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