Lupita Tovar

Lupita Tovar

actress, additional crew, soundtrack

Lupita Tovar was born on Jul 27, 1910 in Mexico. Lupita Tovar's big-screen debut came with The Black Watch directed by John Ford in 1929. Lupita Tovar is known for The Westerner directed by William Wyler, Gary Cooper stars as Cole Harden and Walter Brennan as Judge Roy Bean. The most recent award Lupita Tovar achieved is Ariel Awards, Mexico. The upcoming new movie Lupita Tovar plays is The Crime Doctor's Courage which will be released on Feb 27, 1945.

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.

  • Birthday

    Jul 27, 1910
  • Place of Birth

    Matias Romero, Oaxaca, Mexico

Known For

Awards

2 wins & 0 nominations

Ariel Awards, Mexico
2001
Winner - Special Golden Ariel
Eyegore Awards
1999
Winner - Eyegore Award

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