Lupe Vélez
Born July 18, 1908 (Age: 117)
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San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
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.
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.
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Filmography
That's Entertainment! III
1994
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as (archive footage)
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Age: 85
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988
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as
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Age: 80
Mexican Spitfire's Elephant
1942
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as Carmelita Lindsay
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Age: 34
Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost
1942
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as Carmelita Lindsay
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Age: 33
Mexican Spitfire at Sea
1942
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as Carmelita Lindsay
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Age: 33
Playmates
1941
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as Carmen del Toro
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Age: 33
Honolulu Lu
1941
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as Consuelo Cordoba aka Honolulu Lu
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Age: 33
The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
1941
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as Carmelita Lindsay
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Age: 33
Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1
1941
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as Self
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Age: 33
Six Lessons From Madame La Zonga
1941
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as Madame La Zonga
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Age: 32
The Half-Naked Truth
1932
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as Teresita
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Age: 24
Kongo
1932
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as Tula
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Age: 24
The Broken Wing
1932
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as Lolita
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Age: 23
The Men in Her Life
1932
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as Julia Clark
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Age: 23
Resurrection
1931
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as Katyusha Maslova
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Age: 22
Resurrection
1931
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as Katyusha Maslova
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Age: 22