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Yolanda Yvonne Montes Farrington (born January 3, 1932), better known by her stage-name Tongolele, is an American dancer, actress and vedette. Early life [ edit ] As a child, she danced for the International Ballet of San Francisco, California as part of a Tahitian Revue .
Yolanda Montes, artistically known as "Tongolele", became a professional dancer when she was only 15 years old. Tongolele was an exotic dancer and actress of Mexican films from the late 1940's into the 1980's. She was and still is well known in Latin America and Spain.
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Tongolele is the stage name of Yolanda Montes, a Mexican dancer and actress of Spanish, Swedish, English and French descent. She was born in 1932 in Spokane, Washington, and became a professional dancer at 15.
- Actress, Additional Crew
- January 3, 1932
Aug 3, 2015 · EXOTIC DANCER YOLANDA MONTES 'TONGOLELE' LOOKS BACK ON HER RISE TO FAME Yolanda Montes "Tongolele" is the very embodiment of exotic dancing. With her hip movements, she forever changed the...
Nov 9, 2009 · Yolanda Ivonne Montez Farrington (Tongolele) nacida el 3 de enero de 1932 en Washington D.C.llegó a México en 1946 y no hablaba español pero su prodigio para el baile y su exuberante...
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Yolanda Montes dite Tongolele « Mambo de la muerte » (Chucho Rodriguez)dans le film mexicain « Mátenme porque me muero ». réalisé par Ismael Rodríguez / 1951.
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Mar 24, 2016 · Yolanda “Tongolele” Montes (born 1932) is an actress and exotic dancer. Born Yolanda Ivonne Montes Farrington in Spokane, Washington, she danced in San Francisco nightclubs as a teenager before moving to Mexico City as a cabaret performer.
