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First Mexican actress to be nominated for an Academy Award, for La lancia che uccide (1954) The second was Salma Hayek as Frida (2002).

Former husband Ernest Borgnine referred to her as "beautiful, but a tiger".

Gained 22 pounds in 22 days to play the role of Annie Lightcloud in Stay Away, Joe (1968). Days before filming, she broke her foot and removed the cast prematurely, which explains her limp throughout the movie.

For Mezzogiorno di fuoco (1952), she was the first of only four actresses to win the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress in a motion picture without receiving an Oscar nomination for the same performance. The other three are, in chronological order: Hermione Gingold in Gigi (1958), Karen Black in Il grande Gatsby (1974) and Katharine Ross in La nave dei dannati (1976).

Nicknamed husband Ernest Borgnine "Bullito", meaning "Little Bull".

Was discovered by Budd Boetticher when he saw her sitting in a bullfight arena while he was in Mexico shooting L'amante del torero (1951). He cast her in a small role immediately, though she did not know a word of English.

While filming Barrio de campeones (1981), she received word that her son Víctor Hugo Velázquez Jurado had been killed in an automobile accident in Montemorelos, Nuevo León.

She disliked the English pronunciation of her name and preferred to be called "KAH-tee".

Despite long believed claims that she was born in Guadalajara, her birth certificate clearly states that she was born in Mexico City on January 16, 1924.

In L'uomo che uccise il suo carnefice (1967), she was four years older than George Maharis, who played her son.

Her pastimes included archaeology, reading, painting, sculpting, and visiting her family.

In English, her stage name is often pronounced "KAY-tee hur-AH-doe". In Spanish, it is pronounced "KAH-tee hoo-RAH-doh".

She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7065 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on February 1, 1994.

Mexican film star and singer Jorge Negrete was her godfather at her quinceañera.

Her father Luis Jurado Ochoa was born in Chilpancingo in the state of Guerrero, Mexico in 1898.

Her mother Vicenta García de la Garza was born in Montemorelos, Nuevo León in 1899.

Paul Kohner (husband of Lupita Tovar) was her agent.

She made 21 films in Mexico before going to America where her first film there was "High Noon" (1952.