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Lupe Vélez‌

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Female

Birthday

calendar1908-07-18

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Lupe Vélez

San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico

Lupe Vélez

San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1908-07-18

Popularity

star3.0

Biography

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.  

Movie Credits

Palooka

Palooka‌
star2.9
calendar 1934

Kongo

Kongo‌
star6.4
calendar 1932

The Half-Naked Truth

The Half-Naked Truth‌
star5.1
calendar 1932

The Cuban Love Song

The Cuban Love Song‌
star4.3
calendar 1931

Mexican Spitfire

Mexican Spitfire‌
star4.6
calendar 1940

Where East Is East

Where East Is East‌
star5.7
calendar 1929

East Is West

East Is West‌
star4.0
calendar 1930

Stand and Deliver

Stand and Deliver‌
star5.8
calendar 1928

Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1

Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1‌
star0.0
calendar 1941

Hell Harbor

Hell Harbor‌
star6.0
calendar 1930

The Squaw Man

The Squaw Man‌
star5.4
calendar 1931

Strictly Dynamite

Strictly Dynamite‌
star5.3
calendar 1934

Hollywood Party

Hollywood Party‌
star5.8
calendar 1934

Laughing Boy

Laughing Boy‌
star3.6
calendar 1934

Playmates

Playmates‌
star4.8
calendar 1941

Mexican Spitfire at Sea

Mexican Spitfire at Sea‌
star3.0
calendar 1942

Ladies' Day

Ladies' Day‌
star4.3
calendar 1943

The Mexican Spitfire's Baby

The Mexican Spitfire's Baby‌
star4.3
calendar 1941

Hot Pepper

Hot Pepper‌
star4.5
calendar 1933

The Girl from Mexico

The Girl from Mexico‌
star4.2
calendar 1939

Wolf Song

Wolf Song‌
star4.8
calendar 1929

The Casting Couch

The Casting Couch‌
star9.0
calendar 1995

Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost

Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost‌
star4.4
calendar 1942

Mexican Spitfire Out West

Mexican Spitfire Out West‌
star4.6
calendar 1940

Mexican Spitfire's Elephant

Mexican Spitfire's Elephant‌
star5.2
calendar 1942

High Flyers

High Flyers‌
star7.0
calendar 1937

The Gaucho

The Gaucho‌
star6.1
calendar 1927

La zandunga

La zandunga‌
star5.2
calendar 1938

Tiger Rose

Tiger Rose‌
star0.0
calendar 1929

Lady of the Pavements

Lady of the Pavements‌
star4.6
calendar 1929

Sailors, Beware!

Sailors, Beware!‌
star6.9
calendar 1927

Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event

Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event‌
star5.7
calendar 1943

Six Lessons From Madame La Zonga

Six Lessons From Madame La Zonga‌
star5.0
calendar 1941

Honolulu Lu

Honolulu Lu‌
star4.2
calendar 1941

The Storm

The Storm‌
star5.0
calendar 1930

Redhead from Manhattan

Redhead from Manhattan‌
star4.7
calendar 1943

The Broken Wing

The Broken Wing‌
star5.0
calendar 1932

Gypsy Melody

Gypsy Melody‌
star6.0
calendar 1936

That's Entertainment! III

That's Entertainment! III‌
star6.9
calendar 1994

Resurrection

Resurrection‌
star6.0
calendar 1931

Fashion News

Fashion News‌
star5.0
calendar 1928

Hollywood on Parade No. B-1

Hollywood on Parade No. B-1‌
star6.0
calendar 1934

The Morals of Marcus

The Morals of Marcus‌
star0.0
calendar 1935

Stardust

Stardust‌
star4.0
calendar 1938

East is West

East is West‌
star0.0
calendar 1930

The Big Parade of Comedy

The Big Parade of Comedy‌
star6.3
calendar 1964

Mr. Broadway

Mr. Broadway‌
star0.0
calendar 1933

The men in my life

The men in my life‌
star0.0
calendar 1932

Naná

Naná‌
star5.0
calendar 1944

What Women Did for Me

What Women Did for Me‌
star0.0
calendar 1927

Resurrection

Resurrection‌
star6.0
calendar 1931

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