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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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Birth Name
María Guadalupe Vélez de Villalobos
Born
Saturday, 18 July 1908
Died
Wednesday, 13 December 1944
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Perdida | Self | 2009 |
The One, the Only, the Real Tarzan | Self - 3rd Wife | 2004 |
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema | Self | 2002 |
E! Mysteries & Scandals | Self | 1998 |
That's Entertainment! III | (archive footage) / Performer in Clip from 'Hollywood Party' | 1994 |
Death in Hollywood | Self | 1990 |
Death Scenes | Self | 1989 |
The Big Parade of Comedy | Self in 'Hollywood Party' / (archive footage) | 1964 |
Hollywood Without Make-Up | Self / Herself | 1963 |
Naná | Nana / Naná | 1944 |
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Perdida | Self | 2009 |
The One, the Only, the Real Tarzan | Self - 3rd Wife | 2004 |
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema | Self | 2002 |
E! Mysteries & Scandals | Self | 1998 |
That's Entertainment! III | (archive footage) / Performer in Clip from 'Hollywood Party' | 1994 |
Death in Hollywood | Self | 1990 |
Death Scenes | Self | 1989 |
The Big Parade of Comedy | Self in 'Hollywood Party' / (archive footage) | 1964 |
Hollywood Without Make-Up | Self / Herself | 1963 |
Naná | Nana / Naná | 1944 |
Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event | Carmelita Lindsay | 1943 |
Redhead from Manhattan | Elaine Manners / Rita Manners | 1943 |
Ladies' Day | Pepita Zorita | 1943 |
Mexican Spitfire's Elephant | Carmelita Lindsay | 1942 |
Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost | Carmelita Lindsay | 1942 |
Mexican Spitfire at Sea | Carmelita Lindsay | 1942 |
Playmates | Carmen del Toro | 1941 |
Honolulu Lu | Consuelo Cordoba aka Honolulu Lu | 1941 |
The Mexican Spitfire's Baby | Carmelita Lindsay | 1941 |
Six Lessons from Madame La Zonga | Madame La Zonga | 1941 |
Mexican Spitfire Out West | Carmelita Lindsay | 1940 |
Mexican Spitfire | Carmelita Lindsay | 1940 |
The Girl from Mexico | Carmelita Fuentes | 1939 |
La zandunga | Lupe | 1938 |
High Flyers | Juanita - the Maid | 1937 |
Gypsy Melody | Mila | 1936 |
The Morals of Marcus | Carlotta | 1935 |
Hollywood Party | Jane in Schnarzan Sequence / The Jaguar Woman / Herself | 1934 |
Strictly Dynamite | Vera / Vera Mendez | 1934 |
Laughing Boy | Slim Girl | 1934 |
Hollywood on Parade No. B-1 | 1934 | |
Palooka | Nina Madero | 1934 |
Mr. Broadway | Lupe Velez / Lupe Vélez | 1933 |
Hollywood on Parade No. A-12 | Self | 1933 |
Hot Pepper | Pepper | 1933 |
The Half-Naked Truth | Teresita | 1932 |
Kongo | Tula | 1932 |
The Broken Wing | Lolita | 1932 |
The Cuban Love Song | Nenita | 1931 |
The Squaw Man | Naturich | 1931 |
Resurrección | Katyusha Maslova | 1931 |
Resurrection | Katusha Maslova / Katyusha Maslova | 1931 |
Oriente es Occidente | Ming Toy | 1930 |
East Is West | Ming Toy | 1930 |
The Storm | Manette Fachard | 1930 |
Hell Harbor | Anita Morgan | 1930 |
Tiger Rose | Rose | 1929 |
Where East Is East | Toyo Haynes | 1929 |
Wolf Song | Lola Salazar | 1929 |
Lady of the Pavements | Nanon del Rayon | 1929 |
Fashion News | Self (1929) | 1928 |
Stand and Deliver | Jania - a Peasant Girl | 1928 |
The Gaucho | The Mountain Girl | 1927 |
Sailors, Beware! | Baroness Behr | 1927 |