Katy Jurado

Katy Jurado

1924-01-16 Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico 67 Credits

Biography

Katy Jurado (16 January 1924 – 5 July 2002), born María Cristina Estela Marcela Jurado García, was a Mexican stage and screen actress. Jurado had already established herself as an actress in Mexico in the 1940s when she came to Hollywood becoming a regular in Western films of the 1950s and 1960s. She worked with many Hollywood legends, including Gary Cooper in High Noon, Spencer Tracy in Broken Lance, and Marlon Brando in One-Eyed Jacks, and such respected directors as Fred Zinneman (High Noon)...

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3-D Rarities: Volume II

3-D Rarities: Volume II

2020

as (archive)

6.0
Acting

Blu-ray. 2020 release, the long-awaited follow-up collection of extraordinary 3-D wonders, including the feature-length El Corazón y la Espada, all ex...

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

2004

as (archive footage)

7.8
Acting

An account of the life and work of American film director Sam Peckinpah (1925-84), a tortured artist whose genius and inner demons changed the Western...

A Beautiful Secret

A Beautiful Secret

2002

as Esperanza

5.4
Acting

The beloved screen legend Katy Jurado, the lights one last time in the history of a special friendship that develops between a lonely old woman and Jo...

The Hi-Lo Country

The Hi-Lo Country

1998

as Meesa

6.1
Acting

An intimate story of the enduring bond of friendship between two hard-living men, set against a sweeping backdrop: the American West, post-World War I...

Divine

Divine

1998

as Mamá Dorita

5.4
Acting

"La Nueva Jerusalem" is a small community of believers lead by Papá Basilio and Mamá Dorita. They're waiting for the second coming of Christ, so they'...

A Mexican Buñuel

A Mexican Buñuel

1997

as Self

5.8
Acting

A documentary covering the years Luis Buñuel spent in Mexico making films.

Grace Kelly: The American Princess

Grace Kelly: The American Princess

1987

as Self

6.5
Acting

A biography of American actress Grace Kelly from her early days as an aspiring actress to her death as Princess of Monaco.

Grace Kelly: The American Princess

Grace Kelly: The American Princess

1987

Thanks

6.5

A biography of American actress Grace Kelly from her early days as an aspiring actress to her death as Princess of Monaco.

Under the Volcano

Under the Volcano

1984

as Senora Gregoria

6.5
Acting

Against a background of war breaking out in Europe and the Mexican fiesta Day of Death, we are taken through one day in the life of Geoffrey Firmin, a...

D.F./Distrito Federal

D.F./Distrito Federal

1981

6.5
Acting

Anthology film, six little anecdotes about life in the big city.

Barrio de campeones

Barrio de campeones

1981

7.2
Acting

Extended family in working-class neighborhood; story mostly focuses on a young man who aspires to a pro boxing career, his grandma and the restaurant ...

La seducción

La seducción

1981

as Isabel

6.0
Acting
Evita Peron

Evita Peron

1981

as Doña Juana

Acting

Aspiring actress Eva Duarte rises from a minor celebrity to the wife of a powerful Argentine dictator, but her all consuming fiery rage, ambition, and...

The Widow of Montiel

The Widow of Montiel

1979

as Mamá grande

5.7
Acting

Mexican drama film directed by Miguel Littín. It is based on a short story of the same name by Gabriel García Marquez. It was entered into the 30th Be...

The Children of Sanchez

The Children of Sanchez

1978

as Chata

5.7
Acting

Hall Bartlett directs the rural drama The Children of Sanchez, based on the tome The Children of Sanchez: Autobiography of a Mexican Family written by...

The Recourse to the Method

The Recourse to the Method

1978

6.1
Acting

Set in the early 1900s, this film charts the rule of a Latin American dictator as he moves from being a charming despot to a tyrannical ruler before h...

El elegido

El elegido

1977

as Doña Paz

6.3
Acting

A guy is peer-pressured, despite his reluctance, to play the role of Christ in a local production of the Passion Play.

The Bricklayers

The Bricklayers

1976

as Josefina

6.4
Acting

When a worker is found murdered on the construction side, the investigation swiftly turns from things criminal to the political circumstances surround...

Pantaleón y las visitadoras

Pantaleón y las visitadoras

1975

1.5
Acting

Pantaleón and the visitors is a peruvian film made in 1975 and based on the book of the same name by Mario Vargas Llosa. Directed by the novelist hims...

Faith, Hope and Charity

Faith, Hope and Charity

1974

as Eulogia (segment "Caridad")

6.4
Acting

Three episodes. Faith: a woman is attacked. Hope: a fakir is crucified. Charity: a woman faces bureaucracy.

