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Katy Jurado (1924–2002)

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Katy Jurado was born Maria Christina Jurado Garcia into a wealthy family on January 16, 1924, in Guadalajara, Mexico. Her early years were spent amid luxury until her family's lands were confiscated by the federal government for redistribution to the landless peasantry. Despite the loss of property... See full bio »

Born:

Maria Cristina Estella Marcella Jurado de Garcia
in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

Died:

(age 78) in Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
Ernest Borgnine and Katy Jurado Katy Jurado and Chuck Connors in "The Boarding House" - episode 22 of The Rifleman, Original Air Date: 2/24/1959 Grace Kelly, Gary Cooper, and Katy Jurado. High Noon (1952) 0044706
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2002 A Beautiful Secret
Esperanza
 
1998 The Hi-Lo Country
Meesa
 
1998 El evangelio de las Maravillas
Mamá Dorita
 
1996 Te sigo amando (TV series)
Justina
– Episode #1.1 (1996) … Justina
 
1994 Más allá del puente (TV series)
La Jurada
 
1985 Lady Blue (TV movie)
Doña Maria Theresa
 
1985 Lady Blue (TV series)
Dona Maria
– Pilot (1985) … Dona Maria
 
1984 Under the Volcano
Senora Gregoria
 
1984 a.k.a. Pablo (TV series)
Rosa Maria Rivera
– The Woman Who Came to Dinner (1984) … Rosa Maria Rivera
– The Whole Enchilada (1984) … Rosa Maria Rivera
– The Presidential Joke Teller (1984) … Rosa Maria Rivera
– My Son, the Gringo (1984) … Rosa Maria Rivera
– The Big Mouth (1984) … Rosa Maria Rivera
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1981 D.F./Distrito Federal
 
