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