Lupe Velez

Her suicide has gathered a cruel but grimly amusing story, made into a film by Andy Warhol in 1965 as Lupe. She is married to TV director John Pasquin and has adopted two children. The drug did not work, instead upsetting her stomach; she actually was found dead in her bathroom, having drowned in the toilet. In 1994, JoBeth directed On Hope (1994) which earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Short Film, Live Action. Lupe Vélez committed suicide with Seconal in Beverly Hills, California after the end of her relationship with Harold Raymond, whose child she was carrying. She has starred in a number of TV movies and small films and has had supporting roles in larger budget films. In 1943 she returned to Mexico and starred in Nana (1944), well received she returned to Hollywood. JoBeth is most recognized with her role in Poltergeist (1982) and she reprised her character in the sequel, Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986).

She went on to have another emotionally draining affair, this with Gary Cooper. Kramer (1979). The fraught marriage lasted five years, they repeatedly split and finally divorced in 1938. In 1979, JoBeth had her film acting debut in Kramer vs. Emotionally generous, she had a number of highly publicized affairs before marrying Johnny Weissmuller in 1933. After graduating from college, she joined the Trinity Repertory Company in Providence and was involved in local theatre. Vélez was one of few Hollywood actors to make a successful transition from silent film to 'talkies'. JoBeth was born in Houston and attended Brown University.

She largely stuck to lighter roles from then, notably in the Mexcan Spitfire series of seven films (1939-1943). JoBeth Williams (born December 6, 1948) is an American film actress. She did a further eighteen films before finding her niche in comedy with Hot Pepper (1933). Kramer (1979) - Phyllis Bernard. Her first feature-length film was Douglas Fairbanks' The Gaucho (1927); the next year, she was one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars. Kramer vs. She moved to California that year and was first cast in movies by Hal Roach. Poltergeist (1982) - Diane Freeling.