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Lupe Vélez

Jul 18, 1908 - Dec 13, 1944 (36 years old) in San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico

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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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That's Entertainment! III
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The Big Parade of Comedy
Self in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage)
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Kongo
Tula
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Hollywood Party
Lupe Vélez
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The Gaucho
The Mountain Girl
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Playmates
Carmen del Toro
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Mexican Spitfire's Elephant
Carmelita Lindsay
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The Girl from Mexico
Carmelita Fuentes
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Redhead from Manhattan
Rita Manners / Elaine Manners
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The Half-Naked Truth
Teresita

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