Lupe Vélez

Lupe Vélez (July 18, 1908 – December 13, 1944) was a Mexican actress. Lupe Velez File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Lupe Velez File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... July 18 is the 199th day (200th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 166 days remaining. ... 1908 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... December 13 is the 347th day of the year (348th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... The United Mexican States or Mexico (Spanish: Estados Unidos Mexicanos or México; regarding the use of the variant spelling Méjico, see section The name below) is a country located in North America, bordered to the north by the United States of America, to the southeast by Guatemala and Belize, to...

She was born María Guadalupe Vélez de Villalobos in the city of San Luis Potosí. Lupe was lightly educated at a convent school in Texas before finding work as a sales assistant. She took dancing lessons and in 1924 made her performing debut at the Teatro Principal. She moved to California that year and was first cast in movies by Hal Roach. State nickname: Lone Star State Other U.S. States Capital Austin Largest city Houston Governor Rick Perry Official languages None Area 696,241 km² (2nd)  - Land 678,907 km²  - Water 17,333 km² (2. ... 1924 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... State nickname: The Golden State Other U.S. States Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Official languages English Area 410,000 km² (3rd)  - Land 404,298 km²  - Water 20,047 km² (4. ... For the Irish comedian, see Hal Roach (comedian) Harold Eugene Roach (January 14, 1892 - November 2, 1992) was an American film and television producer from 1910s to 1980s, born in Elmira, New York. ...

Her first feature-length film was Douglas Fairbanks' The Gaucho (1927); the next year, she was one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars. She did a further eighteen films before finding her niche in comedy with Hot Pepper (1933). She largely stuck to lighter roles from then, notably in the Mexcan Spitfire series of seven films (1939-1943). Vélez was one of few Hollywood actors to make a successful transition from silent film to 'talkies'. Douglas Fairbanks (May 23, 1883 – December 12, 1939) was an American actor, screenwriter, director and producer, who became noted for his swashbuckling roles in silent movies such as The Mark of Zorro (1920), The Three Musketeers (1921), Robin Hood (1922), The Thief of Bagdad (1924) and The Black Pirate (1926). ... The WAMPAS Baby Stars was a promotional campaign sponsored by the Western Association of Motion Picture Advertisers in the United States, which honored thirteen young women each year who they believed to be on the threshold of movie stardom. ... A silent film is a film which has no accompanying soundtrack. ... A sound film (or talkie) is a motion picture with synchronized sound, as opposed to a silent movie. ...

Emotionally generous, she had a number of highly publicized affairs before marrying Johnny Weissmuller in 1933. The fraught marriage lasted five years, they repeatedly split and finally divorced in 1938. She went on to have another emotionally draining affair, this with Gary Cooper. In 1943 she returned to Mexico and starred in Naná (1944), well received she returned to Hollywood. Johnny Weissmuller (June 2, 1904 – January 20, 1984) was an American swimmer and actor. ... 1933 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1938 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Gary Cooper (May 7, 1901 - May 13, 1961) was an American film actor who received five Academy Award nominations for Best Actor, winning twice. ... 1943 is a common year starting on Friday. ...

Lupe Vélez committed suicide with Seconal in Beverly Hills, California after the end of her relationship with Harold Raymond, whose child she was carrying. The drug did not work, instead upsetting her stomach; she actually was found dead in her bathroom, having drowned in the toilet. Her suicide has gathered a cruel but grimly amusing story, made into a film by Andy Warhol in 1965 as Lupe. Suicide (from Latin sui caedere, to kill oneself) is the act of intentionally ending ones own life. ... Seconal is a trademark name for the barbiturate sodium quinalbarbitone. ... For other uses, see: Beverly Hills (disambiguation). ... Andy Warhol ( August 6, 1928 - February 22, 1987) was an American painter and major figure in the pop art movement. ...

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