Lupe wanted to be remembered; that was her one wish. Since she was not being remembered by her films, she decided to be remembered by her suicide. She had everything planned; the pretty silk night gown, and make-up, the position. She knew that picture would make front cover news the next day.
Measurements: 37-26 1/2-35 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)
She had one brother and two sisters. When she was a child, her father, a Mexican Army officer, died during a revolution, and she had to work for a living. Her mother was an opera singer (though some say, she was a prostitute), with whom she first saw what stage life was like.
She was pregnant at the time of her death, and in her suicide note named Austrian actor Harald Maresch as the father.
The most popular Italian crossword weekly magazine, "La Settimana Enigmistica", which typically features the picture of a star on its cover page puzzle, had Lupe Velez on its no. 1 issue back in the '30s.
Was best friends with actress Estelle Taylor, who was the last person to see her alive.