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Lupe Velez

Lupe VelezAKA Maria Guadaloupe Velez de Villalobos

Born: 18-Jul-1908
Birthplace: San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Died: 13-Dec-1944
Location of death: Beverly Hills, CA
Cause of death: Suicide

Gender: Female
Race or Ethnicity: Hispanic
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: The Mexican Spitfire

Father: (Mexican Army officer)
Mother: (opera singer and/or prostitute)
Husband: Johnny Weissmuller (actor, m. 1933, div. 1939)
Boyfriend: Harald Maresch (actor, Velez died with his unborn child inside her)
Boyfriend: Charlie Chaplin
Boyfriend: Gary Cooper
Boyfriend: Jack Dempsey
Boyfriend: Jimmy Durante
Boyfriend: Douglas Fairbanks, Sr.
Boyfriend: Victor Fleming
Boyfriend: John Gilbert
Boyfriend: Anthony Quinn

    RKO Radio Pictures under contract
    Hollywood Walk of Fame 6927 Hollywood Blvd
    Mexican Ancestry
    Risk Factors: Depression

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    Hollywood Party (24-May-1934)
    The Half Naked Truth (16-Dec-1932)
    Kongo (1-Oct-1932)
    The Squaw Man (5-Sep-1931)


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