Charity

Charity

1974

as Eulogia

Acting

The charity of an elderly millionaire in a lost city provokes a series of reactions:

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

1973

as Mrs. Baker

7.2
Acting

Pat Garrett is hired as a lawman on behalf of a group of wealthy New Mexico cattle barons to bring down his old friend Billy the Kid.

Once Upon a Scoundrel

Once Upon a Scoundrel

1973

as Aunt Delfina

5.0
Acting

After falling for Alicia, greedy and powerful Mexican landowner Carlos has her fiancé thrown in prison on a bogus charge. To trick Carlos into releasi...

The Fearmaker

The Fearmaker

1971

as Sara Verdugo

3.8
Acting

A world-famous stage performer returns home following her father's death, only to find greed and evil awaiting.

A Little Game

A Little Game

1971

as Laura

6.7
Acting

A hostile youngster who will stop at nothing to break up his mother's marriage is suspected of homicide, and his stepfather fears that he may be the b...

The Bridge in the Jungle

The Bridge in the Jungle

1971

as Angela / The Witch

5.0
Acting

Gale (Charles Robinson) is an idealistic and naive young hunter who ignores warnings that no one can survive for long in the jungles of Mexico except ...

The Door and The Butcher's Wife

The Door and The Butcher's Wife

1969

as Remedios (segment "La mujer del carnicero")

7.2
Acting

A movie divided in two segments, the first "La puerta" (The Door) is about a high society gathering in which a door inside the mansion leads to a biza...

The Butcher's Wife

The Butcher's Wife

1969

as Remedios

Acting

The apparitions of a man who died during the Revolution lead a man to confess to the crime he committed for money.

Any Second Now

Any Second Now

1969

as Señora Vorhis

6.7
Acting

A photographer plans to murder his rich young wife after she catches him cheating on her and threatens to divorce him so he won't get any of her money...

Stay Away, Joe

Stay Away, Joe

1968

as Annie Lightcloud

5.3
Acting

Joe Lightcloud persuades his Congressman to give him 20 heifers and a prize bull so he and his father, Charlie, can prove that the Navajos can success...

A Covenant with Death

A Covenant with Death

1967

as Eulalia Lewis

5.0
Acting

An innocent man is found guilty of murder and sentenced to death, but as he's about to be hanged he accidentally kills his executioner. He now faces a...

Smoky

Smoky

1966

as Maria

5.5
Acting

A cowboy named Clint bonds with a beautiful wild stallion that he trains, but after the two are separated and the horse ends up in a rodeo, Clint is d...

La Bandida

La Bandida

1963

as La Jarocha

4.6
Acting

During a lull in the Mexican Revolution when Francisco Madero became president and attempted to implement land reforms, two former revolutionaries are...

Barabbas

Barabbas

1961

as Sara

6.9
Acting

Epic account of the thief Barabbas, who was pardoned for his crimes and spared crucifixion when Pilate offered the Israelites a choice to pardon Barab...

Seduction Of The South

Seduction Of The South

1961

as Assunta Carbone

4.5
Acting

Based on the events from the Italian civil war. In 1860's, a member of a guerrilla force captures a colonel from the opposing army and later leads one...

Then God Named It Earth

Then God Named It Earth

1961

as Marta

5.2
Acting

During the Mexican Agrarian Reform, an engineer travels to a town to distribute the land of the landowners among the peasants.

One-Eyed Jacks

One-Eyed Jacks

1961

as Maria Longworth

6.7
Acting

Running from the law after a bank robbery in Mexico, Dad Longworth finds an opportunity to take the stolen gold and leave his partner Rio to be captur...

The Badlanders

The Badlanders

1958

as Anita

6.2
Acting

Two men are released from the Arizona Territorial Prison at Yuma in 1898. One, The Dutchman, is out to get both gold and revenge from certain people i...

Dragoon Wells Massacre

Dragoon Wells Massacre

1957

as Mara Fay

6.9
Acting

A cavalry officer, the sole survivor of an Indian attack, and a wagon load of prisoners travel through hostile Indian country.

Man from Del Rio

Man from Del Rio

1956

as Estella

6.2
Acting

Mexican gunfighter Dave Robles outdraws the town's outlaw-turned-sheriff and is invited to fill the dead man's shoes. But a tin star doesn't bring aut...

Trapeze

Trapeze

1956

as Rosa

6.3
Acting

A pair of men try to perform the dangerous "triple" in their trapeze act. Problems arise when the duo is made into a trio following the addition of a ...

