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Lupe Vélez
San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
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 bega…
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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 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.
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- 2002
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1995
The Casting Couch
Movie
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1994
That's Entertainment! III
Movie (archive footage) (uncredited)
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1990
Death In Hollywood
Movie
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1989
Death Scenes
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1988
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
Movie (archive footage) (uncredited)
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1964
The Big Parade of Comedy
Movie Self in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage)
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1944
Naná
Movie Naná
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1943
Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event
Movie Carmelita Lindsay
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1943
Redhead from Manhattan
Movie Rita Manners / Elaine Manners
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1943
Ladies' Day
Movie Pepita Zorita
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1942
Mexican Spitfire's Elephant
Movie Carmelita Lindsay
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1942
Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost
Movie Carmelita Lindsay
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1942
Mexican Spitfire at Sea
Movie Carmelita Lindsay
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1941
Playmates
Movie Carmen del Toro
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1941
Honolulu Lu
Movie Consuelo Cordoba aka Honolulu Lu
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1941
The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
Movie Carmelita Lindsay
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1941
Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1
Movie Self
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1941
Six Lessons From Madame La Zonga
Movie Madame La Zonga
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1940
Mexican Spitfire Out West
Movie Carmelita Lindsay
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1940
Mexican Spitfire
Movie Carmelita Lindsay
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1939
The Girl from Mexico
Movie Carmelita Fuentes
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1938
Stardust
Movie Carla de Huelva
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1938
La zandunga
Movie Lupe
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1937
High Flyers
Movie Juanita - the Maid
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1936
Gypsy Melody
Movie Mila
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1935
The Morals of Marcus
Movie Carlotta
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1934
Hollywood Party
Movie Lupe Vélez
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1934
Strictly Dynamite
Movie Vera
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1934
Laughing Boy
Movie Slim Girl
- 1934
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1934
Palooka
Movie Nina Madero
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1933
Mr. Broadway
Movie Lupe Vélez
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1933
Hollywood on Parade No. A-12
Movie Self (Archival Footage)
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1933
Hot Pepper
Movie Pepper
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1932
The Half-Naked Truth
Movie Teresita
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1932
Kongo
Movie Tula
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1932
The Broken Wing
Movie Lolita
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1932
The Men in Her Life
Movie Julia Clark
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1931
The Cuban Love Song
Movie Nenita
