Katy Jurado

Her last acting performances were in Mexican soap operas.
. She subsequently appeared in many Hollywood movies including The Bullfighter and the Lady, High Noon, Arrowhead, Broken Lance, The Racers, Trial, Trapeze, The Badlanders, One Eyed Jacks, Barabbas, Stay Away Joe (opposite Elvis Presley), Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, The Children of Sanchez and Under the Volcano. She died in Woodland Hills, California from Alzheimer's Disease. Her role in the Mexican movie Nosotros Los Pobres opposite well-known Mexican actor Pedro Infante brought her fame. She was the sister of actress Violet La Plante. Born Maria Cristina Estela Marcela Jurado Garcia in Guadalajara, Mexico, she started her career in Hollywood and moved back to continue filming in Mexico. She appeared in only a handful of films with the advent of talking pictures, and retired in 1957.

Katy Jurado (January 16, 1924 - July 5, 2002) was a Mexican actress. During the 1920s she appeared in more than sixty films, and achieved her greatest success in the 1929 film Show Boat. Louis, Missouri, La Plante made her acting debut at the age of 15, and in 1923 was named as one of the years WAMPAS Baby Stars. Born Laura La Plant in St. Laura La Plante (November 1, 1904 - October 14, 1996) was an American film actress who achieved her greatest success in silent movies.