MEXICO CITY -- Mexican film star Katy Jurado, who also appeared in U.S. classics including "High Noon" and was the only Mexican actress to garner an Oscar nomination, died on Friday in the central state of Cuernavaca, family members said.

"She died when her heart stopped beating at eight in the morning," her nephew, Oscar Jurado, told Reuters.

He added that a nurse who had been caring for the actress, whose real name was Maria Cristina Jurado, found her dead in her house. Jurado, who was 74, appeared in more than 20 Mexican films since the 1940s and earned the Mexican film industry's highest prize, the Ariel Award, for her role in "El Bruto."

The actress also filmed movies in France, Germany, Italy, and Spain. In the United States in the 1950s she appeared in "High Noon" with Gary Cooper, and in "Broken Lance," for which she received an Oscar nomination for best supporting actress.

According to Mexican Radio Station Infored, Jurado's funeral will take place in Cuernavaca, but her remains may be taken to Mexico City so fans and Mexico's artist community can pay homage to her at the National Association of Actors.