Lupita Tovar

Lupita Tovar
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Lupita Tovar, 1930s
Born
Guadalupe Natalia Tovar Sullivan

(1910-07-27)27 July 1910
Died12 November 2016(2016-11-12) (aged 106)
Resting placeHillside Memorial Park Cemetery
Other namesLupita Kohner
OccupationActress
Years active1929–1945
Notable workDrácula
Santa
Spouse
(m. 1932; died 1988)
Children2; including Susan Kohner
RelativesFrederick Kohner (brother‑in‑law)
John Weitz (son-in-law)
Paul Weitz (grandson)
Chris Weitz (grandson)
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Guadalupe Natalia Tovar Sullivan[1][2] (27 July 1910 – 12 November 2016), known professionally as Lupita Tovar, was a Mexican-American actress best known for her starring role in the 1931 Spanish-language version of Drácula. It was filmed in Los Angeles by Universal Pictures at night using the same sets as the Bela Lugosi version, but with a different cast and director.[3]

She also starred in the film Santa (1932), one of the first Mexican sound films, and one of the first commercial Spanish-language sound films.[4] At the time of her death, she was the oldest living actress and among the last surviving stars of the Golden Ages of both Mexican cinema and Hollywood.

  1. ^ "Guadalupe Lupita Kohner (1952) – New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists". FamilySearch. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  2. ^ "Passenger Manifest – Pan American World Airways, Inc.: Guadalupe Lupita Kohner -- Paris to New York (1952)". FamilySearch. 28 October 1952. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  3. ^ Montagne, Renee (15 February 2008). "Lupita Tovar, Mexico's Sultry Screen 'Sweetheart'". Morning Edition. NPR. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  4. ^ Marble, Steve (15 November 2016). "Lupita Tovar, a Mexican star in Hollywood's golden era, dies at 106". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 15 November 2016. "Santa" was probably not the first Mexican "talkie," but it was certainly one of the first commercial breakthroughs of the sound era in Spanish-language cinema.