe Productions |
1930 – 1942
Year | Title | Role | Director | Other cast members | Studio |
1930 | The Bad One | lita | George Fitzmaurice | Edmund Lowe, Don Alvarado | United Artists |
1932 | Girl of the Rio | Dolores Romero | Herbert Brenon | Norman Foster, Leo Carrillo, Andrea Palma | RKO |
1932 | Bird of Paradise | Luana | King Vidor | Joel McCrea, John Halliday | RKO |
1933 | Flying Down to Rio | Belinnha de Rezende | Thornton Freeland | Gene Raymond, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Raoul Roulien | RKO |
1934 | Wonder Bar | Inéz | Lloyd Bacon | Al Jolson, Kay Francis, Ricardo Cortez, Dick Powell | Warner Bros. |
1934 | Madame Du Barry | Madame DuBarry | William Dieterle | Reginald Owen, Victor Jory | Warner Bros. |
1935 | In Caliente | Rita Gómez | Lloyd Bacon | Pat O'Brien, Edward Everett Horton, Glenda Farrell | Warner Bros. |
1935 | I Live for Love | Donna Alvarez | Busby Berkeley | Everett Marshall, Don Alvarado | Warner Bros. |
1936 | The Widow from Monte Carlo | Duchess of Rye | Arthur Greville Collins | Warren William, Colin Clive | Warner Bros. |
1936 | Accused | Gaby Seymour | Thornton Freeland | Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Florence Desmond | Criterion Films |
1937 | The Devil's Playground | Carmen | Erle C. Kenton | Chester Morris, Richard Dix | Columbia |
1937 | Lancer Spy | Dolores Daria Sunnell | Gregory Ratoff | George Sanders, Peter Lorre | 20th Century Fox |
1937 | Ali Baba Goes to Town | Brief cameo | David Butler | Eddie Cantor, Gypsy Rose Lee | 20th Century Fox |
1938 | International Settlement | Lenore Dixon | Eugene Forde | George Sanders, John Carradine, June Lang | 20th Century Fox |
1940 | The Man from Dakota | Eugenia Sanford | Leslie Fenton | Wallace Beery, John Howard | MGM |
1942 | Journey into Fear | Josette Martell | Orson Welles | Joseph Cotten, Orson Welles, Ruth Warrick, Agnes Moorehead | RKO |
1943 – 1959
Year | Title | Role | Director | Other cast members | Studio |
1943 | Wild Flower | Esperanza | Emilio Fernández | Pedro Armendáriz, Emilio Fernández, Miguel Angel Ferriz | Films Mundiales |
1944 | Maria Candelaria | Maria Candelaria | Emilio Fernández | Pedro Armendáriz, Miguel Inclán, Alberto Galán | Films Mundiales |
1945 | Las Abandonadas | Margarita | Emilio Fernández | Pedro Armendáriz, Victor Junco, Arturo Soto Rangel | Films Mundiales |
1945 | Bugambilia | Amalia de los Robles | Emilio Fernández | Pedro Armendáriz, Julio Villarreal, Stella Inda | Films Mundiales |
1945 | La Selva de Fuego | Estrella | Fernando de Fuentes | Arturo de Córdova, Miguel Inclán | Grovas |
1946 | La Otra | María Méndez / Magdalena Méndez | Roberto Gavaldón | Victor Junco, Agustín Irusta | Mercurio |
1947 | The Fugitive | María Dolores | John Ford | Henry Fonda, Pedro Armendáriz, Ward Bond, Leo Carrillo | RKO |
1948 | Story of a Bad Woman | Mrs. Erlynne | Luis Saslavsky | María Duval, Francisco de Paula, Alberto Closas | Argentina Sono Film |
1949 | The Unloved Woman | Raymunda | Emilio Fernández | Pedro Armendáriz, Columba Domínguez, Roberto Cañedo | Cabrera Films |
1949 | La Casa Chica | Amalia | Roberto Gavaldón | Miroslava Stern, Roberto Cañedo, Domingo Soler | FILMEX |
1951 | Desired | Deseada | Roberto Gavaldón | Jorge Mistral, Anabel Gutiérrez | Sansón |
1951 | Doña Perfecta | Doña Perfecta | Alejandro Galindo | Esther Fernández, Carlos Navarro, Julio Villarreal | Cabrera |
1953 | Reportaje | Maria Cristina | Emilio Fernández | Arturo de Córdova, María Félix, Jorge Negrete, Pedro Infante | ANDA, PECIME, Tele-Voz |
1953 | El Niño y la Niebla | Martha | Roberto Gavaldón | Pedro Lopez Lagar, Alejandro Ciangherotti Jr., Eduardo Noriega | Grovas |
1954 | Señora Ama | Dominica | Julio Bracho | Jose Suarez, Ma. Luz Galicia | Diana Films |
