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Lupita Tovar

1910 - 2016

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Guadalupe Natalia Tovar Sullivan (27 July 1910 – 12 November 2016), known professionally as Lupita Tovar, was a Mexican-American actress best known for her starring role in the 1931 Spanish-language version of Drácula. It was filmed in Los Angeles by Universal Pictures at night using the same sets as the Bela Lugosi version, but with a different cast and director. She also starred in the film Santa (1932), one of the first Mexican sound films, and one of the first commercial Spanish-language sound films. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lupita Tovar has received more than 546,758 page views. Her biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Lupita Tovar is the 4,506th most popular actor (down from 3,255th in 2019), the 242nd most popular biography from Mexico (down from 180th in 2019) and the 52nd most popular Mexican Actor.

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  • 550k

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  • 48.11

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.66

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.54

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Lupita Tovar ranks 4,506 out of 13,578. Before her are Alexander Siddig, Matthias Schoenaerts, Shailene Woodley, Tom Byron, Lolita Flores, and Sebastian Roché. After her are Shawn Wayans, Diana Karenne, Joel Edgerton, Arnoldo Foà, Cris Morena, and Mark Rydell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Lupita Tovar ranks 256. Before her are Guy Mairesse, Alexandru Borbely, Giancarlo Brusati, Max Bense, William Higinbotham, and Charles P. Kindleberger. After her are John Wooden, László Lékai, Inge Meysel, Iuliu Baratky, Kirk Alyn, and Abraham Polonsky. Among people deceased in 2016, Lupita Tovar ranks 332. Before her are Michel Déon, Phyllis Schlafly, Ali Javan, Adrienne Corri, Ronit Elkabetz, and Ad-Diba. After her are Liz Smith, Janet Reno, Françoise Mallet-Joris, Arturo Pomar, Pierre Tchernia, and Jim Harrison.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Lupita Tovar ranks 242 out of 729. Before her are Rómulo Díaz de la Vega (1800), Roque González Garza (1885), Francisco Robles Ortega (1949), Chimalpahin (1579), Manuel Rosas (1912), and Juan Carreño (1909). After her are Angélica Rivera (1969), José Joaquín Fernández de Lizardi (1776), Paulina Rubio (1971), Martín Carrera (1806), María Grever (1885), and Daniela Romo (1959).

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Among ACTORS In Mexico

Among actors born in Mexico, Lupita Tovar ranks 52. Before her are Diego Luna (1979), Lupita Nyong'o (1983), Lola Beltrán (1932), Alfonso Arau (1932), Arturo de Córdova (1908), and Leticia Calderón (1968). After her are Daniela Romo (1959), Lucero (1969), Ana Gabriel (1955), Eiza González (1990), Gloria Trevi (1968), and Elpidia Carrillo (1961).

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Television and Movie Roles

Drácula
Eva
At midnight on Walpurgis Night, an English clerk, Renfield, arrives at Count Dracula's castle in the Carpathian Mountains. After signing papers to take over a ruined abbey near London, Dracula drives Renfield mad and commands obedience. Renfield escorts the boxed count on a death ship to London. From there, the Count is introduced into the society of his neighbor, Dr. Seward, who runs an asylum. Dracula makes short work of family friend Lucia Weston, then begins his assault on Eva Seward, the doctor's daughter. A visiting expert in the occult, Van Helsing, recognizes Dracula for who he is, and there begins a battle for Eva's body and soul.
Mar 11o 19316.8 / 10
Santa
Santa
Santa is a beautiful and very humble young girl living in Chimalistac, a small and quiet spot south of the 1930's Mexico City. After Santa is cheated by arrogant soldier Marcelino, she's rejected by her family and friends and expelled of Chimalistac. Santa finds shelter in a whorehouse and becomes a cinic and bitter woman, mistreated by bullfighter "Jarameno" and silently loved by blind pianist Hipólito.
Mar 30o 19325.5 / 10
Rose Hobart
Woman (archive footage) (uncredited)
Cornell employs clips from 1931's jungle melodrama East of Borneo – more specifically, clips of its lead actress, Rose Hobart – to disquieting effect. Through Cornell's collage editing, Hobart becomes a singular object of desire and dread, trapped in an exotic paradise.
Dec 9o 19365.4 / 10