Biography
María Cristina Estela Marcela Jurado García, known professionally as Katy Jurado, was a Mexican actress. She followed in the footsteps of earlier Mexican actresses in Hollywood, including Dolores Del Rio, Lupe Velez, and María Félix. And her talent for playing a variety of characters helped to promote later Mexican actresses in American cinema. She acted in popular Western films of the 1950s and 1960s. 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).
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Awards & recognition
- Golden Ariel · 1997
- Ariel Award — Best Actress · 1974
- Golden Globe Award — Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture · 1952
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
- Ariel Award — Best Actress · 1982 · nominated
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- Ariel Award — Best Actress · 1974 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actress · 1955 · nominated
- Golden Globe Award — Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture · 1952 · nominated
- Golden Globe Award — New Star of the Year – Actress · 1952 · nominated
Filmography26 titles
We the Poor
High Noon
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
Dragoon Wells Massacre
The Rifleman
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
The Westerner
The Brute
Barabbas
Tales of the Unexpected
One-Eyed Jacks
Smoky
Under the Volcano
The Bricklayers
Broken Lance
The Children of Sanchez
Man from Del Rio
The Seminarian
The Badlanders
Trapeze
The Hi-Lo Country
Arrowhead
Stay Away, Joe
Once Upon a Scoundrel
Mr. & Mrs. North
A Covenant with Death