Dolores Del Rio

Born into a different Mexican family, actress Dolores Del Rio was the daughter of a prominent employer. After church education, she married at age 16 with author Jaime Del Rio, whose name she retained after the divorce. The second cousin of silent film star Ramon Novarro, Del Rio was a regular guest at Hollywood events; In one of these, director Edwin Carewe, touched by her exquisite beauty, felt she could no longer play a part in her upcoming film Joanna (1925). Stardom quickly followed, with Del Rio gaining high billing for many silent products, including What Price Glory? (1927), as French coquette Charmaine, and The Loves of Carmen (1927), in the title piece. With Del Rio's fluent English accent, the shift in sound did not present a problem for her, even though her fluent Spanish character balances her roles. Many times, she was thrown to the foundation of beauty first, by second talent; she is in his prime in 1932's bird of Paradise, where she appears but is naked in a certain order. Del Rio looks to be equally popular when fully clothed, as in the section Madame Du Barry (1934). After the breakup of her second marriage to artistic director Cedric Gibbons, the kind, intelligent Del Rio became "the most important girl" in Hollywood; His largest force In 1943, Del Rio returned to Mexico to film, negotiating a "lucrative" agreement to increase her already large income. Popular in her homeland, Del Rio returns only occasionally to Hollywood, often requested by longtime industry friends such as director John Ford. Her seemingly endless beauty and splendor her smoothness was a source of envy and speculation; by all accounts, she did not use cosmetic surgery, maintaining her correct appearance with an active (and personal) diet and exercise program. Even during the 1960s, she looked too young to play Elvis Presley's mother in the Flaming Star. Del Rio retired from filmmaking in 1978, choosing to devote her time to managing his financial and real estate interests and to his lifelong hobby.