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Lupe Vélez
Actor
Born July 18, 1908Died December 13, 1944 (36 years)
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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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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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Filmography
| 1995 | The Casting Couch · as Cast |
| 1994 | That's Entertainment! III · as (archive Footage) |
| 1944 | Naná · as Naná |
| 1943 | Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event · as Carmelita Lindsay |
| 1943 | Ladies' Day · as Pepita Zorita |
| 1942 | Mexican Spitfire's Elephant · as Carmelita Lindsay |
| 1942 | Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost · as Carmelita Lindsay |
| 1942 | Mexican Spitfire at Sea · as Carmelita Lindsay |
| 1941 | Playmates · as Carmen Del Toro |
| 1941 | Honolulu Lu · as Consuelo Cordoba Aka Honolulu Lu |
| 1941 | The Mexican Spitfire's Baby · as Carmelita Lindsay |
| 1941 | Six Lessons from Madame La Zonga · as Madame La Zonga |
| 1940 | Mexican Spitfire Out West · as Carmelita Lindsay |
| 1939 | Mexican Spitfire · as Carmelita Lindsay |
| 1939 | The Girl from Mexico · as Carmelita Fuentes |
| 1938 | He Loved an Actress · as Carla De Huelva |
| 1938 | La zandunga · as Lupe |
| 1937 | High Flyers · as Juanita - The Maid |
| 1936 | Gypsy Melody · as Mila |
| 1934 | Strictly Dynamite · as Vera |
| 1934 | Laughing Boy · as Slim Girl |
| 1934 | Palooka · as Nina Madero |
| 1933 | Hot Pepper · as Pepper |
| 1932 | The Half-Naked Truth · as Teresita |
| 1932 | Kongo · as Tula |
| 1932 | The Broken Wing · as Lolita |
| 1931 | The Cuban Love Song · as Nenita |
| 1931 | The Squaw Man · as Naturich |
| 1930 | East Is West · as Ming Toy |
| 1930 | The Storm · as Manette Fachard |
| 1930 | Hell Harbor · as Anita Morgan |
| 1929 | Where East Is East · as Toyo Haynes |
| 1929 | Wolf Song · as Lola Salazar |
| 1929 | Lady of the Pavements · as Nanon Del Rayon |
| 1928 | Stand and Deliver · as Jania - A Peasant Girl |
| 1927 | The Gaucho · as The Mountain Girl |
| 1927 | Sailors, Beware! · as Baroness Behr (uncredited) |