Trivia

As a Paramount Pictures contract player, she made a screen test for the part of Spanish girl María in Pour qui sonne le glas (1943). Director Sam Wood was so captivated by her beauty and talent he made two more screen tests with her. Unfortunately, she lost the coveted role to the non-Hispanic actress Ingrid Bergman.

Winner of Mexico's National Best Actress Trophy for her performance in Sang et volupté (1943).

Was cast as John Garfield's leading lady in Fiesta in Manhattan, a Warner Bros. picture about Mexicans in New York City, but the movie was never made. Ida Lupino was first announced for the role.

Niece of actress Aurora Bermúdez.

In September 1940, she signed a long-term contract with Paramount Pictures and was going to play the second female role in the Dorothy Lamour picture Aloma, princesse des îles (1941), but she turned it down and the part went to Katherine DeMille.

Paramount originally cast her in Las Vegas Nights (1941) but later deemed the role too small for her to make a good first impression on the American public.

In the mid-1940s, she expressed interest in producing Mexican remakes of Hollywood movies.

In 1942, she signed a contract with RKO Pictures.

In 1958, the Government of the State of Jalisco awarded her the José Clemente Orozco Medal (named after the famous artist) for being a distinguished Jalisco native.