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Known For
Acting
Birthday
July 18, 1908
Died
December 13, 1944
Place of Birth
San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
Also Known As
- María Guadalupe Villalobos Vélez
- Лупе Велес
Lupe Vélez
0.4 Popularity
Biography
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lupe Vélez licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
6.2
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
2002
7.0
(archive footage)
That's Entertainment! III
1994
4.1
Self (archive footage)
Death Scenes
1989
0.0
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988
6.3
Self in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage)
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964
3.0
Naná
Naná
1944
5.7
Carmelita Lindsay
Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event
1943
4.7
Rita Manners / Elaine Manners
Redhead from Manhattan
1943
4.3
Pepita Zorita
Ladies' Day
1943
5.2
Carmelita Lindsay
Mexican Spitfire's Elephant
1942
Credits
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
2002
6.2
That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage)
1994
7.0
Death Scenes
as Self (archive footage)
1989
4.1
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988
0.0
The Big Parade of Comedy
as Self in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage)
1964
6.3
Naná
as Naná
1944
3.0
Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event
as Carmelita Lindsay
1943
5.7
Redhead from Manhattan
as Rita Manners / Elaine Manners
1943
4.7
Ladies' Day
as Pepita Zorita
1943
4.3
Mexican Spitfire's Elephant
as Carmelita Lindsay
1942
5.2
Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost
as Carmelita Lindsay
1942
4.4
Mexican Spitfire at Sea
as Carmelita Lindsay
1942
3.0
Playmates
as Carmen del Toro
1941
5.2
Honolulu Lu
as Consuelo Cordoba aka Honolulu Lu
1941
4.2
The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
as Carmelita Lindsay
1941
4.1
Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1
as Self
1941
0.0
Six Lessons From Madame La Zonga
as Madame La Zonga
1941
5.0
Mexican Spitfire Out West
as Carmelita Lindsay
1940
4.6
Mexican Spitfire
as Carmelita Lindsay
1940
4.6
The Girl from Mexico
as Carmelita Fuentes
1939
4.2
Stardust
as Carla de Huelva
1938
4.0
La zandunga
as Lupe
1938
5.2
High Flyers
as Juanita - the Maid
1937
7.0
Gypsy Melody
as Mila
1936
6.0
The Morals of Marcus
as Carlotta
1935
0.0
Hollywood Party
as Lupe Vélez
1934
5.8
Strictly Dynamite
as Vera
1934
5.3
Laughing Boy
as Slim Girl
1934
3.2
Hollywood on Parade No. B-1
1934
6.0
Palooka
as Nina Madero
1934
3.0
Mr. Broadway
as Lupe Vélez
1933
0.0
Hot Pepper
as Pepper
1933
4.2
The Half-Naked Truth
as Teresita
1932
4.9
Kongo
as Tula
1932
6.4
The Broken Wing
as Lolita
1932
5.0
The Men in Her Life
as Julia Clark
1932
0.0
The Cuban Love Song
as Nenita
1931
4.3
The Squaw Man
as Naturich
1931
5.0
Resurrection
as Katyusha Maslova
1931
6.0
Resurrection
as Katyusha Maslova
1931
6.0
East is West
as Ming Toy
1930
0.0
East Is West
as Ming Toy
1930
4.0
The Storm
as Manette Fachard
1930
5.0
Hell Harbor
as Anita Morgan
1930
6.0
Tiger Rose
as Rose
1929
0.0
Where East Is East
as Toyo Haynes
1929
5.8
Wolf Song
as Lola Salazar
1929
4.4
Lady of the Pavements
as Nanon del Rayon
1929
4.6
Stand and Deliver
as Jania - a Peasant Girl
1928
5.8
The Gaucho
as The Mountain Girl
1927
6.1
Sailors, Beware!
as Baroness Behr (uncredited)
1927
6.7
What Women Did for Me
as The Dean's Daughter
1927
0.0