Pilar Del Rey Dies: Actor In ‘Giant’ & Dozens Of Classic TV Shows Was 95
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deadline.comPilar Del Rey, a veteran character actor who appeared with James Dean and Elizabeth Taylor in Giant and guested on dozens of classic TV series, died February 23 of natural causes in Los Angeles.
She was 95. A family spokesperson confirmed the news to Deadline. In George Stevens’ 1956 epic Giant, Del Rey played the sickly Mrs.
Obregon, who is cared for along with her baby by Taylor’s Leslie Benedict as an impatient Jett Rink (Dean) tries to rush her.
Leslie’s learning of the local Mexican ranch workers’ living conditions and the racist attitudes toward them is a key early plot point in the film, which drew nine Oscar noms including Best Picture.
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