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Lupe Vélez

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Lupe Vélez
  • Birth Name:
    María Guadalupe Villalobos Vélez
  • Date of Birth:
    July 18, 1908
  • Zodiac Sign:
    Cancer
  • Place of Birth:
    San Luis Potosi, Mexico
  • Place of Death:
    Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
  • Date of Death:
    December 13, 1944
  • Cause of Death:
    Suicide By Barbirturate Overdose
  • Height:
    5'
  • Sex:
    Female
  • Hair Color:
    Brown
  • Eye Color:
    Brown
  • Nationality:
    Mexican
  • Religion:
    Roman

Family

Lupe Vélez
  • Spouse:
    Johnny Weismuller (1933–1939) (divorced)

Career

Lupe Vélez
  • Profession:
    Actress
  • Claim to Fame:
    The Mexican Spitfire

Trivia

Lupe Vélez
  • Lupe wanted to be remembered; that was her one wish. Since she was not being remembered by her films, she decided to be remembered by her suicide. She had everything planned; the pretty silk night gown, and make-up, the position. She knew that picture would make front cover news the next day.
  • She was pregnant at the time of her death, and in her suicide note named Austrian actor Harald Maresch as the father.
  • Was named one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars, the young starlets deemed to be most promising for movie stardom.
  • Vélez's first feature-length film was The Gaucho (1927) starring Douglas Fairbanks.
  • Vélez began her career in Mexico as a dancer, before moving to the U.S. where she worked in vaudeville.
  • Was a Mexican-born American film actress.

Quotes

Lupe Vélez
  • "The first time you buy a house you think how pretty it is and sign the check. The second time you look to see if the basement has termites. It's the same with men."
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