Gorgeous Photos of Lupita Tovar in the 1930s

Born 1910 as Guadalupe Natalia Tovar Sullivan in Matías Romero, Oaxaca, Mexican-American actress Lupita Tovar was 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.

Tovar also starred in the film Santa (1932), one of the first Mexican sound films, and one of the first commercial Spanish-language sound films. 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. She died in 2016 at the age of 106.

Take a look at these gorgeous photos to see portraits of a young Lupita Tovar in the 1930s.