Salma Hayek

Her father is of Lebanese descent. Isabel Jewell has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contribution to Motion Pictures, at 1560 Vine St. Hayek speaks Spanish, English, Arabic, and Portuguese. She died in Hollywood, California. Frida, co-produced by Hayek, was a beautifully made film overflowing with passion and enthusiasm with terrific performances from Salma and Alfred Molina as Kahlo's cheating husband Diego Rivera. On the side was an entourage of stars including Antonio Banderas, Ashley Judd, Geoffrey Rush, Edward Norton and Valeria Golino. By the end of her career she had appeared in more than one hundred films. It finally happened in 2002. Her subsequent films included Gone With the Wind (1939), Northwest Passage (1940), and High Sierra (1941), but by the end of the 1940s her roles had reduced in significance to the degree that her performances were often uncredited.

The role was that of Frida Kahlo, The legendary Mexican painter whom Salma had been admiring her entire life and whose story she wanted to bring to the big screen ever since her arrival in Hollywood. Her most significant role was as the prostitute Gloria Stone in Lost Horizon (1937). The new millenium started out quietly around Salma as she was preparing to produce and star in her dream role. She was well received playing against type, as a seamstress sentenced to death on the guillotine, in A Tale of Two Cities (1935). Hayek continued to rise her star in both commercial and artistic films. She played stereotypical gangster's women in such films as Manhattan Melodrama (1934) and Marked Woman (1937). Although her vampy role opposite George Clooney and Quentin Tarantino was a small one, it was a good credit to her box office name. A petite 4' 11" tall and with platinum blonde hair, Jewell appeared in a variety of supporting roles during the early 1930s.

After her break, she was cast again by Rodriguez to star in his From Dusk Till Dawn. She was brought to Hollywood for the film version of the latter, by Warner Brothers. The moviegoers proved to be as dazzled with Hayek as he had been. Born in Shoshone, Wyoming, Jewell was a Broadway actress who achieved immediate success and glowing critical reviews in two productions, Up Pops the Devil (1930) and Blessed Event (1932). To star opposite Antonio Banderas in the now cult classic Desperado which put her on Hollywood's map. Isabel Jewell (July 19, 1907 - April 5, 1972) was an American film actress. He soon gave her her big break.

Robert Rodriguez and his producer wife Elizabeth Avellan were immediately smitten with the intelligent opinionated young woman. However, anxious to make films and to explore her talent and passion, Hayek made her way to Los Angeles in 1991. Salma Hayek landed the title role in Teresa (1989), a hugely successful soap opera which earned her the star status in her native Mexico. Salma Hayek (born September 2, 1966 in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, México) is a Mexican actress.

Un Nuevo Amanecer (series) (1988). Teresa (series) (1989). Mi Vida Loca (1993). The Sinbad Show (series) (1993).

Roadracers (TV) (1994). El Callejon de los Milagros (1995). Desperado (1995). Fair Game (1995).

From Dusk Till Dawn (1996). Follow Me Home (1996). Fled (1996). El Vuelo del Aguila (series) (1996).

Fools Rush In (1997). The Hunchback (TV) (1997). Breaking Up (1997). Sistole Diastole (1997).

54 (1998). The Velocity Of Gary (1998). The Faculty (1998). Dogma (1999).

El Coronel No Tiene Quien le Escriba (1999). Wild Wild West (1999). Time Code (2000). Chain Of Fools (2000).

La Gran Vida (2000). Traffic (2000). Hotel (2001). In The Time Of The Butterflies (2001).

Frida (2002). Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003). Once Upon A Time In Mexico (2003). After the Sunset (2004).

Ask the Dust (2004). Sian Ka'an (voice) (2005). Paint (2004). Bandidas (2005).

Murphy's Law (2005).