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Lupita Tovar(1910-2016)

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Lupita Tovar
Born in Oaxaca, Mexico, Lupita Tovar appeared first in silent Fox films before making the move to Universal and co-starring in the Spanish-language version of 1930's "The Cat Creeps" (La voluntad del muerto (1930)). For the same producer, Czech-born Paul Kohner, she appeared as Eva Seward (the Spanish-language counterpart of Helen Chandler's Mina) in Universal's Spanish Dracula (1931). In 1932, she married Kohner, who later became one of the top agents in Hollywood. (Their actress-daughter, Susan Kohner, was Oscar-nominated for her performance in Universal's 1959 Imitation of Life (1959); their son, Pancho Kohner, is a producer). Tovar gave up films in the 1940s and has been widowed since 1988.
BornJuly 27, 1910
DiedNovember 12, 2016(106)
BornJuly 27, 1910
DiedNovember 12, 2016(106)
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  • Awards
    • 2 wins

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Lupita Tovar and Carlos Villarías in Drácula (1931)
Lupita Tovar in Drácula (1931)
Eduardo Arozamena and Lupita Tovar in Drácula (1931)
Juan José Martínez Casado and Lupita Tovar in Santa (1932)
Lupita Tovar and Carlos Villarías in Drácula (1931)
Andy Devine and Lupita Tovar in Tropic Fury (1939)
George O'Brien and Lupita Tovar in The Fighting Gringo (1939)
Donald Reed, Juan José Martínez Casado, and Lupita Tovar in Santa (1932)
Mimí Derba, Carlos Orellana, Feliciano Rueda, and Lupita Tovar in Santa (1932)
Juan José Martínez Casado and Lupita Tovar in Santa (1932)
Lupita Tovar
Lupita Tovar

Known for:

María (1938)
María
  • María
  • 1938
Santa (1932)
Santa
6.8
  • Santa
  • 1932
Buck Jones and Lupita Tovar in Border Law (1931)
Border Law
5.9
  • Tonita
  • 1931
Resurrección (1943)
Resurrección
6.6
  • María
  • 1943

Credits

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Actress

  • Invitation Playhouse: Mind Over Murder
    • TV Series
    • 1952
  • Warner Baxter, Hillary Brooke, Lloyd Corrigan, Jerome Cowan, Stephen Crane, Emory Parnell, and Mark Roberts in The Crime Doctor's Courage (1945)
    The Crime Doctor's Courage
    • Dolores Bragga
    • 1945
  • Miguel Strogoff (1944)
    Miguel Strogoff
    • Nadia Fedorova
    • 1944
  • Robert Shayne in Gun to Gun (1944)
    Gun to Gun
    • Dolores Diego
    • Short
    • 1944
  • Resurrección (1943)
    Resurrección
    • María
    • 1943
  • Bud McClure, Buck Moulton, Tex Parker, and Carleton Young in Two Gun Sheriff (1941)
    Two Gun Sheriff
    • Nita
    • 1941
  • Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, and Doris Davenport in The Westerner (1940)
    The Westerner
    • Teresita (uncredited)
    • 1940
  • Joan Bennett, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Vincent Price, George Sanders, Alan Hale, George Bancroft, and John Howard in Green Hell (1940)
    Green Hell
    • Native Girl
    • 1940
  • Gene Autry in South of the Border (1939)
    South of the Border
    • Dolores Mendoza
    • 1939
  • Richard Arlen, Andy Devine, Samuel S. Hinds, Beverly Roberts, and Lupita Tovar in Tropic Fury (1939)
    Tropic Fury
    • Maria Scipio
    • 1939
  • Dick Botiller, George O'Brien, Glenn Strange, and Lupita Tovar in The Fighting Gringo (1939)
    The Fighting Gringo
    • Anita del Campo
    • 1939
  • María (1938)
    María
    • María
    • 1938
  • Lupita Tovar in El rosario de Amozoc (1938)
    El rosario de Amozoc
    • Rosario
    • 1938
  • Henry Fonda, Leo Carrillo, and Madeleine Carroll in Blockade (1938)
    Blockade
    • Cabaret Girl
    • 1938
  • Fortunio Bonanova and Lupita Tovar in El capitan Tormenta (1936)
    El capitan Tormenta
    • Magda
    • 1936

Additional Crew

  • Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius (1989)
    Universal Horror
    • source: stills (as Lupita Tovar Kohner)
    • TV Movie
    • 1998

Soundtrack

  • Buck Jones and Lupita Tovar in Border Law (1931)
    Border Law
    • performer: "Adios Amigo" (uncredited)
    • 1931

Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • Lupita Tovar Kohner
  • Height
    • 5′ 1″ (1.55 m)
  • Born
    • July 27, 1910
    • Matias Romero, Oaxaca, Mexico
  • Died
    • November 12, 2016
    • Los Angeles, California, USA(undisclosed)
  • Spouse
    • Paul KohnerOctober 31, 1932 - March 16, 1988 (his death, 2 children)
  • Children
      Pancho Kohner
  • Relatives
      Paul Weitz(Grandchild)
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Interview
    • 1 Article
    • 1 Magazine Cover Photo

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    She acted in the first Mexican talkie film, Santa (1932).
  • Quotes
    [on Don 'Red' Barry] I remember Don; a little man, always talking, always telling stories while I was learning the dialogue. He could be difficult - he was not as easy as the other cowboys. He was young and difficult.
  • Salaries
      The Cock-Eyed World
      (1929)
      $150 /week

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