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Dolores del Ro , was a Mexican and American film, television and stage actress. She was a Hollywood star in the 1920s and 1930s, and one of the most important female figures of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema in the 1940s and 1950s.

Mara de los Dolores Asnsolo y Lpez Negrete was born in Durango, Mexico on August 3, 1905, into a wealthy family. Her parents were Jesus Leonardo Asnsolo Jacques, son of wealthy farmers and director of the Bank of Durango, and Antonia LpezNegrete, descendant of an ancient family of high lineage. Her parents were members of the old Mexican aristocracy that existed during the Porfiriato . On her mothers side, Dolores was a cousin of the Mexican filmmaker Julio Bracho and the Mexican actors Ramn Novarro and Andrea Palma . On her fathers side, she was a cousin of the Mexican sculptor Ignacio Asnsolo and the social activist Mara Asnsolo. Her family lost all its assets during the Mexican Revolution . The wealthy families of Durango suffered at the hands of the Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa. When the revolutionary forces attacked Durango, her mother pulled her out of bed, hid her in a big basket, and both rushed to the railroad station to catch the last train for Mexico City. Dolores and

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