Lupe Vélez
Sign in to saveMexican actress, dancer and vedette (1908—1944)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1906-07-18
- Died
- 1944-12-13
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Joe Palooka (1934)
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · 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 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…
Known for
- The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema2002
- The Casting Couch1995
- That's Entertainment! III — (archive footage)1994
- Death In Hollywood1990
- Death Scenes — Self (archive footage)1989
- Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies — (archive footage) (uncredited)1988
- The Big Parade of Comedy — Self in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage)1964
- Naná — Naná1944
- Ladies' Day — Pepita Zorita1943
- Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event — Carmelita Lindsay1943
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 208
- Total plays
- 343
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Key dates
- Born
- 18 July 1906
- Died
- 13 December 1944
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Guadalupe
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Mexico
- Place of birth
- San Luis Potosí
- Place of death
- Beverly Hills
- Spouse
- Johnny Weissmuller
- Occupation
- television actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- Spanish
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1908 births1944 deaths1944 suicides20th-century American actresses20th-century American comedians20th-century American singers20th-century American women singers20th-century Mexican actresses20th Century Studios contract playersActors and actresses who died by suicideActresses from San Luis PotosíAmerican actresses of Mexican descent