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Lupe Vélez
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Lupe Vélez
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1908-07-18,San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
Gender
Female
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.

Filmography

2.9

Palooka
1934-01-26

6.4

Kongo
1932-10-01

The Half-Naked Truth

5.1

The Half-Naked Truth
1932-12-16

The Cuban Love Song

4.3

The Cuban Love Song
1931-11-18

Mexican Spitfire

4.6

Mexican Spitfire
1940-01-12

4

East Is West
1930-10-23

Where East Is East

5.7

Where East Is East
1929-05-04

Stand and Deliver

5.8

Stand and Deliver
1928-02-18

Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1

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Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1
1941-08-15

6

Hell Harbor
1930-03-14

5.4

The Squaw Man
1931-07-21

Strictly Dynamite

5.3

Strictly Dynamite
1934-05-11

Hollywood Party

5.8

Hollywood Party
1934-05-24

3.6

Laughing Boy
1934-04-13

5.2

Playmates
1941-12-26

Mexican Spitfire at Sea

3

Mexican Spitfire at Sea
1942-03-13

4.3

Ladies' Day
1943-04-09

The Mexican Spitfire's Baby

4.3

The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
1941-11-28

4.5

Hot Pepper
1933-01-15

The Girl from Mexico

4.2

The Girl from Mexico
1939-06-01

4.8

Wolf Song
1929-03-29

Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost

4.4

Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost
1942-06-26

Mexican Spitfire Out West

4.6

Mexican Spitfire Out West
1940-10-29

Mexican Spitfire's Elephant

5.2

Mexican Spitfire's Elephant
1942-09-17

7

High Flyers
1937-11-07

6.1

The Gaucho
1927-11-21

5.2

La zandunga
1938-03-18

0

Tiger Rose
1929-12-21

Lady of the Pavements

4.6

Lady of the Pavements
1929-01-22

Sailors, Beware!

6.882

Sailors, Beware!
1927-09-25

Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event

5.7

Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event
1943-07-14

Six Lessons From Madame La Zonga

5

Six Lessons From Madame La Zonga
1941-01-17

4.2

Honolulu Lu
1941-12-11

5

The Storm
1930-08-17

Redhead from Manhattan

4.7

Redhead from Manhattan
1943-05-06

The Broken Wing

5

The Broken Wing
1932-03-25

6

Gypsy Melody
1936-07-27

That's Entertainment! III

6.9

That's Entertainment! III
1994-07-01

6

Resurrection
1931-01-27

5

Fashion News
1928-11-06

Hollywood on Parade No. B-1

6

Hollywood on Parade No. B-1
1934-03-02

The Morals of Marcus

0

The Morals of Marcus
1935-02-11

4

Stardust
1938-03-25

0

East is West
1930-11-30

The Big Parade of Comedy

6.3

The Big Parade of Comedy
1964-09-02

0

Mr. Broadway
1933-09-12

The men in my life

0

The men in my life
1932-02-13

5

Naná
1944-06-02

What Women Did for Me

0

What Women Did for Me
1927-08-14

6

Resurrection
1931-03-06