Lupe Vélez
Known For
Acting
Born
1908-07-18 in San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
Died
1944-12-13
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.
Most Known For
Hot Pepper
as Pepper
Resurrection
as Katyusha Maslova
Naná
as Naná
Hell Harbor
as Anita Morgan
Gypsy Melody
as Mila
Hollywood Party
as Lupe Vélez
The Half-Naked Truth
as Teresita
Honolulu Lu
as Consuelo Cordoba aka Honolulu Lu
That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage)
The Big Parade of Comedy
as Self in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage)
East is West
as Ming Toy
Strictly Dynamite
as Vera
Kongo
as Tula
Palooka
as Nina Madero
Where East Is East
as Toyo Haynes
The Squaw Man
as Naturich
Laughing Boy
as Slim Girl
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1
as Self
The Girl from Mexico
as Carmelita Fuentes