Dolores Del Río Biography

Fast Facts

• Family fled to Mexico City when she was five to escape the Mexican Revolution
• Studied the arts from the French nuns who taught at the private school she attended
• Further studied the arts during a two year honeymoon in Europe following her marriage at the age of 16
• Was discovered by director Edwin Carewe, who observed her dancing the tango at a dinner party
• Was targeted by the Hollywood "red scare," and was denied a visa in 1954 based on accusations of Communist ties
• Met her third husband, stage director Lewis Riley, upon embarking upon a career in the Mexican theater in the late 1950's