18 moments

1. Birth in Victoria de Durango

   1904-08-03 · Victoria de Durango, Durango, Mexico

   

   Dolores del Río was born María de los Dolores Asúnsolo y López Negrete in Victoria de Durango.

2. Family reunited in Mexico City

   1912-01-01 · Mexico City, Mexico

   After escaping revolutionary violence in Durango, the Asúnsolo family reunited and lived in Mexico City. The source gives the year but not a more precise reunion date.

3. Settlement in Mexico City

   1924-01-01 · Mexico City, Mexico

   

   Economic losses connected with the cotton-market collapse led Dolores del Río and Jaime Martínez del Río to settle in Mexico City. The source dates the economic crisis and settlement to 1924 without a more precise date.

4. Arrival in Hollywood

   1925-08-27 · Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States

   

   Del Río and her husband arrived in Hollywood to begin her screen career; Edwin Carewe became her agent, manager, producer, and director. The preceding text identifies the year as 1925.

5. Dodge Brothers Hour appearance

   1928-03-29 · Mary Pickford's bungalow, Los Angeles area, California, United States

   United Artists assembled del Río and other leading film figures at Mary Pickford's bungalow for a radio appearance demonstrating their suitability for sound films. The source does not identify the bungalow's exact address; coordinates represent the Beverly Hills/Los Angeles area.

6. Meeting Cedric Gibbons at Hearst Castle

   1930-01-01 · Hearst Castle, San Simeon, California, United States

   Del Río met MGM art director Cedric Gibbons at a party at Hearst Castle; they later married that year. The source gives the year but not the party date.

7. Portrait sitting in New York

   1938-01-01 · New York City, New York, United States

   Mexican muralist Diego Rivera portrayed del Río in New York; the resulting portrait became her favorite. The exact portrait location within New York is not specified.

8. Return to Mexico

   1942-01-01 · Mexico, representative national location

   

   Following personal and professional crises during her Hollywood period, del Río returned to Mexico and began pursuing Mexican film roles. The surrounding account places the return in 1942; no city of arrival is specified, so coordinates are a representative point for Mexico.

9. Meeting Lewis A. Riley in Acapulco

   1949-01-01 · Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico

   

   Del Río met American businessman Lewis A. Riley in Acapulco; they began a relationship and married a decade later.

10. Filming Señora Ama in Spain

    1955-01-01 · Spain, representative national location

    While unable to work in the United States, del Río accepted a Spanish production of Señora Ama directed by her cousin Julio Bracho. The source identifies Spain but not a filming locality; coordinates represent Madrid as a national reference point.

11. Anastasia debut at Falmouth Playhouse

    1956-07-06 · Falmouth Playhouse, Falmouth, Massachusetts, United States

    Del Río made her successful theatrical debut in Anastasia at the Falmouth Playhouse before continuing a New England tour.

12. Marriage to Lewis Riley in New York

    1959-01-01 · New York City, New York, United States

    After a decade-long relationship, del Río and Lewis Riley married in a private New York ceremony. The exact ceremony venue and date are not specified.

13. Return to Hollywood for Flaming Star

    1960-01-01 · Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States

    

    Del Río returned to Hollywood after an 18-year absence to play Elvis Presley's character's mother in Flaming Star. The source ties her return to the 1960 production but does not give an arrival date.

14. San Sebastián Film Festival jury presidency

    1976-01-01 · San Sebastián, Basque Country, Spain

    Del Río served as president of the jury at the San Sebastián International Film Festival and publicly objected to the Mexican film The Heist.

15. White House cultural-ambassador recognition

    1978-01-01 · White House, Washington, D.C., United States

    In the year of her final film appearance, the Mexican American Institute of Cultural Relations and the White House honored del Río for her work as a cultural ambassador. The preceding sentence identifies the year as 1978; the source does not state a more exact ceremony date.

16. Final known public appearance

    1981-10-11 · Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco, California, United States

    Del Río appeared at the Palace of Fine Arts theater for a tribute connected with the 25th San Francisco International Film Festival; it was her last known public appearance.

17. Hospitalization at Scripps Hospital

    1982-01-01 · Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla, La Jolla, California, United States

    Del Río was admitted to Scripps Hospital in La Jolla as hepatitis-related cirrhosis worsened. Coordinates identify the Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla campus.

18. Death in Newport Beach

    1983-04-11 · Newport Beach, California, United States

    Dolores del Río died of liver failure in Newport Beach at age 78.