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Yolanda Montes

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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. Her father was Spanish/Swedish and her mother English/French... See full bio »

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Yolanda Ivonne Móntez Farrington
in Spokane, Washington, USA
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2012 El fantástico mundo de Juan Orol
Tongolele
 
2001 Salomé (TV series)
Yolanda
– Salomé (2001) … Yolanda (as Yolanda Montes 'Tongolele')
 
1983 Las fabulosas del Reventón 2 (as Yolanda Montes 'Tongolele')
 
1983 Teatro Follies
 
1983 La pasión de Isabela (TV series)
 
1982 Las fabulosas del Reventón (as Yolanda Montes 'Tongolele')
 
1971 Isle of the Snake People
Kalea (as Tongolele)
 
1969 El crepúsculo de un dios
 
1967 Las mujeres panteras
Tongo (as Yolanda Montes 'Tongolele')
 
1967 La muerte es puntual
 
1966 Amor a ritmo de go go
Tongolele (as Yolanda Montes 'Tongolele')
 
1958 Música de siempre
 
1956 Pensión de artistas
Tongolele
 
1953 El misterio del carro express
 
1953 Sí, mi vida (uncredited)
 
1953 El mensaje de la muerte (as Yolanda Montes 'Tongolele')
 
1953 Ahí vienen los gorrones
 
1953 Había una vez un marido
Tongolele
 
1953 Amor de locura
Aldara (as Yolanda Montes 'Tongolele')
 
1952 Chucho el remendado
 
1951 ¡¡¡Mátenme porque me muero!!! (as Tongolele)
 
1950 El amor no es ciego (as Tongolele)
 
1950 The King of the Neighborhood
Tongolele (as Tongolele)
 
1948 Han matado a Tongolele (as Yolanda Montes 'Tongolele')
 
1948 Nocturne of Love (as Yolanda Montes 'Tongolele')
 
1948 La mujer del otro (as Yolanda Montes 'Tongolele')
 
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1966 Amor a ritmo de go go (exotic dancer - as Yolanda Montes 'Tongolele')
 
1953 Sí, mi vida (exotic dancer - uncredited)
 
1953 Amor de locura (exotic dancer - as Yolanda Montes 'Tongolele')
 
1948 Han matado a Tongolele (exotic dancer)
 
1948 Nocturne of Love (exotic dancer - as Yolanda Montes 'Tongolele')
 
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2010 Tin Tan (documentary)
Herself
 
2005 Ni Muy, Muy... ni Tan, Tan... simplemente Tin Tan (documentary)
Herself
 
2004 Con todo (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 5 September 2004 (2004) … Herself
 
1998 De fin de siglo (documentary)
Herself (as Yolanda Montes 'Tongolele')
 
1997 Conversando con Cristina Pacheco (TV series)
Herself
 
1993 Memoria del cine mexicano (documentary)
Herself
 
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Yolanda Montes 'Tongolele' | Tongolele
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Personal Quote:

In real life I'm kind of like Dorian Gray; the older I get, the younger I look. See more »

Trivia:

Made her professional debut as a dancer in 1947 at the Tivoli Theater in Mexico. See more »

Star Sign:

Capricorn