Lupita Tovar was a Mexican actress who began her career in silent Fox films before transitioning to Universal Pictures. She co-starred in the Spanish-language version of the 1930 film "The Cat Creeps" (La voluntad del muerto (1930)). She was born in Oaxaca, Mexico and was a pioneer in the Spanish-language film industry.
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The Veiled Woman (1929)
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$150 /week |
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Joy Street (1929)
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$150 /week |
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The Black Watch (1929)
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$150 /week |
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The Cock-Eyed World (1929)
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$150 /week |
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 de vampier (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.
