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