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Jan 16, 2018 · Ms Jurado, who would have been 94 today, died in 2002 in her native Mexico - but not before leaving a lasting impact on Hollywood. Ex-husband and veteran Hollywood star Ernest Borgnine described...
Jul 6, 2002 · Jurado, who is perhaps best remembered by American audiences for her supporting role as Gary Cooper’s onetime girlfriend in the classic film “High Noon,” died Friday at her home in Cuernavaca,...
- Her Real Name Was A Mouthful
- Her Family Was Rich
- Her Career Path Wasn't Easy
- She Inked A Deal
- She Skipped Town
- Her Beauty Was Undeniable
- She Was A Hustler
- She rebelled
- She Had Two Kids
- She Rebuffed Stereotypes
Born in 1924, in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, Katy Jurado was actually named Maria Cristina Estela Marcela Jurado Garcia. The family started calling her Katy when she was very young, and...yeah, we really can’t blame them, can you? Wikimedia Commons
Katy’s father was Luis Jurado Ochoa, a lawyer, cattle-rancher, and orange grove owner. Her mother, Vicenta Garcia, was an opera singer who abandoned her career when she got married. The family was wildly wealthy, even owning most of what's now Texas (!) but unfortunately for Jurado, those luxurious days didn’t last long. After the Mexican Revolutio...
Unluckily for Jurado, her family’s pride meant that they looked down upon acting as a profession. Even when the famous Mexican actor Emilio Fernandez discovered Jurado and wanted the beautiful young actress to star in his film, Isle of Passion,Katy's parents forbade her from saying yes. But did Katy take "no" for an answer? Of course not. She had p...
Jurado’s genius plan to bypass parental restrictions was: Forgery! Even though Jurado had to turn down Isle of Passion, she immediately booked another role in the upcoming movie No Matarás. This time, instead of asking her strict parents for permission, Jurado took matters into her own hands.She signed the contract without their consent. Hey, Holly...
Jurado's path to stardom didn't just involve forgery. It also involved an unwise teen marriage. The young rebel met Victor Velazquez when she was just 14 years old. Like Katy, her new beau was also an aspiring actor. Being arty teens, the couple fell madly in love and got married in 1939, when Jurado was now a much more mature 15 yeas old. This'll ...
Jurado’s exotic looks commanded attention wherever she went. She has been described as a stunning beauty because of her large eyes and spirited demeanor. A curvaceous brunette with olive skin, Jurado herself claimed, “I knew that my body was provocative, but also that I was not beautiful, although…my physique was different and very sensual.” All re...
That said, Katy Jurado wasn't perfect. She could be dramatic and had a famously short temper, but one fault that no one could ever level at her was laziness. This woman knew how to hustle. Jurado shot her first movie at the same time as she was writing columns about movies, penning critiques on bullfights, and working as a reporter for the radio. S...
In 1943, Katy Jurado was going through the highest highs and the lowest lows. On the one hand, her debut film No`Matarás had just been released and she finally got to see her face on the silver screen. On the other, Jurado was now 19 years old and already a divorcée. In a completely shocking and not at all predictable twist, Jurado and Velazquez's ...
Although she and Velazquez couldn’t make their marriage work, they did have two kids together: A son, Victor Hugo, and a daughter, Sandra. Jurado was a loving mother, even though she didn’t have much time to spend with her kids.She would live to regret this. Later, a tragic incident would force her to lament the years she spent away from them, conc...
Considering how sensual she looked on screen, it's no surprise that Jurado played a lot of femme fatale roles. True, this is kind of a stereotype (Mexican actors were often typecast in sexualized roles), but Jurado’s spirited yet restrained performances gave her characters nuance. In this way she not only broke the stereotype, she also helped devel...
Jul 22, 2002 · Actress Katy Jurado, who garnered an Academy Award nomination and a Golden Globe win in the 1950s, died July 5 in her home in Cuernavaca, Mexico, after suffering from lung and heart ailments.
Jurado was an avid promoter of her home state of Morelos as a location for filmmakers. Towards the end of her life, she suffered from heart and lung ailments. Katy Jurado died on July 5, 2002, at the age of 78 at her home in Cuernavaca, Mexico. She was survived by her daughter.
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July 5, 2002. How did Katy Jurado die? Heart attack. How old was Katy Jurado when she died? 78 years old. Where did Katy Jurado die? Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico. When was Katy Jurado born? January 16, 1924. Where was Katy Jurado born? Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. What was Katy Jurado's birth name? María Cristina Estela Jurado García.
Jul 7, 2002 · July 6, 2002 at 8:00 p.m. EDT. Katy Jurado, 78, a Mexican-born film actress of great beauty and force who received an Academy Award nomination for her supporting role in "Broken Lance" and who...