1981 Seduction
Isabel
 
1981 Evita Peron (TV movie)
Doña Juana
 
1981 Barrio de campeones
 
1979 La viuda de Montiel
Mama Grande
 
1979 Tales of the Unexpected (TV series)
Woman
– The Man from the South (1979) … Woman
 
1978 The Children of Sanchez
Chata
 
1978 The Recourse to the Method
La Mayorala
 
1977 Baretta (TV series)
Rosa Canzone
– Not on Our Block (1977) … Rosa Canzone
 
1977 The Chosen One
Doña Paz
 
1976 The Bricklayers
Josefina
 
1975 Pantaleón y las visitadoras
Chuchupe
 
1974 Once Upon a Scoundrel
Aunt Delfina
 
1974 Fe, esperanza y caridad
Eulogia (segment "Caridad")
 
1973 Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
Mrs. Baker
 
1972 Alias Smith and Jones (TV series)
Carlotta
– The McCreedy Feud (1972) … Carlotta
 
1971 The Fearmaker
Sara Verdugo (as Katty Jurado)
 
1971 A Little Game (TV movie)
Laura
 
1971 The Bridge in the Jungle
Angela, Witch
 
1970 The Virginian (TV series)
Mama Fe
– The Best Man (1970) … Mama Fe
 
1970 Faltas a la moral
Chelo's half sister
 
1969 Un hombre solo
 
1969 Any Second Now (TV movie)
Señora Vorhis
 
1968 La puerta y la mujer del carnicero
Remedios (segment "La mujer del carnicero")
 
1968 Stay Away, Joe
Annie Lightcloud
 
1967 A Covenant with Death
Eulalia Lewis
 
1966 Smoky
Maria
 
1963 La bandida
La Jarocha
 
1962 The Eleventh Hour (TV series)
Rose Ramirez
– The Seventh Day of Creation (1962) … Rose Ramirez
 
1962 Death Valley Days (TV series)
La Tules
– La Tules (1962) … La Tules
 
1961 Barabbas
Sara
 
1961 I briganti italiani
Assunta Carbone
 
1961 Y Dios la llamó Tierra
 
1961 One-Eyed Jacks
Maria Longworth
 
1960 The Westerner (TV series)
Carlotta
– Ghost of a Chance (1960) … Carlotta
 
1959 The Rifleman (TV series)
Julia Massini
– The Boarding House (1959) … Julia Massini
 
1958 The Badlanders
Anita
 
1957 Dragoon Wells Massacre
Mara Fay
 
1957 Playhouse 90 (TV series)
Sister Monica
– Four Women in Black (1957) … Sister Monica
 
1956 Man from Del Rio
Estella
 
1956 Trapeze
Rosa
 
1956 Climax! (TV series)
Margo Nieto
– Nightmare by Day (1956) … Margo Nieto
 
1955 Trial
Mrs. Chavez
 
1955 The Racers
Maria Chávez
 
1954 Tehuantepec
 
1954 Broken Lance
Señora Devereaux
 
1953 Arrowhead
Nita
 
1953 San Antone
Mistania Figueroa
 
1953 El bruto
Paloma
 
1953 Sword of Granada
Lolita
 
1952 Mr. & Mrs. North (TV series)
Lolita Alvarez
– These Latins (1952) … Lolita Alvarez
 
1952 High Noon
Helen Ramírez
 
1952 Mujer de medianoche
 
1951 Cárcel de mujeres
Lupe
 
1951 Bullfighter and the Lady
Chelo Estrada
 
1950 El sol sale para todos
 
1950 Cabellera blanca
 
1949 El seminarista
Chayito
 
1949 Prisión de sueños
 
1949 La casa embrujada
 
1949 Hay lugar para... dos
Kitty (Amalia Legazpi)
 
1948 El último chinaco
 
1948 Nosotros, los pobres
La que se levanta tarde
 
1946 Guadalajara pues
 
1946 La viuda celosa
 
1946 Rosa del Caribe
 
1945 El museo del crimen
Sara Ramos
 
1945 Soltera y con gemelos
Gloria
 
1945 La sombra de Chucho el Roto
Elisa
 
1945 Bartolo toca la flauta
Cleo
 
1944 Balajú
 
1944 La vida inútil de Pito Pérez
Soledad
 
1943 Girls Boarding School
 
1943 No matarás
Susana
 
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1987 Grace Kelly: The American Princess (video documentary) (thanks)
 
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2002 The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema (documentary)
Herself
 
1997 Un Buñuel mexican (documentary)
Herself
 
1993 Memoria del cine mexicano (documentary)
Herself
 
1987 Grace Kelly: The American Princess (video documentary)
Herself (co-star)
 
1961 Here's Hollywood (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 21 September 1961 (1961) … Herself
 
1955 The 27th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role & Presenter: Best Cinematography, Color
 
1954 A Star Is Born World Premiere (TV short)
Herself
 
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2008 How the West Was Lost (TV documentary)
Mrs. Baker (uncredited)
 
2008 Pedro Infante: La trayectoria (TV movie)
Herself
 
2006 Historias engarzadas (TV series documentary)
 
2004 Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade (TV documentary)
 
2003 The 75th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself (Memorial Tribute)
 
1955 MGM Parade (TV series)
 

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Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid -- An aging Pat Garrett is hired as a lawman on behalf of a group of wealthy New Mexico cattle barons--his sole purpose being to bring down his old friend Billy the Kid. High Noon -- A marshall, personally compelled to face a returning deadly enemy, finds that his own town refuses to help him.
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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1966) Unsold pilot: Co-starred (as "Helen Ramirez") in a pilot for a western series called "High Noon", based on the classic Gary Cooper western High Noon, with Peter Fonda starring as Marshal Will Kane's adult son.

Alternate Names:

Katty Jurado

Height:

5' 6½" (1.69 m)
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Personal Quote:

I am very proud to make this picture because I look and act like a Mexican - not imitation. Some Mexicans go to Hollywood and lose career in Mexico, because they play imitation. I don't want this to happen to me. See more »

Trivia:

Former husband Ernest Borgnine referred to her as "beautiful, but a tiger." See more »

Star Sign:

Capricorn