Katy Jurado

Katy Jurado

Mexican actress (1924-2002)

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).

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 12 films (1952–1979) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 4 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▼ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1979 The Children of Sanchez Hall Bartlett
1968 Stay Away, Joe. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. 102 min 35mm Color sound
1962 Barabbas. Dino De Laurentiis Cinematografic S.P.A. 132 min 35mm Color sound
1960 One-Eyed Jacks Pennebaker Inc 2:21:00 16mm Color sound
1960 One-Eyed Jacks. Pennebaker Inc. 141 min 35mm Color sound
1958 The Badlanders. Loew’s Inc. & Arcola Pictures Corp. 83 min. 35mm Color sound
1956 Trapeze. Joanna Productions A. G. 105 min 35mm Color sound
1955 Trial. Loew’s Incorporated 109 min 35mm B&W sound
1953 Arrowhead Gateway Educational Media. 105 min 16mm Color sound
1953 Arrowhead. Paramount Pictures Corp. 105 min 35mm Color sound
1952 High noon telefilm 84 16mm B&W sound
1952 High Noon. Stanley Kramer Productions Inc. 85 min. 35mm B&W sound