Katy Jurado, born Maria Cristina Estela Marcela Jurado Garcia January, 16, 1924 in Mexico City, is the first Latin American actress to win a Golden Globe for her work in High Noon in 1952. She is the first Latin American actress to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her work in Broken Lance in 1954.
She began her film career in 1943 appearing in the Mexican film No mataras. She appeared in 16 more films over the next seven years in what has been named the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema.
Jurado made her American cinema debut in Bullfighter and the Lady. Although she was not interested in appearing in American films, she worked on numerous American western films. She appeared in High Noon with Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly. She starred in Arrowhead with Charlton Heston and Jack Palance.
Jurado was married to Ernest Borgnine for four years, and had a romantic relationship with Western novelist Louis L'Amour.
She continued acting until 2002 when she appeared in her final film Un secreto de Esperanza, which was released after her death from kidney failure and pulmonary disease in July 2002.
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