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Lupe Vélez
Acting

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

3.6

Palooka
1934-01-26

6.417

Kongo
1932-10-01

The Half-Naked Truth

5.115

The Half-Naked Truth
1932-12-16

The Cuban Love Song

4.75

The Cuban Love Song
1931-11-18

Mexican Spitfire

5

Mexican Spitfire
1940-01-12

Where East Is East

6.067

Where East Is East
1929-05-04

5.333

East Is West
1930-10-23

Stand and Deliver

6

Stand and Deliver
1928-02-18

Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1

0

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

6.091

Hell Harbor
1930-03-14

5.417

The Squaw Man
1931-07-21

Strictly Dynamite

6.5

Strictly Dynamite
1934-05-11

Hollywood Party

5.714

Hollywood Party
1934-05-24

3.714

Laughing Boy
1934-04-13

5.667

Playmates
1941-12-26

Mexican Spitfire at Sea

4.4

Mexican Spitfire at Sea
1942-03-13

5.75

Ladies' Day
1943-04-09

The Mexican Spitfire's Baby

4.556

The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
1941-11-28

5.167

Hot Pepper
1933-01-15

The Girl from Mexico

5.143

The Girl from Mexico
1939-06-01

4.875

Wolf Song
1929-03-29

Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost

4.833

Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost
1942-06-26

Mexican Spitfire Out West

5

Mexican Spitfire Out West
1940-10-29

Mexican Spitfire's Elephant

5.429

Mexican Spitfire's Elephant
1942-09-17

7.5

High Flyers
1937-11-07

6.3

The Gaucho
1927-11-21

5.714

La zandunga
1938-03-18

7

Tiger Rose
1929-12-21

Lady of the Pavements

5.188

Lady of the Pavements
1929-01-22

Sailors, Beware!

6.9

Sailors, Beware!
1927-09-25

Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event

6

Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event
1943-07-14

Six Lessons From Madame La Zonga

5.833

Six Lessons From Madame La Zonga
1941-01-17

5.833

Honolulu Lu
1941-12-11

7

The Storm
1930-08-17

Redhead from Manhattan

5.25

Redhead from Manhattan
1943-05-06

The Broken Wing

6

The Broken Wing
1932-03-25

6.5

Gypsy Melody
1936-07-27

That's Entertainment! III

7

That's Entertainment! III
1994-07-01

6.5

Resurrection
1931-01-27

Hollywood on Parade No. B-1

7.333

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

The Morals of Marcus

9

The Morals of Marcus
1935-02-11

5.25

Stardust
1938-03-25

10

East is West
1930-11-30

The Big Parade of Comedy

7.167

The Big Parade of Comedy
1964-09-02

9

Mr. Broadway
1933-09-12

The Men in Her Life

9

The Men in Her Life
1932-02-13

4

Naná
1944-06-02

What Women Did for Me

10

What Women Did for Me
1927-08-14

6.333

Resurrection
1931-03-06

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

6.5

The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
2002-06-06

4.5

Death Scenes
1989-01-01

Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies

0

Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988-09-19

Hollywood on Parade No. A-12

0

Hollywood on Parade No. A-12
1933-06-29

The Casting Couch

8.333

The Casting Couch
1995-01-01

Death In Hollywood

6.8

Death In Hollywood
1990-10-01