Lupe Vélez
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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.
Known for
Credits
That's Entertainment! III (1994)
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Naná (1944)
as Naná
The Casting Couch (1995)
Actor
Hot Pepper (1933)
as Pepper
Redhead from Manhattan (1943)
as Rita Manners / Elaine Manners
The Half-Naked Truth (1932)
as Teresita
Hollywood Party (1934)
as Lupe Vélez
Hell Harbor (1930)
as Anita Morgan
Gypsy Melody (1936)
as Mila
Hollywood on Parade No. B-1 (1934)
Actor
The Big Parade of Comedy (1964)
as Self in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage)
The Cuban Love Song (1931)
as Nenita
Resurrection (1931)
as Katyusha Maslova
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies (1988)
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
East is West (1930)
as Ming Toy
Stand and Deliver (1928)
as Jania - a Peasant Girl
Wolf Song (1929)
as Lola Salazar
The Mexican Spitfire's Baby (1941)
as Carmelita Lindsay
Tiger Rose (1929)
as Rose
Mexican Spitfire Out West (1940)
as Carmelita Lindsay
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema (2002)
Actor
High Flyers (1937)
as Juanita - the Maid
Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event (1943)
as Carmelita Lindsay
Hollywood on Parade No. A-12 (1933)
as Self (archive footage)
The Squaw Man (1931)
as Naturich
Honolulu Lu (1941)
as Consuelo Cordoba aka Honolulu Lu
The Storm (1930)
as Manette Fachard
The Morals of Marcus (1935)
as Carlotta
Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost (1942)
as Carmelita Lindsay
The Girl from Mexico (1939)
as Carmelita Fuentes
Lady of the Pavements (1929)
as Nanon del Rayon
Mexican Spitfire at Sea (1942)
as Carmelita Lindsay
Laughing Boy (1934)
as Slim Girl
Playmates (1941)
as Carmen del Toro
Where East Is East (1929)
as Toyo Haynes
Mexican Spitfire's Elephant (1942)
as Carmelita Lindsay
Resurrection (1931)
as Katyusha Maslova
Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1 (1941)
as Self
Stardust (1938)
as Carla de Huelva
Kongo (1932)
as Tula
Death In Hollywood (1990)
as Self (archive footage)
The Broken Wing (1932)
as Lolita
East Is West (1930)
as Ming Toy
Ladies' Day (1943)
as Pepita Zorita
Six Lessons From Madame La Zonga (1941)
as Madame La Zonga
Sailors, Beware! (1927)
as Baroness Behr (uncredited)
Strictly Dynamite (1934)
as Vera
Palooka (1934)
as Nina Madero
The Men in Her Life (1932)
as Julia Clark
The Gaucho (1927)
as The Mountain Girl
What Women Did for Me (1927)
as The Dean's Daughter
Mexican Spitfire (1940)
as Carmelita Lindsay
Mr. Broadway (1933)
as Lupe Vélez
La zandunga (1938)
as Lupe
Death Scenes (1989)
as Self (archive footage)