# Lupe Vélez filmography

This is a complete filmography of Mexican film actress Lupe Vélez. Vélez began her career in 1927, when she abandoned her native Mexico to start a career as an exotic beauty in the 1920s Hollywood. Vélez began her career in Mexico as a dancer, before moving to the U.S., where she worked in vaudeville. She was seen by Fanny Brice, who promoted her, and Vélez soon entered films, making her first appearance in 1927. Vélez's first feature-length film was The Gaucho (1927), starring Douglas Fairbanks. By the end of the decade, she had progressed to leading roles. With the advent of talking pictures, Vélez acted in comedies. She worked with directors like D. W. Griffith, Victor Fleming, William Wyler, and Cecil B. DeMille, among others, and with stars like Gary Cooper, Warner Baxter, Jimmy Durante, Oliver Hardy, and Stan Laurel, among others.. But she became disappointed with her film career, and moved to New York, where she worked in Broadway productions. Returning to Hollywood in 1939, she made a series of comedies named Mexican Spitfire. The Spitfire films rejuvenated Vélez's career. She also made some films in Mexico. Vélez was one of the first Mexican actresses to succeed in Hollywood. The others are Dolores del Río, Katy Jurado, and, in more recent years, Salma Hayek.

## Filmography
### 1927–1929

| Year | Title | Role | Director | Other cast members |
| 1927 | What Women Did for Me | Bit Part | James Parrott | Charley Chase, Robert Gray |
| 1927 | Sailors, Beware! | Baroness Behr | Fred Guiol | Oliver Hardy, Stan Laurel |
| 1927 | The Gaucho | The Mountain Girl | F. Richard Jones | Douglas Fairbanks, Joan Barclay |
| 1928 | Stand and Deliver | Jania | Donald Crisp | Rod La Rocque, Warner Oland |
| 1929 | Lady of the Pavements | Nanón del Rayón | D. W. Griffith | Jetta Goudal, Albert Conty |
| 1929 | Wolf Song | Lola Salazar | Victor Fleming | Gary Cooper, Louis Wolheim |
| 1929 | Where East Is East | Toyo Haines | Tod Browning | Lon Chaney, Lloyd Hughes |
| 1929 | Tiger Rose | Rose | George Fitzmaurice | Monte Blue, H. B. Warner, Rin Tin Tin |

### 1930–1938

| Year | Title | Role | Director | Other cast members |
| 1930 | Hell Harbor | Anita Morgan | Henry King | Jean Hersholt, John Holland |
| 1930 | The Storm | Manette Fachard | William Wyler | Paul Cavanagh, William Boyd |
| 1930 | East Is West | Ming Toy | Monta Bell | Edward G. Robinson, Lew Ayres |
| 1931 | Resurrection | Katyusha Maslova | Edwin Carewe | John Boles, William Keighley |
| 1931 | Resurrección | Katyusha Maslova | Eduardo Arozamena | Gilbert Roland, Blanca de Castejón |
| 1931 | The Squaw Man | Naturich | Cecil B. DeMille | Warner Baxter, Eleanor Boardman |
| 1931 | The Cuban Love Song | Nenita López | W. S. Van Dyke | Lawrence Tibbett, Jimmy Durante |
| 1932 | Hombres de mi vida | Julia Clark | Eduardo Arozamena | Gilbert Roland, Ramón Pereda |
| 1932 | The Broken Wing | Lolita | Lloyd Corrigan | Melvyn Douglas, Leo Carrillo |
| 1932 | Kongo | Tula | William J. Cowen | Walter Huston, Virginia Bruce |
| 1932 | The Half-Naked Truth | Teresita "Princess Exotica" | Gregory La Cava | Lee Tracy, Eugene Pallette |
| 1933 | Hot Pepper | Pepper | John G. Blystone | Victor McLaglen, Edmund Lowe |
| 1934 | Palooka | Nina Madero | Benjamin Stoloff | Jimmy Durante, Stuart Erwin |
| 1934 | Strictly Dynamite | Vera Mendez | Elliott Nugent | Jimmy Durante, Norman Foster |
| 1934 | Laughing Boy | Slim Girl | Oliver La Farge | Ramon Novarro, William B. Davidson |
| 1934 | Hollywood Party | The Jaguar Woman//Jane in Schnarzan Sequence | Oliver Hardy | Stan Laurel, Jimmy Durante, The Three Stooges, Mickey Mouse |
| 1935 | The Morals of Marcus | Carlotta | Miles Mander | Ian Hunter, Adrianne Allen |
| 1936 | Gypsy Melody | Mila | Edmond T. Gréville | Alfred Rode, Jerry Verno |
| 1937 | High Flyers | Maria Juanita Rosita Anita Moreno del Valle | Edward F. Cline | Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey |
| 1937 | Stardust | Carla de Huelva | Melville W. Brown | Ben Lyon, Wallace Ford |
| 1938 | La Zandunga | Lupe | Fernando de Fuentes | Arturo de Córdova, Joaquín Pardavé |

