Lupe Vélez

    Lupe Vélez

    Acting

    July 18, 1908
    Died December 13, 1944 (36 years old)
    San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico

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    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 ...

    Known For

    Filmography

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

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

    2002

    6.5
    The Casting Couch

    The Casting Couch

    1995

    8.3
    That's Entertainment! III

    That's Entertainment! III

    1994

    as (archive footage) (uncredited)

    7.1
    Death In Hollywood

    Death In Hollywood

    1990

    as Self (archive footage)

    6.8
    Death Scenes

    Death Scenes

    1989

    as Self (archive footage)

    4.2
    Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies

    Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies

    1988

    as (archive footage) (uncredited)

    The Big Parade of Comedy

    The Big Parade of Comedy

    1964

    as Self in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage)

    7.2
    Naná

    Naná

    1944

    as Naná

    4
    Ladies' Day

    Ladies' Day

    1943

    as Pepita Zorita

    5.8
    Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event

    Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event

    1943

    as Carmelita Lindsay

    6
    Redhead from Manhattan

    Redhead from Manhattan

    1943

    as Rita Manners / Elaine Manners

    5.3
    Mexican Spitfire at Sea

    Mexican Spitfire at Sea

    1942

    as Carmelita Lindsay

    4.7
    Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost

    Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost

    1942

    as Carmelita Lindsay

    4.8
    Mexican Spitfire's Elephant

    Mexican Spitfire's Elephant

    1942

    as Carmelita Lindsay

    5.4
    Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1

    Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1

    1941

    as Self

    Playmates

    Playmates

    1941

    as Carmen del Toro

    5.7
    The Mexican Spitfire's Baby

    The Mexican Spitfire's Baby

    1941

    as Carmelita Lindsay

    4.6
    Six Lessons From Madame La Zonga

    Six Lessons From Madame La Zonga

    1941

    as Madame La Zonga

    5.8
    Honolulu Lu

    Honolulu Lu

    1941

    as Consuelo Cordoba aka Honolulu Lu

    5.8
    Mexican Spitfire

    Mexican Spitfire

    1940

    as Carmelita Lindsay

    5
    Mexican Spitfire Out West

    Mexican Spitfire Out West

    1940

    as Carmelita Lindsay

    5
    The Girl from Mexico

    The Girl from Mexico

    1939

    as Carmelita Fuentes

    5.1
    La zandunga

    La zandunga

    1938

    as Lupe

    5.7
    Stardust

    Stardust

    1938

    as Carla de Huelva

    5.3
    High Flyers

    High Flyers

    1937

    as Juanita - the Maid

    7.5
    Gypsy Melody

    Gypsy Melody

    1936

    as Mila

    6.5
    The Morals of Marcus

    The Morals of Marcus

    1935

    as Carlotta

    9
    Palooka

    Palooka

    1934

    as Nina Madero

    3.6
    Strictly Dynamite

    Strictly Dynamite

    1934

    as Vera

    6.5
    Hollywood Party

    Hollywood Party

    1934

    as Lupe Vélez

    5.6
    Laughing Boy

    Laughing Boy

    1934

    as Slim Girl

    3.7
    Hollywood on Parade No. B-1

    Hollywood on Parade No. B-1

    1934

    7.3
    Hot Pepper

    Hot Pepper

    1933

    as Pepper

    5.2
    Mr. Broadway

    Mr. Broadway

    1933

    as Lupe Vélez

    9
    Hollywood on Parade No. A-12

    Hollywood on Parade No. A-12

    1933

    as Self (Archival Footage)

    Kongo

    Kongo

    1932

    as Tula

    6.4
    The Half-Naked Truth

    The Half-Naked Truth

    1932

    as Teresita

    5.1
    The Broken Wing

    The Broken Wing

    1932

    as Lolita

    6
    The Men in Her Life

    The Men in Her Life

    1932

    as Julia Clark

    9
    The Cuban Love Song

    The Cuban Love Song

    1931

    as Nenita

    4.8
    The Squaw Man

    The Squaw Man

    1931

    as Naturich

    5.4
    Resurrection

    Resurrection

    1931

    as Katyusha Maslova

    6.5
    Resurrection

    Resurrection

    1931

    as Katyusha Maslova

    6.3
    East Is West

    East Is West

    1930

    as Ming Toy

    5.3
    Hell Harbor

    Hell Harbor

    1930

    as Anita Morgan

    6.1
    The Storm

    The Storm

    1930

    as Manette Fachard

    7
    East is West

    East is West

    1930

    as Ming Toy

    10
    Where East Is East

    Where East Is East

    1929

    as Toyo Haynes

    6.1
    Wolf Song

    Wolf Song

    1929

    as Lola Salazar

    5.1
    Tiger Rose

    Tiger Rose

    1929

    as Rose

    7
    Lady of the Pavements

    Lady of the Pavements

    1929

    as Nanon del Rayon

    5.2
    Stand and Deliver

    Stand and Deliver

    1928

    as Jania - a Peasant Girl

    6
    The Gaucho

    The Gaucho

    1927

    as The Mountain Girl

    6.3
    Sailors, Beware!

    Sailors, Beware!

    1927

    as Baroness Behr (uncredited)

    6.9
    What Women Did for Me

    What Women Did for Me

    1927

    as The Dean's Daughter

    10