1958 | ¿Adonde van nuestros hijos? | Rosa | Benito Alazraki | Tito Junco, Martha Mijares, Andrea Palma | FILMEX |
1959 | La Cucaracha | Isabel, the Widow | Ismael Rodriguez | María Félix, Emilio Fernández, Pedro Armendáriz | Películas Rodríguez |
Del Río in a promotional picture of the 1960 film
Flaming Star
1960 – 1978
Year | Title | Role | Director | Other cast members | Studio |
1960 | Flaming Star | Neddy Burton | Don Siegel | Elvis Presley, Barbara Eden, Steve Forrest, John McIntire | 20th Century Fox |
1961 | El Pecado de una Madre | The Mother | Alfonso Corona Blake | Libertad Lamarque, Enrique Rambal, Pedro Geraldo | Brooks |
1964 | Cheyenne Autumn | Spanish Woman | John Ford | Richard Widmark, Carroll Baker, Karl Malden, Sal Mineo, Ricardo Montalban, Gilbert Roland, James Stewart, Edward G. Robinson | Warner Bros. |
1966 | La Dama del Alba | La Peregrina | Francisco Robira Veleta | Juliette Villard, Yelena Samarina | Rovira Beleta |
1966 | Casa de Mujeres | Gilda "La Doña" | Julian Soler | Elsa Aguirre, Fernando Soler, Elsa Cárdenas, Carlos López Moctezuma | Prod. Carlos Amador |
1967 | More than a Miracle | Queen Mother | Francesco Rossi | Sophia Loren, Omar Sharif | Cinecittà |
1978 | The Children of Sanchez | Grandma | Hall Bartlett | Anthony Quinn, Katy Jurado, Lupita Ferrer, Lucía Méndez | Bartlett, Camarel, CONACINE |
Short films appearing as herself
Year | Title | Notes |
1926 | WAMPAS Baby Stars of 1926 | |
1930 | Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 14 | |
1930 | Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 23 | |
1930 | Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 24 | |
1935 | A dream comes true: The Making of An Unusual Motion Picture | |
1935 | A Trip Thru a Hollywood Studio | |
1937 | Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 7 | |
1937 | Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 8 | |
1939 | Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 10 | |
1940 | Meet the Stars # 1: Chinese Garden Festival | |
1941 | Meet the Stars # 2: Baby Stars | |
1954 | Screen Snapshots: Hollywood goes to Mexico | |
1967 | Río Blanco | |
1968 | Mexico '68: Instantaneous /Dolores del Río's Mexico | |
1983 | Zelig | (Archive Footage) |
Documentary
Year | Title | Notes |
1928 | Die Filmstad Hollywood | |
1956 | Torero! | |
1961 | Hollywood: The Golden Years | |
1969 | Hollywood: The Selznick Years | |
1971 | The American West of John Ford | |
1976 | Salsa | |
1979 | Mexico de mis amores | |
2002 | The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema | |
2003 | Dolores del Río: The Mexican Diva of Hollywood | |
2012 | Arena : Screen Goddesses | |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Director | Other main cast members |
1951 | Trio by the Lamplight | | Paul Tripp | |
1951 | The Kate Smith Evening Hour | Herself | | Kate Smith, Victor Borge |
1957 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars Episode : An Old Spanish Custom | Herself | John Brahm | Leon Askin, Cesar Romero |
1958 | The United States Steel Hour Episode : The Public Prosecutor | Theresia Taillen | Robert Stevens | John Baragrey, Alexander Clark |
1960 | The Dinah Shore Chevy Show Episode : Mexican Fiesta | | Rolando Aguilar | Gilbert Roland, Ricardo Montalban, Tito Guízar |
1965 | The Man who Bought Paradise | Mona | Ralph Nelson | Buster Keaton, Paul Lukas, Angie Dickinson |
1965 | BBC Special | Herself | | Ben Lyon |
1966 | I Spy Episode: Return to Glory | Serita | Richard C. Sarafian | Bill Cosby, Victor Jory |
1966 | Branded Episode: The Ghost of Murietta | Antonia Molinera | William Witney | Chuck Connors |
1966 | A Bob Hope Comedy Special | Herself | Jack Shea | Bob Hope, Michael Caine, Cantinflas, Glenn Ford, Gina Lollobrigida, Jayne Mansfield, Merle Oberon, Silvia Pinal |
