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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Acting
Movie
That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage)
1994
Movie
Kongo
as Tula
1932
Movie
Sailors, Beware!
as Baroness Behr (uncredited)
1927
Movie
Where East Is East
as Toyo Haynes
1929
Movie
Hollywood Party
as Lupe Vélez
1934
Movie
The Half-Naked Truth
as Teresita
1932
Movie
The Squaw Man
as Naturich
1931
Movie
Hell Harbor
as Anita Morgan
1930
Movie
Palooka
as Nina Madero
1934
Movie
The Gaucho
as The Mountain Girl
1927
Movie
Death Scenes
as Self (archive footage)
1989
Movie
The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
as Carmelita Lindsay
1941
Movie
The Cuban Love Song
as Nenita
1931
Movie
Wolf Song
as Lola Salazar
1929
Movie
Lady of the Pavements
as Nanon del Rayon
1929
Movie
Mexican Spitfire
as Carmelita Lindsay
1940
Movie
Laughing Boy
as Slim Girl
1934
Movie
The Girl from Mexico
as Carmelita Fuentes
1939
Movie
Mexican Spitfire's Elephant
as Carmelita Lindsay
1942
Movie
La zandunga
as Lupe
1938
Movie
Playmates
as Carmen del Toro
1941
Movie
Hot Pepper
as Pepper
1933
Movie
Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost
as Carmelita Lindsay
1942
Movie
Mexican Spitfire Out West
as Carmelita Lindsay
1940