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Movies starring Katy Jurado have generally received positive reviews and hold an average score of 62%.
High Noon - released in 1952 - is Katy Jurado's highest rated movie, with a score of 82% based on 17 reviews.
The lowest rated film from Katy Jurado is Stay Away, Joe - released in 1968 - with a score of 47% based on 7 reviews.
Katy Jurado, 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), Sam Peckinpah (The Wild Bunch and Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid) and John Huston (Under the Volcano).
Jurado made seventy-one films during her career. She became the first Latina/Hispanic actress nominated for an Academy Award when she was nominated as Best Supporting Actress for her work in 1954's "Broken Lance" and was the first to win a Golden Globe. Like many Latin actors, she was typecast to play ethnic roles in American films. By contrast, she had a greater variety of roles in Mexican films; sometimes she also sang and danced.
Katy Jurado has acted in films with Jack Elam, Emilio Fernández, Robert J. Wilke and Ernest Borgnine.
Katy Jurado has worked with these film directors: Marlon Brando, John Huston, Fred Zinnemann and Sam Peckinpah.
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