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person_profile-Lupe Vélez

Lupe Vélez Died at age: 36

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Lupe Vélez

Date of Birth:

Jul 18, 1908

Country of birth:

Mexico

Died:

Dec 13, 1944

Biography of

Lupe Vélez

    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Lupe Vélez (July 18, 1908 – December 13, 1944), was a Mexican and American stage and film actress, comedian, dancer and vedette.

    Vélez began her career as a performer in Mexican vaudeville in the early 1920s. After moving to the United States, she made her first film appearance in a short film in 1927. By the end of the decade, in the last years of American silent films, she had progressed to leading roles in numerous movies like El Gaucho (1927), Lady of the Pavements (1928) and Wolf Song (1929), among others. She was one of the first successful Latin American actresses in the United States. During the 1930s, her well-known explosive screen persona was exploited in a series of successful films like Hot Pepper (1933), Strictly Dynamite (1934) and Hollywood Party (1934). In the 1940s, Vélez's popularity peaked after appearing in the Mexican Spitfire films, a series created to capitalize on Vélez's well-documented fiery personality.

    Nicknamed The Mexican Spitfire by the media, Vélez's personal life was as colorful as her screen persona. She had several highly publicized romances and a stormy marriage. In December 1944, Vélez died of an intentional overdose of Seconal. Her death, and the circumstances surrounding it, have been the subject of speculation and controversy.

     

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Filmography of

Lupe Vélez

Found 46 Movies in total

The Casting Couch

(archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1995

That's Entertainment! III

(archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1994

The Big Parade of Comedy

(archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1964

Hollywood Without Make-Up

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1963

Naná

Naná ( Actor )

... 1944

Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event

Carmelita Lindsay ( Actor )

... 1943

Redhead from Manhattan

Rita Manners / Elaine Manners ( Actor )

... 1943

Ladies' Day

Pepita Zorita ( Actor )

... 1943

Mexican Spitfire's Elephant

Carmelita Lindsay ( Actor )

... 1942

Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost

Carmelita Lindsay ( Actor )

... 1942

Mexican Spitfire at Sea

Carmelita Lindsay ( Actor )

... 1942

Playmates

Carmen del Toro ( Actor )

... 1941

Honolulu Lu

Consuelo Cordoba aka Honolulu Lu ( Actor )

... 1941

The Mexican Spitfire's Baby

Carmelita Lindsay ( Actor )

... 1941

Six Lessons From Madame La Zonga

Madame La Zonga ( Actor )

... 1941

Mexican Spitfire Out West

Carmelita Lindsay ( Actor )

... 1940

Mexican Spitfire

Carmelita Lindsay ( Actor )

... 1940

The Girl from Mexico

Carmelita Fuentes ( Actor )

... 1939

Stardust

Carla de Huelva ( Actor )

... 1938

La zandunga

Lupe ( Actor )

... 1938

High Flyers

Juanita - the Maid ( Actor )

... 1937

Gypsy Melody

Mila ( Actor )

... 1936

The Morals of Marcus

Carlotta ( Actor )

... 1935

Hollywood Party

Lupe Vélez ( Actor )

... 1934

Strictly Dynamite

Vera ( Actor )

... 1934

Laughing Boy

Slim Girl ( Actor )

... 1934

Palooka

Nina Madero ( Actor )

... 1934

Mr. Broadway

Lupe Vélez ( Actor )

... 1933

Hot Pepper

Pepper ( Actor )

... 1933

The Half-Naked Truth

Teresita ( Actor )

... 1932

Kongo

Tula ( Actor )

... 1932

The Broken Wing

Lolita ( Actor )

... 1932

The Cuban Love Song

Nenita ( Actor )

... 1931

The Squaw Man

Naturich ( Actor )

... 1931

Resurrection

Katyusha Maslova ( Actor )

... 1931

Resurrection

Katyusha Maslova ( Actor )

... 1931

East is West

Ming Toy ( Actor )

... 1930

East Is West

Ming Toy ( Actor )

... 1930

The Storm

Manette Fachard ( Actor )

... 1930

Hell Harbor

Anita Morgan ( Actor )

... 1930

Tiger Rose

Rose ( Actor )

... 1929

Where East Is East

Toyo Haynes ( Actor )

... 1929

Wolf Song

Lola Salazar ( Actor )

... 1929

Lady of the Pavements

Nanon del Rayon ( Actor )

... 1929

Stand and Deliver

Jania - a Peasant Girl ( Actor )

... 1928

The Gaucho

The Mountain Girl ( Actor )

... 1927