Dolores del Rio

Spectacled Birthday

When Dolores Del Rio, one of the screen’s legendary beauties, became dissatisfied with her Hollywood career, she returned to her native Mexico in 1943. She began making a series of films with director Emilio Fernandez -- most notably “Maria Candelaria” in 1944 -- that became classic. In 1946 “La Otra” (“The Other One”), a definitive ‘40s woman’s picture with film noir atmosphere, she got the Joan Crawford-type role that had been eluding her in Hollywood. She played twins, the sensitive but jealous Magdalena, bitter at losing a wealthy banker to her calculating sister Maria.

Dolores del Río as María and Magdalena Méndez