Trial

Trial

1955

as Consuela Chavez

6.7
Acting

A Mexican boy accused of rape and murder becomes a pawn for Communists and red-baiters. A courtroom drama set in 1947 and underlying post-WW2 acute pr...

The Racers

The Racers

1955

as Maria Chávez

6.0
Acting

An Italian daredevil turns Grand Prix driver and works his way up to Le Mans with his ballerina lover.

A Star Is Born World Premiere

1954

as Self

8.0
Acting

Live television broadcast of the world premiere. Described by various participants as the biggest world premiere in memory, even bigger than the Acade...

Broken Lance

Broken Lance

1954

as Señora Devereaux

6.4
Acting

Cattle baron Matt Devereaux raids a copper smelter that is polluting his water, then divides his property among his sons. Son Joe takes responsibility...

The Sword of Granada

The Sword of Granada

1954

as Lolita

5.6
Acting

In this period costume swashbuckler, Don Pedro de Rivera, the rightful owner of a Spanish castle seeks to reclaim it from an occupying Moorish Caliph....

Arrowhead

Arrowhead

1953

as Nita

5.9
Acting

Director Charles Marquis Warren's 1953 western stars Charlton Heston and Jack Palance. Chief of Scouts Ed Bannon works for the US Army at Fort Clark, ...

San Antone

San Antone

1953

as Mistania Figueroa

5.0
Acting

After the Civil War, a cowboy who's a former Union soldier leads a cattle drive into Mexico now occupied by the French...

The Brute

The Brute

1953

as Paloma

7.0
Acting

A tough young man, who helps to kick poor people out of their houses, falls in love with a girl. She lives with her father in the building about to be...

High Noon

High Noon

1952

as Helen Ramírez

7.7
Acting

Will Kane, the sheriff of a small town in New Mexico, learns a notorious outlaw he put in jail has been freed, and will be arriving on the noon train....

Mujer de medianoche

Mujer de medianoche

1952

4.7
Acting

Young woman elopes with her fiancé; during their honeymoon, things happen that cause them to be separated, and she finds herself alone in a big city w...

Women's prison

Women's prison

1951

as Lupe

5.4
Acting

Evangelina murders her lover Alberto. In prison she meets Dora, Alberto's girlfriend, who was deprived of her freedom for his illicit business. An int...

Bullfighter and the Lady

Bullfighter and the Lady

1951

as Chelo Estrada

6.1
Acting

An American takes up bullfighting to impress the ladies but learns to respect the sport.

White hair

White hair

1950

as Luisa del Valle

5.0
Acting

Singer's-rise-to-stardom plot combined with long-lost-son plot.

The Seminarian

The Seminarian

1949

as Chayito

5.9
Acting

Returning to his home town, seminarist Miguel is forced to trade the robes for a charro costume in order to solve several problems that appear in his ...

Prisión de sueños

Prisión de sueños

1949

5.0
Acting
Hay lugar para... dos

Hay lugar para... dos

1949

5.5
Acting

Union-organizing and labor/management conflicts among Mexico City bus-drivers. Sequel to "Esquina, Bajan!"

El último chinaco

El último chinaco

1948

6.0
Acting

1880s-1890s rural adventure on horseback.

We the Poor

We the Poor

1948

as The One Who Gets Up Late

8.0
Acting

Carpenter Pepe El Toro lives peacefully with his daughter Chachita in an impoverished Mexico City neighborhood. He pursues a romance with the pretty C...

Guadalajara pues

Guadalajara pues

1946

as Rosita

6.3
Acting

Curious film about the Mexican immigrant stunned by the dollar and the English language. The plot deals with a serious social mood, but narrated as ...

La viuda celosa

La viuda celosa

1946

5.0
Acting

Young-ish widow forbids herself the pleasure of male company in deference to the deceased.

El museo del crimen

El museo del crimen

1945

as Sara Ramos

5.0
Acting

Stage magician/amateur detective helps police to solve a murder.

La sombra de Chucho el Roto

La sombra de Chucho el Roto

1945

5.5
Acting
The Useless Life of Pito Perez

The Useless Life of Pito Perez

1944

6.0
Acting

Episodes from the life of an alcoholic hobo.

Balajú

Balajú

1944

as Lola

5.0
Acting
Internado para señoritas

Internado para señoritas

1943

6.0
Acting

1940s-style teen comedy set in a private school for girls.

No matarás

No matarás

1943

5.2
Acting

A mother stands by helplessly while a scandal involving marital infidelity, blackmail and murder takes shape around her daughter.