Lupe Vélez
Acting • Born 1908-07-18 – Died 1944-12-13
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
53 credits
Palooka
Movie • 1934
Nina Madero
Kongo
Movie • 1932
Tula
The Half-Naked Truth
Movie • 1932
Teresita
The Cuban Love Song
Movie • 1931
Nenita
Mexican Spitfire
Movie • 1940
Carmelita Lindsay
Where East Is East
Movie • 1929
Toyo Haynes
East Is West
Movie • 1930
Ming Toy
Stand and Deliver
Movie • 1928
Jania - a Peasant Girl
Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1
Movie • 1941
Self
Hell Harbor
Movie • 1930
Anita Morgan
The Squaw Man
Movie • 1931
Naturich
Strictly Dynamite
Movie • 1934
Vera
Hollywood Party
Movie • 1934
Lupe Vélez
Laughing Boy
Movie • 1934
Slim Girl
Playmates
Movie • 1941
Carmen del Toro
Mexican Spitfire at Sea
Movie • 1942
Carmelita Lindsay
Ladies' Day
Movie • 1943
Pepita Zorita
The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
Movie • 1941
Carmelita Lindsay
Hot Pepper
Movie • 1933
Pepper
The Girl from Mexico
Movie • 1939
Carmelita Fuentes
Wolf Song
Movie • 1929
Lola Salazar
Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost
Movie • 1942
Carmelita Lindsay
Mexican Spitfire Out West
Movie • 1940
Carmelita Lindsay
Mexican Spitfire's Elephant
Movie • 1942
Carmelita Lindsay
High Flyers
Movie • 1937
Juanita - the Maid
The Gaucho
Movie • 1927
The Mountain Girl
La zandunga
Movie • 1938
Lupe
Tiger Rose
Movie • 1929
Rose
Lady of the Pavements
Movie • 1929
Nanon del Rayon
Sailors, Beware!
Movie • 1927
Baroness Behr (uncredited)
Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event
Movie • 1943
Carmelita Lindsay
Six Lessons From Madame La Zonga
Movie • 1941
Madame La Zonga
Honolulu Lu
Movie • 1941
Consuelo Cordoba aka Honolulu Lu
The Storm
Movie • 1930
Manette Fachard
Redhead from Manhattan
Movie • 1943
Rita Manners / Elaine Manners
The Broken Wing
Movie • 1932
Lolita
Gypsy Melody
Movie • 1936
Mila
That's Entertainment! III
Movie • 1994
(archive footage)
Resurrection
Movie • 1931
Katyusha Maslova
Hollywood on Parade No. B-1
Movie • 1934
The Morals of Marcus
Movie • 1935
Carlotta
Stardust
Movie • 1938
Carla de Huelva
East is West
Movie • 1930
Ming Toy
The Big Parade of Comedy
Movie • 1964
Self in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage)
Mr. Broadway
Movie • 1933
Lupe Vélez
The Men in Her Life
Movie • 1932
Julia Clark
Naná
Movie • 1944
Naná
What Women Did for Me
Movie • 1927
The Dean's Daughter
Resurrection
Movie • 1931
Katyusha Maslova
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
Movie • 2002
Death Scenes
Movie • 1989
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
Movie • 1988
Hollywood on Parade No. A-12
Movie • 1933
Self (Archival Footage)