DEATHIVERSARY: LUPE VELEZ (December 14, 1944)

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Deathiversary: Lupe Velez

πšƒπš‘πšŽ π™ΌπšŽπš‘πš’πšŒπšŠπš— πš‚πš™πš’πšπšπš’πš›πšŽ, π™»πšžπš™πšŽ πš…πšŽΜπš•πšŽπš£, 𝚠𝚊𝚜 πšπš‘πšŽ πšπš’πš›πšœπš πšœπšžπšŒπšŒπšŽπšœπšœπšπšžπš• π™ΌπšŽπš‘πš’πšŒπšŠπš—-πš‹πš˜πš›πš— π™·πš˜πš•πš•πš’πš πš˜πš˜πš πšŠπšŒπšπš›πšŽπšœπšœ. πš…πšŽΜπš•πšŽπš£ πšπš’πšŽπš πš˜πš— πšπš‘πš’πšœ 𝚍𝚊𝚒 πš’πš— 𝟷𝟿𝟺𝟺, πšŠπš—πš πšπš‘πšŽ πšŒπš˜πš—πšπš›πš’πš‹πšžπšπš’πš˜πš—πšœ πšœπš‘πšŽ πš•πšŽπšπš πš‹πšŽπš‘πš’πš—πš πšŠπš›πšŽ πš–πš˜πšœπšπš•πš’ πš•πš˜πšœπš 𝚝𝚘 πšŠπš— πšžπš›πš‹πšŠπš— πš•πšŽπšπšŽπš—πš πšœπšžπš›πš›πš˜πšžπš—πšπš’πš—πš πš‘πšŽπš› πšπšŽπšŠπšπš‘. Pick up a copy of DEAD IN HOLLYWOOD: Lupe Velez (Issue 13) HERE!

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The Mexican Spitfire: Lupe Velez (Coming Soon!)

MarΓ­a Guadalupe Villalobos VΓ©lez, known as Lupe VΓ©lez, is a Mexican-born silent screen star. VΓ©lez begins her career as a performer in Mexican vaudeville in the early 1920s. She is one of the first successful Latin American actresses in Hollywood. By the end of the decade, in the last years of American silent films, she is the lead in a number of films including "The Gaucho" (1927) and "Wolf Song" (1929). In the 40s, VΓ©lez's popularity peaks after appearing in the Mexican Spitfire films, a series created to capitalize on VΓ©lez's well-documented fiery personality. Nicknamed The Mexican Spitfire by the media, VΓ©lez's personal life is as colorful as her onscreen persona. In the early morning hours of December 14, 1944, VΓ©lez retires to her bedroom, where she consumes 70 - yes, 70! - Seconal pills and a glass of brandy. Her death becomes the stuff of urban legends. Coming soon!

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