Lupe Vélez
Lupe Vélez is known for That's Entertainment! III (1994), Sailors, Beware! (1927), Hollywood Party (1934).
Biography
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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 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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Questions about Lupe Vélez
How many Lupe Vélez films are in the catalogue?
The CineQuiz catalogue has 38 films with Lupe Vélez, from 1927 to 2002.
What was the first Lupe Vélez film?
The first Lupe Vélez film in the catalogue is Sailors, Beware!, from 1927.
People data: TMDb.
Known for
Trivia
- Spouse
- Johnny Weissmuller
Trivia from Wikidata, licensed CC0.
Full filmography
55 films — 38 in the catalogue
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6.5 The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
2002
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8.3 The Casting Couch
1995
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7.1 That's Entertainment! III
1994 · (archive footage) (uncredited)
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6.8 Death In Hollywood
1990
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4.2 Death Scenes
1989 · Self (archive footage)
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Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988 · (archive footage) (uncredited)
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7.2 The Big Parade of Comedy
1964 · Self in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage)
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4.0 Naná
1944 · Naná
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6.0 Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event
1943 · Carmelita Lindsay
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5.3 Redhead from Manhattan
1943 · Rita Manners / Elaine Manners
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5.8 Ladies' Day
1943 · Pepita Zorita
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5.4 Mexican Spitfire's Elephant
1942 · Carmelita Lindsay
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4.8 Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost
1942 · Carmelita Lindsay
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4.7 Mexican Spitfire at Sea
1942 · Carmelita Lindsay
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5.7 Playmates
1941 · Carmen del Toro
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5.8 Honolulu Lu
1941 · Consuelo Cordoba aka Honolulu Lu
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4.6 The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
1941 · Carmelita Lindsay
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Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1
1941 · Self
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5.8 Six Lessons From Madame La Zonga
1941 · Madame La Zonga
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5.0 Mexican Spitfire Out West
1940 · Carmelita Lindsay
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5.0 Mexican Spitfire
1940 · Carmelita Lindsay
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5.1 The Girl from Mexico
1939 · Carmelita Fuentes
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5.3 Stardust
1938 · Carla de Huelva
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5.7 La zandunga
1938 · Lupe
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7.5 High Flyers
1937 · Juanita - the Maid
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6.5 Gypsy Melody
1936 · Mila
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9.0 The Morals of Marcus
1935 · Carlotta
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5.6 Hollywood Party
1934 · Lupe Vélez
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6.5 Strictly Dynamite
1934 · Vera
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3.7 Laughing Boy
1934 · Slim Girl
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7.3 Hollywood on Parade No. B-1
1934
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3.6 Palooka
1934 · Nina Madero
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9.0 Mr. Broadway
1933 · Lupe Vélez
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Hollywood on Parade No. A-12
1933 · Self (Archival Footage)
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5.2 Hot Pepper
1933 · Pepper
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5.1 The Half-Naked Truth
1932 · Teresita
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6.4 Kongo
1932 · Tula
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6.0 The Broken Wing
1932 · Lolita
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9.0 Hombres de mi vida
1932 · Julia Clark
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4.8 The Cuban Love Song
1931 · Nenita
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5.4 The Squaw Man
1931 · Naturich
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6.3 Resurrection
1931 · Katyusha Maslova
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6.5 Resurrection
1931 · Katyusha Maslova
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10.0 Oriente es Occidente
1930 · Ming Toy
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5.3 East Is West
1930 · Ming Toy
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7.0 The Storm
1930 · Manette Fachard
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6.1 Hell Harbor
1930 · Anita Morgan
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7.0 Tiger Rose
1929 · Rose
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6.1 Where East Is East
1929 · Toyo Haynes
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5.1 Wolf Song
1929 · Lola Salazar
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5.2 Lady of the Pavements
1929 · Nanon del Rayon
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6.0 Stand and Deliver
1928 · Jania - a Peasant Girl
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6.3 The Gaucho
1927 · The Mountain Girl
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6.9 Sailors, Beware!
1927 · Baroness Behr (uncredited)
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10.0 What Women Did for Me
1927 · The Dean's Daughter
People data: TMDb.
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