1968 | Dolores del Río (T.V BIography) | Herself | | |
1970 | Maratón Rosa Mexicano | Herself / Host | | María Félix, Libertad Lamarque, Raphael, Carmen Montejo, María Elena Marqués |
1970 | Marcus Welby M.D. Episode: The Legacy | Carlotta Lopez de Guadalupe | Daniel Petrie | Robert Young, James Brolin, Janet Blair |
Theatre
Year |
Play |
Role |
Theatre |
Other notable cast members |
1941 |
The Mercury Wonder Show |
Many roles |
California State Fair |
Orson Welles |
1956 |
Anastacia |
Anastacia Romanov |
Dalmouth Playhouse, New York City |
Lili Darvas |
1958 |
Lady Windermere's Fan |
Mrs Erlynne |
Teatro Virginia Fábregas, Mexico City / Teatro Nacional de Buenos Aires, Argentina |
(México) Carlos Navarro, Anita Blanch, Tito Junco, (Argentina) Alberto Closas, Ana Luisa Peluffo |
1959 |
The Road to Rome |
|
Teatro de los Insurgentes, Mexico City |
Wolf Ruvinskis |
1961 |
La despedida |
|
Million Dollar Theater, Los Angeles, California |
Jorge Martínez de Hoyos |
1962 |
The Ghost Sonata |
Mrs. Alvin |
Sala Chopin, Mexico City |
Julián Soler, Jorge del Campo |
1963 |
Dear Liar: A Comedy of Letter |
Mrs. Patrick Campbell |
Teatro de los Insurgentes, Mexico City |
Ignacio López Tarso |
1963 |
La luna azul |
(Producer) |
|
Mauricio Garcés, Irma Lozano |
1964 |
La Vidente (La Voyante) |
La Vidente |
Teatro de los Insurgentes, Mexico City |
Jacqueline Andere, Marilú Elízaga, Blanca Sánchez, Narciso Busquets |
1967 |
La Reina y los Rebeldes |
Algira |
Teatro Hidalgo, Mexico City |
Ignacio López Tarso |
1970 |
The Lady of the Camellias |
Marguerite Gautier |
Teatro Hidalgo, Mexico City |
Carlos Bracho, Marilú Elízaga, Germán Robles, Angélica Aragón |
Awards
Silver Ariel Awards
Year |
Film |
Result |
Award |
Category |
1944 |
Las Abandonadas |
Won |
Silver Ariel Award |
Best Actress |
1946 |
La Otra |
Nominated |
Silver Ariel Award |
Best Actress |
1951 |
Doña Perfecta |
Won |
Silver Ariel Award |
Best Actress |
1953 |
El Niño y la niebla |
Won |
Silver Ariel Award |
Best Actress |
1975 |
Honorific Award |
Won |
Golden Ariel Award |
Contribution to the Mexican Cinema |
Honorary awards
Year |
Award |
Category |
1926 |
WAMPAS Baby Stars |
Promotional campaign sponsored by the United States Western Association of Motion Picture Advertisers, which honored thirteen young actresses each year whom they believed to be on the threshold of movie stardom. |
1943 |
Instituto de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas de México |
Best Actress (Flor Silvestre) |
1957 |
Asociacion Nacional de Actores |
Medal for her outstanding scenic work abroad. |
1952 |
Neiman Marcus Fashion Award |
Medal for the best dressed woman in America |
1961 |
Hollywood Walk of Fame |
Motion Pictures (Location: 1630 Vine Street) |
1965 |
Sarape de Plata (PECIME) |
Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the talkies in Mexico. |
1967 |
Organization of American States |
Medal for her cultural contribution to the peoples of America |
1974 |
Diosa de Plata Award (PECIME) |
Motion Pictures Contribution |
1975 |
Mexican Legion of Honor |
Diploma for artistic merit |
1978 |
Mexican American Institute of Cultural Relations |
Award for artistic merit |
1982 |
George Eastman Award |
The George Eastman Award for distinguished contribution to the art of film was established by George Eastman House |
1993 |
The Four Ladies |
The Four Ladies of Hollywood gazebo at the western border of the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The domed structure is held aloft by four caryatids sculpted by Harl West to represent the Mexican actress Dolores del Río, African-American actress Dorothy Dandridge, Asian-American actress Anna May Wong and the multi-ethnic, Brooklyn-born actress Mae West |
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