| ~Dolores Del Rio~ Born: August 3, 1905 in Durango, Mexico Died: April 11, 1983 in Newport Beach, CA, USA |
| ~Candid photograph of Dolores with Husband Jaime Martinez Del Rio, 1928~ |
| ~Dolores with her mother in 1928~ |
| ~Silent Filmography~ |
Evangeline (1929) .... Evangeline
Revenge (1928) .... Rascha
Ramona (1928) .... Ramona
The Red Dance (1928) .... Tasia
... aka The Red Dancer of Moscow (UK)
No Other Woman (1928) .... Carmelita de Granados
The Trail of '98 (1928) .... Berna
The Gateway of the Moon (1928) .... Chela (Toni)
The Loves of Carmen (1927) .... Carmen
Resurrection (1927) .... Katyusha Maslova
The Whole Town Is Talking (1926) .... Rita Ralti - Movie Star
What Price Glory (1926) .... Charmaine de la Cognac
Pals First (1926) .... Jeanne Lamont
High Steppers (1926) .... Evelyn Iffield
Joanna (1925) .... Carlotta de Silva
Revenge (1928) .... Rascha
Ramona (1928) .... Ramona
The Red Dance (1928) .... Tasia
... aka The Red Dancer of Moscow (UK)
No Other Woman (1928) .... Carmelita de Granados
The Trail of '98 (1928) .... Berna
The Gateway of the Moon (1928) .... Chela (Toni)
The Loves of Carmen (1927) .... Carmen
Resurrection (1927) .... Katyusha Maslova
The Whole Town Is Talking (1926) .... Rita Ralti - Movie Star
What Price Glory (1926) .... Charmaine de la Cognac
Pals First (1926) .... Jeanne Lamont
High Steppers (1926) .... Evelyn Iffield
Joanna (1925) .... Carlotta de Silva
| ~Stars of the Photoplay, 1930~ |
This lovely Mexican girl was born in Durango, August 3, 1905, and was named Dolores Asunsolo. In 1921,
when a society girl in Mexico City, she was married to Jamie Del Rio. Edwin Carewe, the director, saw her
and prevailed upon her to enter upon a motion picture career. She made her film debut in 1925, and since
then has reached stardom. She is 5 feet, 4 1/2 inches, weighs 120 pounds, has black hair and brown eyes.
She divorced her husband in June, 1928, and he died abroad late the same year.
when a society girl in Mexico City, she was married to Jamie Del Rio. Edwin Carewe, the director, saw her
and prevailed upon her to enter upon a motion picture career. She made her film debut in 1925, and since
then has reached stardom. She is 5 feet, 4 1/2 inches, weighs 120 pounds, has black hair and brown eyes.
She divorced her husband in June, 1928, and he died abroad late the same year.
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| ~Los Angeles Times, 1983~ |
Dolores Del Rio was a legendary beauty who won fame playing exotic heroines in Hollywood films of the
1920s and '30s. She later returned to her native Mexico, where she reigned as queen of films.
Del Rio, born Lolita Dolores Martiniez Ansunsolo Lopez Negrette on Aug. 3, 1904, in Durango, Mexico, was
educated in a Mexico City convent school. She was presented to the king and queen of Spain in 1919 and
remained abroad, studying voice in Madrid and Paris.
In 1920, she married Jaime Martinez Del Rio, an attorney 18 years her senior, and became a wealthy society
matron. But that changed in 1925, when film director Edwin Carewe persuaded her to accept her first screen
role in "Joanna."
A 1926 role in "High Stepper" was followed by a triumph as Charmaine, the French heroine of "What Price
Glory," in 1927.
She was a Russian peasant in Leo Tolstoy's "Resurrection," a half-Native American girl in "Ramona" and a
young Polynesian woman in "Bird of Paradise," and by the early 1940s she was simply tired of it.
Her marriage to Del Rio had ended about the time she reached true star status in 1928, and a subsequent
marriage to MGM chief art director Cedric Gibbons was also unsuccessful.
A love affair with Orson Welles, which began shortly after the breakup of her marriage to Gibbons, led her to
make "Journey Into Fear" with him in 1943.
In 1947, she appeared in John Ford's "The Fugitive" and made "Cheyenne Autumn" for the same director in
1964.
She later married producer-director Lewis A. Riley, and their 23-year marriage lasted until her death.
Del Rio died at age 78 at her Newport Beach, Calif., home of liver failure resulting from hepatitis she had
contracted many years earlier.
— Gary Jarlson and Ted Thackrey Jr. for the Los Angeles Times April 12, 1983
1920s and '30s. She later returned to her native Mexico, where she reigned as queen of films.
Del Rio, born Lolita Dolores Martiniez Ansunsolo Lopez Negrette on Aug. 3, 1904, in Durango, Mexico, was
educated in a Mexico City convent school. She was presented to the king and queen of Spain in 1919 and
remained abroad, studying voice in Madrid and Paris.
In 1920, she married Jaime Martinez Del Rio, an attorney 18 years her senior, and became a wealthy society
matron. But that changed in 1925, when film director Edwin Carewe persuaded her to accept her first screen
role in "Joanna."
A 1926 role in "High Stepper" was followed by a triumph as Charmaine, the French heroine of "What Price
Glory," in 1927.
She was a Russian peasant in Leo Tolstoy's "Resurrection," a half-Native American girl in "Ramona" and a
young Polynesian woman in "Bird of Paradise," and by the early 1940s she was simply tired of it.
Her marriage to Del Rio had ended about the time she reached true star status in 1928, and a subsequent
marriage to MGM chief art director Cedric Gibbons was also unsuccessful.
A love affair with Orson Welles, which began shortly after the breakup of her marriage to Gibbons, led her to
make "Journey Into Fear" with him in 1943.
In 1947, she appeared in John Ford's "The Fugitive" and made "Cheyenne Autumn" for the same director in
1964.
She later married producer-director Lewis A. Riley, and their 23-year marriage lasted until her death.
Del Rio died at age 78 at her Newport Beach, Calif., home of liver failure resulting from hepatitis she had
contracted many years earlier.
— Gary Jarlson and Ted Thackrey Jr. for the Los Angeles Times April 12, 1983
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| ~Dolores Del Rio and Family, 1927~ |
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