Cast
Lupe Vélez
Acting
Cast
Lupe Vélez
Known for
Acting
Born
1908-07-18
From
San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
Died
1944-12-13
Also known as María Guadalupe Villalobos Vélez, Лупе Велес
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.
★6.5
MOVIE1936
Gypsy Melody
as Mila
★6.1
MOVIE1930
Hell Harbor
as Anita Morgan
★7.0
MOVIE1994
That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage)
★4.0
MOVIE1944
Naná
as Naná
★6.3
MOVIE1931
Resurrection
as Katyusha Maslova
★8.3
MOVIE1995
The Casting Couch
★6.1
MOVIE1929
Where East Is East
as Toyo Haynes
★6.3
MOVIE1927
The Gaucho
as The Mountain Girl
★5.2
MOVIE1933
Hot Pepper
as Pepper
★5.1
MOVIE1932
The Half-Naked Truth
as Teresita
★10.0
MOVIE1930
East is West
as Ming Toy
★6.0
MOVIE1928
Stand and Deliver
as Jania - a Peasant Girl
★5.3
MOVIE1943
Redhead from Manhattan
as Rita Manners / Elaine Manners
★7.2
MOVIE1964
The Big Parade of Comedy
as Self in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage)
★6.8
MOVIE1927
Sailors, Beware!
as Baroness Behr (uncredited)
★5.7
MOVIE1934
Hollywood Party
as Lupe Vélez
★4.8
MOVIE1931
The Cuban Love Song
as Nenita
★5.4
MOVIE1942
Mexican Spitfire's Elephant
as Carmelita Lindsay
★5.4
MOVIE1931
The Squaw Man
as Naturich
★5.2
MOVIE1929
Lady of the Pavements
as Nanon del Rayon
★5.1
MOVIE1939
The Girl from Mexico
as Carmelita Fuentes
★6.8
MOVIE1990
Death In Hollywood
★6.0
MOVIE1932
The Broken Wing
as Lolita
★5.0
MOVIE1940
Mexican Spitfire
as Carmelita Lindsay
MOVIE1988
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
★5.8
MOVIE1941
Six Lessons From Madame La Zonga
as Madame La Zonga
★9.0
MOVIE1933
Mr. Broadway
as Lupe Vélez
★5.3
MOVIE1930
East Is West
as Ming Toy
★6.5
MOVIE2002
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
★7.0
MOVIE1930
The Storm
as Manette Fachard
★6.4
MOVIE1932
Kongo
as Tula
★4.5
MOVIE1989
Death Scenes
as Self (archive footage)
★3.6
MOVIE1934
Palooka
as Nina Madero
★10.0
MOVIE1927
What Women Did for Me
as The Dean's Daughter
MOVIE1933
Hollywood on Parade No. A-12
as Self (Archival Footage)
★7.0
MOVIE1929
Tiger Rose
as Rose
★4.4
MOVIE1942
Mexican Spitfire at Sea
as Carmelita Lindsay
★4.6
MOVIE1941
The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
as Carmelita Lindsay
★5.8
MOVIE1943
Ladies' Day
as Pepita Zorita
★6.5
MOVIE1931
Resurrection
as Katyusha Maslova
★5.8
MOVIE1941
Honolulu Lu
as Consuelo Cordoba aka Honolulu Lu
★5.0
MOVIE1940
Mexican Spitfire Out West
as Carmelita Lindsay
★4.8
MOVIE1942
Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost
as Carmelita Lindsay
★7.5
MOVIE1937
High Flyers
as Juanita - the Maid
★7.3
MOVIE1934
Hollywood on Parade No. B-1
★4.9
MOVIE1929
Wolf Song
as Lola Salazar
MOVIE1941
Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1
as Self
★6.0
MOVIE1943
Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event
as Carmelita Lindsay
★6.5
MOVIE1934
Strictly Dynamite
as Vera
★5.7
MOVIE1941
Playmates
as Carmen del Toro
★3.7
MOVIE1934
Laughing Boy
as Slim Girl
★9.0
MOVIE1932
The Men in Her Life
as Julia Clark
★9.0
MOVIE1935
The Morals of Marcus
as Carlotta
★5.7
MOVIE1938
La zandunga
as Lupe
★5.3
MOVIE1938
Stardust
as Carla de Huelva