Lupe Velez

Her suicide has gathered a cruel but grimly amusing story, made into a film by Andy Warhol in 1965 as Lupe.
. The drug did not work, instead upsetting her stomach; she actually was found dead in her bathroom, having drowned in the toilet. Partial filmography:. Lupe Vélez committed suicide with Seconal in Beverly Hills, California after the end of her relationship with Harold Raymond, whose child she was carrying. Wray died at her home in Manhattan, New York State, USA and was interred in the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Hollywood. In 1943 she returned to Mexico and starred in Nana (1944), well received she returned to Hollywood. As of 2004 she was scheduled to receive a star on Canada's Walk of Fame in Toronto.

She went on to have another emotionally draining affair, this with Gary Cooper. Wray has a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame. The fraught marriage lasted five years, they repeatedly split and finally divorced in 1938. Her autobiography, On the Other Hand (ISBN 0312022654), was published in 1988. Emotionally generous, she had a number of highly publicized affairs before marrying Johnny Weissmuller in 1933. She is the mother of Susan Saunders, Victoria Riskin and Robert Riskin Jr. Vélez was one of few Hollywood actors to make a successful transition from silent film to 'talkies'. Sanford Rothenberg.

She largely stuck to lighter roles from then, notably in the Mexcan Spitfire series of seven films (1939-1943). Wray was married to John Monk Saunders, Robert Riskin, and Dr. She did a further eighteen films before finding her niche in comedy with Hot Pepper (1933). Later in her career, Wray appeared in Small Town Girl, Tammy and the Bachelor, and Summer Love. Her first feature-length film was Douglas Fairbanks' The Gaucho (1927); the next year, she was one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars. She also appeared in Viva Villa, The Texan, The Conquering Horde, and One Sunday Afternoon. She moved to California that year and was first cast in movies by Hal Roach. Wray also appeared in over a hundred other films, mostly in the 1930s, including The Wedding March (1928), The Four Feathers (1929), Doctor X (1932), The Most Dangerous Game (1932), The Vampire Bat (1933), and Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933).

She took dancing lessons and in 1924 made her performing debut at the Teatro Principal. She is best remembered for her role as the blonde seductress of a gigantic, prehistoric gorilla in the classic horror/adventure film King Kong (1933). She was lightly educated at a convent school in Texas before finding work as a sales assistant. Wray gained media attention when she was selected as one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars in 1926. She was born in San Luis Potosí as María Guadalupe Vélez de Villalobos. They lived in Arizona and Salt Lake City, Utah before settling in California. Lupe Vélez (July 18, 1908 - December 13, 1944) was a Mexican actress. Vina Fay Wray (September 15, 1907 - August 8, 2004) was a Canadian-born American actress. Born on a ranch near Cardston, Alberta, her family moved to the United States when she was three.

The Clairvoyant (1935). Viva Villa! (1934). The Affairs of Cellini (1934). The Vampire Bat (1933).

One Sunday Afternoon (1933). The Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933). The Most Dangerous Game (1932). Doctor X (1932).

The Unholy Garden (1931). The Conquering Horde (1931). The Texan (1930). Thunderbolt (1929).

The Wedding March (1928). The Four Feathers (1928).