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