Chelo Alonso

Chelo Alonso (actually Isabella García, born April 10, 1933 Lugareño, Camaguez ) is a Cuban dancer and actress.

Life

Alonso started young with the dancing; great success they had on tour, which she then led outside their home in other countries of the Caribbean to the United States to Miami and to Broadway and finally to the Folies Bergère in Paris, where she was billed as " new Josephine Baker ".

As in Italy, the mythological film was booming, the exotic look Alonso to the door opener for the film career was. She has received numerous opportunity to play fatales or barbarian girl next dancing Femme; In 1959 she was the discovery of the year in Italy. In 1962, she interrupted her film career in order to devote himself to television appearances, record some plates and even appear in a TV cooking show. Three last film appearances, including well-known films such as Wedding Crashers or run for your life, happened in spaghetti westerns. In 1970, she was last seen on the big screen.

After the death of her husband, the producer Aldo Pomilia, she devoted herself to the guidance of a small restaurant in Siena, and the education of her son Aldino.

Films (selection )

External links and sources

  • Chelo Alonso at the Internet Movie Database (English)
  • Biography and images on cultsirens.com
  • This biography on siglo21info.com ( Spanish)
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