Lupe Vélez

Known for ActingBorn 1908-07-18Died 1944-12-13San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico

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. Read more

Movies & web series

East is West

What Women Did for Me

The Morals of Marcus

Mr. Broadway

The Men in Her Life

The Casting Couch

That's Entertainment! III

High Flyers

The Big Parade of Comedy

Death In Hollywood

Hollywood on Parade No. B-1

The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema

The Storm

Tiger Rose

Sailors, Beware!

Gypsy Melody

Strictly Dynamite

Resurrection

Kongo

Resurrection

The Gaucho

Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event

Hell Harbor

Where East Is East

The Broken Wing

Stand and Deliver

Six Lessons From Madame La Zonga

Honolulu Lu

Ladies' Day

La zandunga

Playmates

Hollywood Party

Mexican Spitfire's Elephant

The Squaw Man

Redhead from Manhattan

East Is West

Stardust

The Girl from Mexico

Hot Pepper

Lady of the Pavements

The Half-Naked Truth

Mexican Spitfire

Mexican Spitfire Out West

Death Scenes

Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost

Wolf Song

The Cuban Love Song

The Mexican Spitfire's Baby