### 1939–1944

| Year | Title | Role | Director | Other cast members |
| 1939 | The Girl from Mexico | Carmelita Fuentes | Leslie Goodwins | Leon Errol, Donald Woods |
| 1940 | Mexican Spitfire | Carmelita Lindsay | Leslie Goodwins | Leon Errol, Donald Woods |
| 1940 | Mexican Spitfire Out West | Carmelita Lindsay | Leslie Goodwins | Leon Errol, Donald Woods |
| 1941 | Six Lessons from Madame La Zonga | Madame La Zonga | John Rawlins | Leon Errol, Helen Parrish |
| 1941 | The Mexican Spitfire's Baby | Carmelita Lindsay | Leslie Goodwins | Leon Errol, Charles "Buddy" Rogers, ZaSu Pitts |
| 1941 | Honolulu Lu | Consuelo Córdova | Charles Barton | Bruce Bennett, Leo Carrillo |
| 1941 | Playmates | Carmen Del Toro | David Butler | John Barrymore, Ginny Simms |
| 1942 | Mexican Spitfire at Sea | Carmelita Lindsay | Leslie Goodwins | Leon Errol, ZaSu Pitts, Charles "Buddy" Rogers |
| 1942 | Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost | Carmelita Lindsay | Leslie Goodwins | Leon Errol, Charles "Buddy" Rogers |
| 1942 | Mexican Spitfire's Elephant | Carmelita Lindsay | Leslie Goodwins | Leon Errol, Walter Reed |
| 1943 | Ladies' Day | Pepita Zorita | Leslie Goodwins | Eddie Albert, Patsy Kelly |
| 1943 | Redhead from Manhattan | Rita Manners/Elaine Manners | Lew Landers | Michael Duane, Tim Ryan |
| 1943 | Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event | Carmelita Lindsay | Leslie Goodwins | Leon Errol, Walter Reed |
| 1944 | Nana | Nana | Roberto Gavaldón, Celestino Gorostiza | Crox Alvarado, Lilia Michel |

### Short films appearing as herself

| Year | Title |
| 1929 | Hollywood Snapshots #11 |
| 1932 | The Voice of Hollywood No. 13 |
| 1933 | Mr. Broadway |
| 1941 | Recordar es vivir |

## Theatre

| Year | Play | Role | Theatre | Other notable cast members |
| 1925 | Mexican Ra-Ta-Plan | Many Roles | Teatro Regis, Mexico City | Delia Magaña, Celia Padilla |
| 1925 | ¡No lo tapes! | Many Roles | Teatro Regis, Mexico City | |
| 1925 | Mexico Multicolor | Many Roles | Teatro Lírico, Mexico City | Delia Magaña, Joaquín Pardavé |
| 1932 | Hot-Cha! | Conchita | Ziegfeld Theatre, New York City | Bert Lahr, Buddy Rogers |
| 1933 | Strike Me Pink | Many roles | Majestic Theatre, New York City | Jimmy Durante |
| 1938 | You Never Know | María | Winter Garden Theatre, New York City | Libby Holman, Clifton Webb |