Acting · San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico · Born July 18, 1908
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.
MovieThe Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
2002
MovieThe Casting Couch
1995
MovieThat's Entertainment! III
1994
as (archive footage)
MovieDeath In Hollywood
1990
MovieDeath Scenes
1989
as Self (archive footage)
MovieHollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieThe Big Parade of Comedy
1964
as Self in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage)
MovieNaná
1944
as Naná
MovieMexican Spitfire's Blessed Event
1943
as Carmelita Lindsay
MovieRedhead from Manhattan
1943
as Rita Manners / Elaine Manners
MovieLadies' Day
1943
as Pepita Zorita
MovieMexican Spitfire's Elephant
1942
as Carmelita Lindsay
MovieMexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost
1942
as Carmelita Lindsay
MovieMexican Spitfire at Sea
1942
as Carmelita Lindsay
MoviePlaymates
1941
as Carmen del Toro
MovieHonolulu Lu
1941
as Consuelo Cordoba aka Honolulu Lu
MovieThe Mexican Spitfire's Baby
1941
as Carmelita Lindsay
MovieScreen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1
1941
as Self
MovieSix Lessons From Madame La Zonga
1941
as Madame La Zonga
MovieMexican Spitfire Out West
1940
as Carmelita Lindsay
MovieMexican Spitfire
1940
as Carmelita Lindsay
MovieThe Girl from Mexico
1939
as Carmelita Fuentes
MovieStardust
1938
as Carla de Huelva
MovieLa zandunga
1938
as Lupe
MovieHigh Flyers
1937
as Juanita - the Maid
MovieGypsy Melody
1936
as Mila
MovieThe Morals of Marcus
1935
as Carlotta
MovieHollywood Party
1934
as Lupe Vélez
MovieStrictly Dynamite
1934
as Vera
MovieLaughing Boy
1934
as Slim Girl
MovieHollywood on Parade No. B-1
1934
MoviePalooka
1934
as Nina Madero
MovieMr. Broadway
1933
as Lupe Vélez
MovieHollywood on Parade No. A-12
1933
as Self (Archival Footage)
MovieHot Pepper
1933
as Pepper
MovieThe Half-Naked Truth
1932
as Teresita
MovieKongo
1932
as Tula
MovieThe Broken Wing
1932
as Lolita
MovieThe Men in Her Life
1932
as Julia Clark
MovieThe Cuban Love Song
1931
as Nenita
MovieThe Squaw Man
1931
as Naturich
MovieResurrection
1931
as Katyusha Maslova
MovieResurrection
1931
as Katyusha Maslova
MovieEast is West
1930
as Ming Toy
MovieEast Is West
1930
as Ming Toy
MovieThe Storm
1930
as Manette Fachard
MovieHell Harbor
1930
as Anita Morgan
MovieTiger Rose
1929
as Rose
MovieWhere East Is East
1929
as Toyo Haynes
MovieWolf Song
1929
as Lola Salazar
MovieLady of the Pavements
1929
as Nanon del Rayon
MovieStand and Deliver
1928
as Jania - a Peasant Girl
MovieThe Gaucho
1927
as The Mountain Girl
MovieSailors, Beware!
1927
as Baroness Behr (uncredited)
MovieWhat Women Did for Me
1927
as The Dean's Daughter
