- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- July 18, 1908
- Place of Birth
- San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
- Died
- December 13, 1944
Lupe Vélez
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…
Filmography
movieThe Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
2002
movieThe Casting Couch
1995
movieThat's Entertainment! III
1994 · (archive footage)
movieDeath In Hollywood
1990
movieDeath Scenes
1989 · Self (archive footage)
movieHollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988 · (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieThe Big Parade of Comedy
1964 · Self in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage)
movieNaná
1944 · Naná
movieMexican Spitfire's Blessed Event
1943 · Carmelita Lindsay
movieRedhead from Manhattan
1943 · Rita Manners / Elaine Manners
movieLadies' Day
1943 · Pepita Zorita
movieMexican Spitfire's Elephant
1942 · Carmelita Lindsay
movieMexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost
1942 · Carmelita Lindsay
movieMexican Spitfire at Sea
1942 · Carmelita Lindsay
moviePlaymates
1941 · Carmen del Toro
movieHonolulu Lu
1941 · Consuelo Cordoba aka Honolulu Lu
movieThe Mexican Spitfire's Baby
1941 · Carmelita Lindsay
movieScreen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1
1941 · Self
movieSix Lessons From Madame La Zonga
1941 · Madame La Zonga
movieMexican Spitfire Out West
1940 · Carmelita Lindsay
movieMexican Spitfire
1940 · Carmelita Lindsay
movieThe Girl from Mexico
1939 · Carmelita Fuentes
movieStardust
1938 · Carla de Huelva
movieLa zandunga
1938 · Lupe
movieHigh Flyers
1937 · Juanita - the Maid
movieGypsy Melody
1936 · Mila
movieThe Morals of Marcus
1935 · Carlotta
movieHollywood Party
1934 · Lupe Vélez
movieStrictly Dynamite
1934 · Vera
movieLaughing Boy
1934 · Slim Girl
movieHollywood on Parade No. B-1
1934
moviePalooka
1934 · Nina Madero
movieMr. Broadway
1933 · Lupe Vélez
movieHollywood on Parade No. A-12
1933 · Self (Archival Footage)
movieHot Pepper
1933 · Pepper
movieThe Half-Naked Truth
1932 · Teresita
movieKongo
1932 · Tula
movieThe Broken Wing
1932 · Lolita
movieThe Men in Her Life
1932 · Julia Clark
movieThe Cuban Love Song
1931 · Nenita
movieThe Squaw Man
1931 · Naturich
movieResurrection
1931 · Katyusha Maslova
movieResurrection
1931 · Katyusha Maslova
movieEast is West
1930 · Ming Toy
movieEast Is West
1930 · Ming Toy
movieThe Storm
1930 · Manette Fachard
movieHell Harbor
1930 · Anita Morgan
movieTiger Rose
1929 · Rose
movieWhere East Is East
1929 · Toyo Haynes
movieWolf Song
1929 · Lola Salazar
movieLady of the Pavements
1929 · Nanon del Rayon
movieStand and Deliver
1928 · Jania - a Peasant Girl
movieThe Gaucho
1927 · The Mountain Girl
movieSailors, Beware!
1927 · Baroness Behr (uncredited)
movieWhat Women Did for Me
1927 · The Dean's Daughter