Lupe Vélez
Born
July 18, 1908
Died
December 13, 1944 (36 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
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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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Known For

The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
2002

That's Entertainment! III
(archive footage)
1994

Death In Hollywood
(archive footage)
1990

Death Scenes
1989

Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988

The Big Parade of Comedy
Self in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage)
1964

Naná
Naná
1944

Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event
Carmelita Lindsay
1943

Redhead from Manhattan
Rita Manners / Elaine Manners
1943

Ladies' Day
Pepita Zorita
1943

Mexican Spitfire's Elephant
Carmelita Lindsay
1942

Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost
Carmelita Lindsay
1942

Mexican Spitfire at Sea
Carmelita Lindsay
1942

Playmates
Carmen del Toro
1941

Honolulu Lu
Consuelo Cordoba aka Honolulu Lu
1941

The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
Carmelita Lindsay
1941

Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1
Self
1941

Six Lessons From Madame La Zonga
Madame La Zonga
1941

Mexican Spitfire Out West
Carmelita Lindsay
1940

Mexican Spitfire
Carmelita Lindsay
1940

The Girl from Mexico
Carmelita Fuentes
1939

Stardust
Carla de Huelva
1938

La zandunga
Lupe
1938

High Flyers
Juanita - the Maid
1937

Gypsy Melody
Mila
1936

The Morals of Marcus
Carlotta
1935

Hollywood Party
Lupe Vélez
1934

Strictly Dynamite
Vera
1934

Laughing Boy
Slim Girl
1934

Hollywood on Parade No. B-1
1934

Palooka
Nina Madero
1934

Mr. Broadway
Lupe Vélez
1933

Hot Pepper
Pepper
1933

The Half-Naked Truth
Teresita
1932

Kongo
Tula
1932

The Broken Wing
Lolita
1932

The Men in Her Life
Julia Clark
1932

The Cuban Love Song
Nenita
1931

The Squaw Man
Naturich
1931

Resurrection
Katyusha Maslova
1931

Resurrection
Katyusha Maslova
1931

East is West
Ming Toy
1930

East Is West
Ming Toy
1930

The Storm
Manette Fachard
1930

Hell Harbor
Anita Morgan
1930

Tiger Rose
Rose
1929

Where East Is East
Toyo Haynes
1929

Wolf Song
Lola Salazar
1929

Lady of the Pavements
Nanon del Rayon
1929

Stand and Deliver
Jania - a Peasant Girl
1928

The Gaucho
The Mountain Girl
1927

Sailors, Beware!
Baroness Behr (uncredited)
1927

What Women Did for Me
The Dean's Daughter
1927