1908-07-18 San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
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.
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The Casting Couch | (archive footage) | 1995-01-01 |
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That's Entertainment! III | (archive footage) | 1994-07-01 |
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The Big Parade of Comedy | Self in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage) | 1964-09-02 |
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Naná | Naná | 1944-06-02 |
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Ladies' Day | Pepita Zorita | 1943-04-09 |
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Redhead from Manhattan | Rita Manners / Elaine Manners | 1943-05-06 |
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Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event | Carmelita Lindsay | 1943-07-14 |
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Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost | Carmelita Lindsay | 1942-06-26 |
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Mexican Spitfire's Elephant | Carmelita Lindsay | 1942-09-17 |
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Mexican Spitfire at Sea | Carmelita Lindsay | 1942-03-13 |
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Playmates | Carmen del Toro | 1941-12-26 |
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The Mexican Spitfire's Baby | Carmelita Lindsay | 1941-11-28 |
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Honolulu Lu | Consuelo Cordoba aka Honolulu Lu | 1941-12-11 |
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Six Lessons From Madame La Zonga | Madame La Zonga | 1941-01-17 |
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Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1 | Self | 1941-08-15 |
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Mexican Spitfire Out West | Carmelita Lindsay | 1940-10-29 |
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Mexican Spitfire | Carmelita Lindsay | 1940-01-12 |
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The Girl from Mexico | Carmelita Fuentes | 1939-06-01 |
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Stardust | Carla de Huelva | 1938-03-25 |
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La zandunga | Lupe | 1938-03-18 |
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High Flyers | Juanita - the Maid | 1937-11-07 |
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Gypsy Melody | Mila | 1936-07-27 |
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The Morals of Marcus | Carlotta | 1935-02-11 |
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Laughing Boy | Slim Girl | 1934-04-13 |
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Hollywood on Parade No. B-1 | 1934-03-02 | |
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Palooka | Nina Madero | 1934-01-26 |
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Hollywood Party | Lupe Vélez | 1934-05-24 |
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Strictly Dynamite | Vera | 1934-05-11 |
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Hot Pepper | Pepper | 1933-01-15 |
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Mr. Broadway | Lupe Vélez | 1933-09-12 |
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The Half-Naked Truth | Teresita | 1932-12-16 |
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Kongo | Tula | 1932-10-01 |
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Hombres de mi vida | Julia Clark | 1932-02-13 |
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The Broken Wing | Lolita | 1932-03-25 |
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Resurrection | Katyusha Maslova | 1931-01-27 |
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Resurrección | Katyusha Maslova | 1931-03-06 |
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The Squaw Man | Naturich | 1931-07-21 |
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The Cuban Love Song | Nenita | 1931-11-18 |
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Oriente es Occidente | Ming Toy | 1930-11-30 |
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East Is West | Ming Toy | 1930-10-23 |
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The Storm | Manette Fachard | 1930-08-17 |
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Hell Harbor | Anita Morgan | 1930-03-14 |
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Tiger Rose | Rose | 1929-12-21 |
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Where East Is East | Toyo Haynes | 1929-05-04 |
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Wolf Song | Lola Salazar | 1929-03-29 |
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Die Lady von der Straße | Nanon del Rayon | 1929-01-22 |
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Stand and Deliver | Jania - a Peasant Girl | 1928-02-18 |
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Fashion News | Self (1929) | 1928-11-06 |
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Sailors, Beware! | Baroness Behr (uncredited) | 1927-09-25 |
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What Women Did for Me | The Dean's Daughter | 1927-08-14 |
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The Gaucho | The Mountain Girl | 1927-11-21 |
