The Hispanic that white people picture in their minds. Whereas Del Rio is not. On an international spectrum, people who have never really encounter Latinas except for in film, would probably have the idea that Carmen Miranda, the tutti frutti dancing retard, is the mannequin for all Latin American women. All three of these women are similar in many ways. They most obvious similarity is that they all portrayed the stereotypical representations of Latinas in early cinema, and because of this two of them suffered.
Stereotypical roles do cause actors dilemmas.
Both Del Rio and V lez grew tired of their stereotyped function and eventually returned to their native Mexico to boost their flaggering careers and egos. For Del Rio her return to her Patria caused her career to become not only lucrative, but far more intellectually rewarding. For Lupe V lez on the other hand, her dilemma was so large that it caused her in the end to take her own life. What all three of these Latin American women have most in common and all deserve credit for, is the fact that they were all able to hold their own as leading ladies among the American goddesses on the silver screen.