Portrait of Lupe Vélez

Acting

Lupe Vélez

Career

Active from 1927 to 1944, with up to 4 main titles a year.

Leading roles
43
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score59/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Gaucho
The Gaucho
GoodWatch score82/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 5 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.6 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Lupe Vélez Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    0.2, average 5.4
  • Pop Culture
    0.6, average 2.2
  • Fantasy
    0.5, average 1.7
  • Coming of Age
    1.9, average 3.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Historical Adventure 2
  • Classic Hollywood 2
  • Social Commentary 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

47
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1990s

1 title · average score 88
That's Entertainment! III
That's Entertainment! III (1994)
GoodWatch score 88

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

1980s

1 title
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies (1988)

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

1940s

13 titles · average score 56
Naná
Naná (1944)

as Naná

Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event
Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event (1943)
GoodWatch score 60

as Carmelita Lindsay

Redhead from Manhattan
Redhead from Manhattan (1943)

as Rita Manners / Elaine Manners

Ladies' Day
Ladies' Day (1943)
GoodWatch score 56

as Pepita Zorita

Mexican Spitfire's Elephant
Mexican Spitfire's Elephant (1942)
GoodWatch score 57

as Carmelita Lindsay

Mexican Spitfire at Sea
Mexican Spitfire at Sea (1942)
GoodWatch score 53

as Carmelita Lindsay

Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost
Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost (1942)
GoodWatch score 52

as Carmelita Lindsay

The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
The Mexican Spitfire's Baby (1941)
GoodWatch score 52

as Carmelita Lindsay

Playmates
Playmates (1941)
GoodWatch score 56

as Carmen del Toro

Honolulu Lu
Honolulu Lu (1941)

as Consuelo Cordoba aka Honolulu Lu

Mexican Spitfire
Mexican Spitfire (1940)
GoodWatch score 70

as Carmelita Lindsay

Mexican Spitfire Out West
Mexican Spitfire Out West (1940)
GoodWatch score 55

as Carmelita Lindsay

1930s

24 titles · average score 56
The Girl from Mexico
The Girl from Mexico (1939)
GoodWatch score 66

as Carmelita Fuentes

High Flyers
High Flyers (1937)
GoodWatch score 66

as Juanita - the Maid

Gypsy Melody
Gypsy Melody (1936)

as Mila

Palooka
Palooka (1934)
GoodWatch score 42

as Nina Madero

Strictly Dynamite
Strictly Dynamite (1934)

as Vera

Laughing Boy
Laughing Boy (1934)

as Slim Girl

Hot Pepper
Hot Pepper (1933)

as Pepper

The Half-Naked Truth
The Half-Naked Truth (1932)
GoodWatch score 56

as Teresita

Kongo
Kongo (1932)
GoodWatch score 67

as Tula

The Cuban Love Song
The Cuban Love Song (1931)
GoodWatch score 51

as Nenita

The Squaw Man
The Squaw Man (1931)
GoodWatch score 58

as Naturich

Hell Harbor
Hell Harbor (1930)
GoodWatch score 57

as Anita Morgan

1920s

8 titles · average score 70
Where East Is East
Where East Is East (1929)
GoodWatch score 61

as Toyo Haynes

Lady of the Pavements
Lady of the Pavements (1929)

as Nanon del Rayon

Wolf Song
Wolf Song (1929)

as Lola Salazar

Tiger Rose
Tiger Rose (1929)

as Rose

Stand and Deliver
Stand and Deliver (1928)

as Jania - a Peasant Girl

The Gaucho
The Gaucho (1927)
GoodWatch score 82

as The Mountain Girl

What Women Did for Me
What Women Did for Me (1927)

as The Dean's Daughter

Sailors, Beware!
Sailors, Beware! (1927)
GoodWatch score 67

as Baroness Behr (uncredited)