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Lupe Velez Net Worth

By John Castro |


Lupe Velez net worth is
$700,000

Lupe Velez Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family

Lupe Velez was born on July 18, 1908, in San Luis de Potosi, Mexico, as Maria Guadalupe Villalobos Velez. She was sent to Texas at the age of 13 to live in a convent. She later admitted that she wasn't much of a student because she was so rambunctious. She had planned to become a champion roller-skater but that would change. Life was hard for her ... 
Net Worth$700,000
Date Of BirthJuly 18, 1908
Place Of BirthSan Luis Potosi, Mexico
Height5' (1.52 m)
ProfessionActress, Soundtrack
Star SignCancer
#Quote
1[on divorcing Johnny Weissmuller] Marriage - eet stinks.
2The 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.
#Fact
1Has a star on the Hollywood walk of Fame.
2More than four-thousand people filed past her casket during her funeral.
3Velez' estate, valued at $125,000 and consisting mostly of her Rodeo House home, two cars, jewelry, and personal effects were left to her secretary Beulah Kinder with the remainder in trust for her mother, Mrs. Josephine Velez.
4Was best friends with Mrs. Jack Oakie and retired actress Estelle Taylor and, who was the last person to see her alive.
5She had one brother and two sisters. When she was a child, her father, a Mexican Army officer, died during a revolution, and she had to work for a living. Her mother was an opera singer (though some say, she was a prostitute), with whom she first saw what stage life was like.
6The most popular Italian crossword weekly magazine, "La Settimana Enigmistica", which typically features the picture of a star on its cover page puzzle, had Lupe Velez on its no. 1 issue back in the '30s.
7She was pregnant at the time of her death, and in her suicide note named Austrian actor Harald Maresch as the father.

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Actress

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Naná1944Nana
Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event1943Carmelita Lindsay
Redhead from Manhattan1943Rita Manners / Elaine Manners
Ladies' Day1943Pepita Zorita
Mexican Spitfire's Elephant1942Carmelita Lindsay
Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost1942Carmelita Lindsay
Mexican Spitfire at Sea1942Carmelita Lindsay
Playmates1941Carmen del Toro
Honolulu Lu1941Consuelo Cordoba aka Honolulu Lu
The Mexican Spitfire's Baby1941Carmelita Lindsay
Six Lessons from Madame La Zonga1941Madame La Zonga
Mexican Spitfire Out West1940Carmelita Lindsay
Mexican Spitfire1940Carmelita Lindsay
The Girl from Mexico1939Carmelita Fuentes
Stardust1938/IICarla de Huelva
La zandunga1938Lupe
High Flyers1937Juanita - the Maid
Gypsy Melody1936Mila
The Morals of Marcus1935Carlotta
Hollywood Party1934The Jaguar Woman / Jane in Schnarzan Sequence
Strictly Dynamite1934Vera
Laughing Boy1934Slim Girl
Palooka1934Nina Madero
Mr. Broadway1933Lupe Velez
Hot Pepper1933Pepper
The Half Naked Truth1932Teresita
Kongo1932Tula
The Broken Wing1932Lolita
Hombres de mi vida1932Julia Clark
The Cuban Love Song1931Nenita
The Squaw Man1931Naturich
Resurrección1931Katyusha Maslova
Resurrection1931Katusha Maslova
Oriente es Occidente1930Ming Toy
East Is West1930Ming Toy
The Storm1930Manette Fachard
Hell Harbor1930Anita Morgan
Tiger Rose1929Rose
Where East Is East1929Toyo Haynes
The Wolf Song1929Lola Salazar
Lady of the Pavements1929Nanon del Rayon
Stand and Deliver1928Jania - a Peasant Girl
The Gaucho1927The Mountain Girl
Sailors, Beware!1927ShortBaroness Behr (uncredited)
What Women Did for Me1927ShortThe Dean's Daughter

Soundtrack

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The Half Naked Truth1932performer: "O! Mister Carpenter" 1932, "Hootchie Kootchie" - uncredited
The Cuban Love Song1931"The Cuban Love Song" 1931, uncredited / performer: "El Manisero The Peanut Vendor" 1929, "Spanish Song" - uncredited
East Is West1930performer: "Chinese Lullaby" - uncredited
Lady of the Pavements1929performer: "Where Is the Song of Songs for Me?"
Playmates1941performer: "Que Chica" 1941
Honolulu Lu1941performer: "Honolulu Lu"
The Girl from Mexico1939"She'll be Coming 'Round the Mountain" / performer: "Negra Consentida Black Allowed", "She'll be Coming 'Round the Mountain", "Chiapanecas"
Stardust1938/IIperformer: "Perpetual Motion"
High Flyers1937performer: "I Always Get My Man" 1937, "I'm a Gaucho" 1937, "On the Good Ship Lollipop" 1934 - uncredited
Gypsy Melody1936performer: "Song of the Guitar"
Strictly Dynamite1934performer: "Oh, Me! Oh, My! Oh, You!" 1933, "I'm Putty in Your Hands" 1933 - uncredited
Palooka1934performer: "Like Me a Little Bit Less Love Me a Little Bit More" 1933 - uncredited

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Recordar es vivir1941Documentary short
Screen Snapshots, Series 14, No. 11934Documentary shortHerself
The Voice of Hollywood No. 13 (Second Series)1932ShortHerself
The Voice of Hollywood No. 121930ShortHerself (uncredited)
The Voice of Hollywood, Series 1, No. 21930ShortHerself
Fashion News1930DocumentaryHerself (1929)
Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 111930ShortHerself
Hollywood Snapshots #111929Documentary shortHerself

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Won Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
1960Star on the Walk of FameWalk of FameMotion PictureOn 8 February 1960. At 6927 Hollywood Blvd.

Known for movies

Carmelita Fuentes

The Girl from Mexico (1939)
as Carmelita Fuentes

The Mountain Girl

The Gaucho (1927)
as The Mountain Girl

Teresita

The Half Naked Truth (1932)
as Teresita

Nina Madero

Palooka (1934)
as Nina Madero