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Katy Jurado

1924 - 2002

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María Cristina Estela Marcela Jurado García (16 January 1924 – 5 July 2002), known professionally as Katy Jurado ( jə-RAH-doh, Spanish: [ˈkati xuˈɾaðo]), was a Mexican actress. She acted in popular Western films of the 1950s and 1960s. Her talent for playing a variety of characters helped pave the way for Mexican actresses in American cinema. 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). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Katy Jurado is the 1,175th most popular actor (up from 1,297th in 2019), the 64th most popular biography from Mexico (up from 80th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Mexican Actor.

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Among actors, Katy Jurado ranks 1,175 out of 13,578. Before her are Sabrina Carpenter, Fran Drescher, Randolph Scott, Marie-Christine Barrault, Van Heflin, and Piper Laurie. After her are Geraldine McEwan, Shannon Tweed, John Carradine, Lois Maxwell, Anne Wiazemsky, and Uta Hagen.

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Among people born in 1924, Katy Jurado ranks 99. Before her are Rudolf Vrba, Noboru Takeshita, Maria Riva, Madame Nhu, Alexander Haig, and Rikidōzan. After her are Stanley Donen, Daniel arap Moi, Ottmar Walter, Lee Iacocca, Tengiz Abuladze, and Israel Tal. Among people deceased in 2002, Katy Jurado ranks 69. Before her are Yousuf Karsh, Song Hye-rim, Stephen Jay Gould, Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Sohn Kee-chung, and Abba Eban. After her are John Frankenheimer, Joaquín Balaguer, Infanta Beatriz of Spain, Kim Hunter, Henri Verneuil, and Joe Strummer.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Katy Jurado ranks 64 out of 729. Before her are José María Morelos (1765), Carlos Salinas de Gortari (1948), Axayacatl (1449), Acamapichtli (1325), Kiki Camarena (1947), and Miguel de la Madrid (1934). After her are Antonio Carbajal (1929), Subcomandante Marcos (1957), Ricardo Montalbán (1920), Amado Carrillo Fuentes (1956), Manuel Ávila Camacho (1897), and Julia Pastrana (1834).

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Among ACTORS In Mexico

Among actors born in Mexico, Katy Jurado ranks 10. Before her are Cantinflas (1911), Ramon Novarro (1899), María Félix (1914), Silvia Pinal (1931), Dolores del Río (1905), and Pedro Armendáriz (1912). After her are Ricardo Montalbán (1920), Verónica Castro (1952), Pedro Infante (1917), Chespirito (1929), Laura Harring (1964), and Sara Ramirez (1975).

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