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Lupe Vélez

1908-07-18

The 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 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.  

Lupe Vélez in

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Hollywood Party

5.8 average rating
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The Half-Naked Truth

5.1 average rating
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Strictly Dynamite

5.3 average rating
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Wolf Song

4.8 average rating
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Laughing Boy

3.6 average rating
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Stand and Deliver

5.8 average rating
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Mexican Spitfire Out West

4.6 average rating
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The Girl from Mexico

4.2 average rating
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Lady of the Pavements

4.6 average rating
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That's Entertainment! III

6.9 average rating
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The Cuban Love Song

4.3 average rating
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Hollywood on Parade No. B-1

6 average rating
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Playmates

5.2 average rating
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Hell Harbor

6 average rating
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The Squaw Man

5.4 average rating
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The Storm

5 average rating
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Stardust

4 average rating
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Honolulu Lu

4.2 average rating
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The Gaucho

6.1 average rating
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Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost

4.4 average rating