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