ACTOR

Lupe Vélez

1908 - 1944

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María Guadalupe "Lupe" Villalobos Vélez (July 18, 1908 – December 14, 1944) was a Mexican actress, singer, and dancer during the Golden Age of Hollywood cinema. Vélez began her career as a performer in Mexican vaudeville in the early 1920s. After moving to the United States, she made her first film appearance in a short in 1927. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lupe Vélez has received more than 2,752,385 page views. Her biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Lupe Vélez is the 2,029th most popular actor (down from 1,615th in 2019), the 122nd most popular biography from Mexico (down from 98th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Mexican Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.11

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.60

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Lupe Vélez ranks 2,029 out of 13,578. Before her are Amaury Nolasco, Georges Descrières, Barbara Babcock, John Gavin, Paul Giamatti, and Sho Kosugi. After her are Andréa Ferréol, Georgy Vitsin, June Whitfield, Lauren Graham, Richard Jordan, and Nancy Marchand.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Lupe Vélez ranks 143. Before her are Ivan Yefremov, Lee Krasner, Mario Evaristo, Anna Sten, Juan López Fontana, and Mel Blanc. After her are Paul Henreid, Henryk Zygalski, Elio Vittorini, John Tuzo Wilson, Michel Marcel Navratil, and Robert Morley. Among people deceased in 1944, Lupe Vélez ranks 153. Before her are Regina Jonas, Thomas Curtis, Bella Rosenfeld, Max Nettlau, Carl Flesch, and Mineichi Koga. After her are Adolf Wagner, Abdurreshid Ibrahim, Peter Struve, Dadasaheb Phalke, Nikolai Kuznetsov, and Amy Beach.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Lupe Vélez ranks 122 out of 729. Before her are Francisco Jara (1941), Emilio Portes Gil (1890), Nicolás Bravo (1786), Fernando Colunga (1966), Rafael Márquez (1979), and Juan Ruiz de Alarcón (1581). After her are Manuel González Flores (1833), Edith González (1964), Valentín Gómez Farías (1781), Abelardo L. Rodríguez (1889), Ricardo Rodríguez (1942), and Pascual Ortiz Rubio (1877).

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Among ACTORS In Mexico

Among actors born in Mexico, Lupe Vélez ranks 18. Before her are Silvia Pinal (1931), Verónica Castro (1952), Katy Jurado (1924), Ramon Novarro (1899), Jacqueline Andere (1938), and Fernando Colunga (1966). After her are Edith González (1964), Kitten Natividad (1948), Demián Bichir (1963), Carmen Salinas (1939), Manuel Ojeda (1940), and Antonio Aguilar (1919).

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Television and Movie Roles

Kongo
Tula
The ruthless Flint, a disabled man, rules an isolated region of Kongo like an omnipotent god, through superstition and sadism, living only for the day when he can get revenge on the man who ruined his life.
Oct 1st 19326.4 / 10
The Half-Naked Truth
Teresita
A carnival pitchman (Tracy) finagles his girlfriend, a fiery hoochie dancer (Vélez), into a major Broadway revue under the auspices of an impresario (Morgan).
Dec 16th 19325.1 / 10
Hell Harbor
Anita Morgan
Lovely Anita dreams of escaping the monotony of her island home and sailing to bustling Havana. But when her abusive father promises her to the greasy local merchant, Anita does everything in her power to make her dream a reality.
Mar 14th 19306 / 10