Lupe Vélez
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jul 18, 1908
- Died
- Dec 13, 1944 (aged 36)
- Place of birth
- San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
- Credits
- 55
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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
That's Entertainment! III
1994Movie
(archive footage) (uncredited)
Sailors, Beware!
1927Movie
Baroness Behr (uncredited)
Kongo
1932Movie
Tula
Hollywood Party
1934Movie
Lupe Vélez
Where East Is East
1929Movie
Toyo Haynes
The Half-Naked Truth
1932Movie
Teresita
Filmography
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
2002Movie
The Casting Couch
1995Movie
That's Entertainment! III
1994Movie
(archive footage) (uncredited)
Death In Hollywood
1990Movie
Self (archive footage)
Death Scenes
1989Movie
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988Movie
(archive footage) (uncredited)
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964Movie
Self in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage)
Naná
1944Movie
Naná
Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event
1943Movie
Carmelita Lindsay
Redhead from Manhattan
1943Movie
Rita Manners / Elaine Manners
Ladies' Day
1943Movie
Pepita Zorita
Mexican Spitfire's Elephant
1942Movie
Carmelita Lindsay
Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost
1942Movie
Carmelita Lindsay
Mexican Spitfire at Sea
1942Movie
Carmelita Lindsay
Playmates
1941Movie
Carmen del Toro
Honolulu Lu
1941Movie
Consuelo Cordoba aka Honolulu Lu
The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
1941Movie
Carmelita Lindsay
Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1
1941Movie
Self
Six Lessons From Madame La Zonga
1941Movie
Madame La Zonga
Mexican Spitfire Out West
1940Movie
Carmelita Lindsay
Mexican Spitfire
1940Movie
Carmelita Lindsay
The Girl from Mexico
1939Movie
Carmelita Fuentes
Stardust
1938Movie
Carla de Huelva
La zandunga
1938Movie
Lupe
High Flyers
1937Movie
Juanita - the Maid
Gypsy Melody
1936Movie
Mila
The Morals of Marcus
1935Movie
Carlotta
Hollywood Party
1934Movie
Lupe Vélez
Strictly Dynamite
1934Movie
Vera
Laughing Boy
1934Movie
Slim Girl
Hollywood on Parade No. B-1
1934Movie
Palooka
1934Movie
Nina Madero
Mr. Broadway
1933Movie
Lupe Vélez
Hollywood on Parade No. A-12
1933Movie
Self (archive footage)
Hot Pepper
1933Movie
Pepper
The Half-Naked Truth
1932Movie
Teresita
Kongo
1932Movie
Tula
The Broken Wing
1932Movie
Lolita
The Men in Her Life
1932Movie
Julia Clark
The Cuban Love Song
1931Movie
Nenita
The Squaw Man
1931Movie
Naturich
Resurrection
1931Movie
Katyusha Maslova
Resurrection
1931Movie
Katyusha Maslova
East is West
1930Movie
Ming Toy
East Is West
1930Movie
Ming Toy
The Storm
1930Movie
Manette Fachard
Hell Harbor
1930Movie
Anita Morgan
Tiger Rose
1929Movie
Rose
Where East Is East
1929Movie
Toyo Haynes
Wolf Song
1929Movie
Lola Salazar
Lady of the Pavements
1929Movie
Nanon del Rayon
Stand and Deliver
1928Movie
Jania - a Peasant Girl
The Gaucho
1927Movie
The Mountain Girl
Sailors, Beware!
1927Movie
Baroness Behr (uncredited)
What Women Did for Me
1927Movie
The Dean's Daughter