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Lupe Vélez

Lupe Vélez

Actor Jul 18 (died age 36) San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico 1927–2002 (75 year career)
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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 …

Known For

That's Entertainment! III
Film

That's Entertainment! III

(archive footage)
Sailors, Beware!
Film

Sailors, Beware!

Baroness Behr (uncredited)
Kongo
Film

Kongo

Tula
Where East Is East
Film

Where East Is East

Toyo Haynes
Hollywood Party
Film

Hollywood Party

Lupe Vélez
Hell Harbor
Film

Hell Harbor

Anita Morgan
The Gaucho
Film

The Gaucho

The Mountain Girl
The Half-Naked Truth
Film

The Half-Naked Truth

Teresita

Filmography

Acting (53)

Movies (53)

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
6.2
That's Entertainment! III

That's Entertainment! III

1994

as (archive footage)

7.0
Death Scenes

Death Scenes

1989

as Self (archive footage)

4.1
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies

Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies

1988
The Big Parade of Comedy

The Big Parade of Comedy

1964

as Self in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage)

6.3
Naná

Naná

1944

as Naná

3.0
Ladies' Day

Ladies' Day

1943

as Pepita Zorita

4.3
Redhead from Manhattan

Redhead from Manhattan

1943

as Rita Manners / Elaine Manners

4.7
Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event

Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event

1943

as Carmelita Lindsay

5.7
Mexican Spitfire at Sea

Mexican Spitfire at Sea

1942

as Carmelita Lindsay

3.0
Mexican Spitfire's Elephant

Mexican Spitfire's Elephant

1942

as Carmelita Lindsay

5.2
Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost

Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost

1942

as Carmelita Lindsay

4.4
The Mexican Spitfire's Baby

The Mexican Spitfire's Baby

1941

as Carmelita Lindsay

4.1
Six Lessons From Madame La Zonga

Six Lessons From Madame La Zonga

1941

as Madame La Zonga

5.0
Playmates

Playmates

1941

as Carmen del Toro

5.2
Honolulu Lu

Honolulu Lu

1941

as Consuelo Cordoba aka Honolulu Lu

4.2
Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1

Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1

1941

as Self

Mexican Spitfire

Mexican Spitfire

1940

as Carmelita Lindsay

4.6
Mexican Spitfire Out West

Mexican Spitfire Out West

1940

as Carmelita Lindsay

4.6
The Girl from Mexico

The Girl from Mexico

1939

as Carmelita Fuentes

4.2
La zandunga

La zandunga

1938

as Lupe

5.2
Stardust

Stardust

1938

as Carla de Huelva

4.0
High Flyers

High Flyers

1937

as Juanita - the Maid

7.0
Gypsy Melody

Gypsy Melody

1936

as Mila

6.0
The Morals of Marcus

The Morals of Marcus

1935

as Carlotta

Strictly Dynamite

Strictly Dynamite

1934

as Vera

5.3
Palooka

Palooka

1934

as Nina Madero

3.0
Hollywood Party

Hollywood Party

1934

as Lupe Vélez

5.8
Hollywood on Parade No. B-1

Hollywood on Parade No. B-1

1934
6.0
Laughing Boy

Laughing Boy

1934

as Slim Girl

3.2
Hot Pepper

Hot Pepper

1933

as Pepper

4.2
Mr. Broadway

Mr. Broadway

1933

as Lupe Vélez

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

4.9
The Men in Her Life

The Men in Her Life

1932

as Julia Clark

The Broken Wing

The Broken Wing

1932

as Lolita

5.0
Resurrection

Resurrection

1931

as Katyusha Maslova

6.0
The Cuban Love Song

The Cuban Love Song

1931

as Nenita

4.3
The Squaw Man

The Squaw Man

1931

as Naturich

5.0
Resurrection

Resurrection

1931

as Katyusha Maslova

6.0
East Is West

East Is West

1930

as Ming Toy

4.0
The Storm

The Storm

1930

as Manette Fachard

5.0
Hell Harbor

Hell Harbor

1930

as Anita Morgan

6.0
East is West

East is West

1930

as Ming Toy

Where East Is East

Where East Is East

1929

as Toyo Haynes

5.8
Wolf Song

Wolf Song

1929

as Lola Salazar

4.4
Tiger Rose

Tiger Rose

1929

as Rose

Lady of the Pavements

Lady of the Pavements

1929

as Nanon del Rayon

4.6
Stand and Deliver

Stand and Deliver

1928

as Jania - a Peasant Girl

5.8
What Women Did for Me

What Women Did for Me

1927

as The Dean's Daughter

The Gaucho

The Gaucho

1927

as The Mountain Girl

6.1
Sailors, Beware!

Sailors, Beware!

1927

as Baroness Behr (uncredited)

6.7