Rebekah Del Rio, the singer within the iconic Membership Silencio scene in David Lynch’s Mulholland Drive, has died. She was 57.
Del Rio died at her dwelling on June 23, the Los Angeles Coroner’s Office confirmed. No reason for demise has been confirmed.
She was born on July 10, 1967, in Chula Vista, California, the place she started her profession as a singer-songwriter. After rising to prominence within the San Diego scene, Del Rio moved to Los Angeles in 1989.
She first crossed paths with Lynch due to music agent Brian Loucks. After introducing the 2, Del Rio carried out for him and he subsequently invited her to participate in a scene for Mulholland Drive.
The track she sang throughout their assembly, a rendition of “Llorando,” which was a Spanish-language cowl of Roy Orbison’s “Crying,” influenced the Membership Silencio section of the movie. There, Del Rio emotionally sang the observe and her character handed out in the direction of the top of the efficiency. The second proved that her character was lip-syncing, however really, Del Rio sang the track throughout each take, she instructed IndieWire in 2022.
“There have been many takes. And with each take, I sang alongside as a result of I felt I needed to produce that very same feeling with the vibrato in my throat so the viewers might see it,” she stated. “I additionally wished the attractive women within the balcony, [the film’s stars] Laura Harring and Naomi Watts, to expertise it dwell. They had been current whereas I used to be doing my scene, so I sang to them. David makes use of dwell mics when he’s filming, by the best way. He’s all the time listening.”
Following the standout film second, Del Rio went on to lend her musical abilities in movies equivalent to Southland Tales and Sin Metropolis. She additionally reunited with Lynch in 2017 with Twin Peaks: The Return, the place she appeared in a single episode to sing.
Del Rio’s son, Phillip C. DeMars, died in 2009 at 23.