Lupe Vélez
Date of birth: 1908-07-18
Place of birth: San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
Known for: Acting
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.
Movie Credits
Palooka
1934-01-26
Joe Palooka is a naive young man whose father Pete was a champion boxer, but his lifestyle caused Jo
Kongo
1932-10-01
The ruthless Flint, a disabled man, rules an isolated region of Kongo like an omnipotent god, throug
The Half-Naked Truth
1932-12-16
A carnival pitchman (Tracy) finagles his girlfriend, a fiery hoochie dancer (Vélez), into a major Br
The Cuban Love Song
1931-11-18
A guilt-ridden U.S. Marine returns to Cuba to try to find the woman he promised to marry.
Mexican Spitfire
1940-01-12
Newlyweds Dennis and Carmelita have several obstacles to deal with in their new marriage: Carmelita'
East Is West
1930-10-23
Ming Toy is on the auction block in China. She is saved by Billy and taken to San Francisco by Lo Sa
Where East Is East
1929-05-04
A Chinese wife returns to the American family she left behind in Southeast Asia and then moves in on
Stand and Deliver
1928-02-18
Our heroine, Miss Velez (despite the fact that she seems to be just along for the ride) is much her
Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1
1941-08-15
This edition of Screen Snapshots has more of a vaudeville flavor as opposed to Ralph Staub's usual c
Hell Harbor
1930-03-14
Lovely Anita dreams of escaping the monotony of her island home and sailing to bustling Havana. But
The Squaw Man
1931-07-21
Jim Wyngate, an English aristocrat, comes to the American West under a cloud of suspicion for embezz
Strictly Dynamite
1934-05-11
A failed poet ends up becoming a gag writer for a bombastic comedian.
Hollywood Party
1934-05-24
Jimmy Durante is jungle movie star Schnarzan the Conqueror, but the public is tiring of his fake lio
Laughing Boy
1934-04-13
A young Navajo defies tribal custom to marry an outcast.
Playmates
1941-12-26
Lulu Monahan, the press agent for John Barrymore, is attempting to get a sponsor for a radio program
Mexican Spitfire at Sea
1942-03-13
An advertising executive and his temperamental wife sail to Hawaii in search of business. The fifth
Ladies' Day
1943-04-09
A top baseball pitcher "loses" his pitching skills whenever he falls in love. After marrying a movie
The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
1941-11-28
An advertising executive and his temperamental wife adopt a war orphan who turns out to be a beautif
Hot Pepper
1933-01-15
In this comedy, a pair of ex-Marines team up and get involved in a nightclub. Trouble ensues when th
The Girl from Mexico
1939-06-01
Carmelita Fuentes is a fiery-Latin singer/dancer in Mexico City who has designs on Dennis Lindsay, a
Wolf Song
1929-03-29
In 1840, Sam Lash heads west for adventure. He meets up with some Mountain Men, and they head for th
Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost
1942-06-26
Carmelita and Uncle Matt find themselves in a haunted house, but the "ghosts" are actually enemy age
Mexican Spitfire Out West
1940-10-29
Dennis heads west to work on an important business deal minus the Mexican Spitfire, Carmelita. His h
Mexican Spitfire's Elephant
1942-09-17
A pair of shipboard smugglers have a large diamond hidden inside a small elephant statuette, which t
High Flyers
1937-11-07
Two men running a carnival airplane ride are hired to fly to retrieve what they think are photos for
The Gaucho
1927-11-21
A girl is saved by a miracle after she falls from a cliff in the Argentine Andes, and is blessed wit
La zandunga
1938-03-18
It is the story of a beautiful Tehuana woman who falls in love with a sailor who leaves with the pro
Tiger Rose
1929-12-21
A mountie pursues a man wanted for murder.
Lady of the Pavements
1929-01-22
Karl, a German diplomat in Paris, discovers that his fiancee, Diane, has been cheating on him. He te
Sailors, Beware!
1927-09-25
A con artist and a midget dressed as her infant son, are unmasked aboard a ship by a steward.
Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event
1943-07-14
Dennis mistakenly believes Carmelita is going to have a baby. Little does he know that the blessed e
Six Lessons From Madame La Zonga
1941-01-17
The brash, opinionated owner of a nightclub manages to drive everybody crazy on a boat trip to Havan
Honolulu Lu
1941-12-11
While in Hawaii, Velez begins the film as a risque nightclub act and due to her involvement with a g
The Storm
1930-08-17
Burr and Dave, two close friends who have backed each other up in countless difficulties, are torn a
Redhead from Manhattan
1943-05-06
Lupe Vélez plays a dual role, twin sisters Rita and Elaine. After escaping a torpedoed ship, Rita sh
The Broken Wing
1932-03-25
In a little Mexican village by the American border. However powerful big shot Captain Innocencio (a
Gypsy Melody
1936-07-27
Due to a complex series of events a Guards Officer in a small European country is imprisoned. He man
That's Entertainment! III
1994-07-01
Some of MGM'S musical stars review the studios history of musicals. From The Hollywood Revue of 1929
Resurrection
1931-01-27
Katusha, a country girl, is seduced and abandoned by Prince Nekludov. Nekludov finds himself, years
Hollywood on Parade No. B-1
1934-03-02
Short film in which Frankie Darro as a Telegram delivery boy visits various Hollywood locations to m
The Morals of Marcus
1935-02-11
A confirmed bachelor takes pity on a young woman and takes her to London.
Stardust
1938-03-25
Carla de Hulvea is a rumba dancer who makes news by posing as a South-American heiress. She is doing
East is West
1930-11-30
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964-09-02
Film clips highlight the funniest scenes and brightest comic stars in MGM's history.
Mr. Broadway
1933-09-12
Ed Sullivan shows night spots all over New York in this movie, joking and listening to stories the p
The Men in Her Life
1932-02-13
Alternate-language version of Men in Her Life (1931)
Naná
1944-06-02
Based in the Émile Zola novel of the same name, which details the life of Nana, a French prostitute
What Women Did for Me
1927-08-14
A girl-shy professor runs into trouble at a ladies’ seminary.
Resurrection
1931-03-06
Simultaneously shot Spanish version of Tolstoy adaptation: After a woman he has formerly mistreated
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
2002-06-06
Documentary about the presence of Latin American culture and actors in American movies.
Death Scenes
1989-01-01
Vintage Hollywood themed shockumentary.
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988-09-19
Famous Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies