Carmelita

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Carmelita is the fiery, comedic Mexican heroine portrayed by Lupe Vélez in the 1940s "Mexican Spitfire" film series.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Carmelita canonical 5
Lupe 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
film character ⓘ
activePeriod 1940s ⓘ
appearsIn Mexican Spitfire ⓘ
Mexican Spitfire Out West ⓘ
Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost ⓘ
Mexican Spitfire at Sea ⓘ
Mexican Spitfire’s Blessed Event ⓘ
Mexican Spitfire’s Elephant ⓘ
The Mexican Spitfire’s Baby ⓘ
associatedWith American screwball comedy ⓘ
ethnic comedy of the 1940s ⓘ
characteristic comedic ⓘ
fiery ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Mexico ⓘ
createdFor Mexican Spitfire film series ⓘ
culturalStereotype "Mexican spitfire" archetype ⓘ
ethnicity Mexican ⓘ
fictionalUniverse Mexican Spitfire universe ⓘ
firstAppearanceDecade 1940s ⓘ
franchise Mexican Spitfire series ⓘ
genre comedy ⓘ
hasOnScreenPartner Dennis Lindsay ⓘ
inUniverseNationality Mexican ⓘ
language English ⓘ
medium film ⓘ
narrativeRole heroine ⓘ
protagonist ⓘ
notableFor comic misunderstandings ⓘ
temperamental outbursts ⓘ
notableTrait impulsive behavior ⓘ
jealousy used for humor ⓘ
strong accent as comic device ⓘ
originalLanguageContext American cinema ⓘ
portrayalType broad ethnic caricature ⓘ
portrayedBy Lupe Vélez ⓘ
portrayedByNationality Mexican actress ⓘ
portrayedInEra Golden Age of Hollywood ⓘ
productionCompanyOfWorks RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ
settingOfStories United States ⓘ
targetAudience mainstream American audiences of the 1940s ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mario Montez → appearedIn → Lupe ⓘ
linked to: Carmelita
Carmen → hasVariant → Carmelita ⓘ
The Fat Spy → hasCharacter → Carmelita ⓘ