Nai Bonet
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Nai Bonet is a Puerto Rican American belly-dancer, singer and film actress. Bonet began her professional career at age 13, when she headlined as a belly-dancer in a show at the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas.[1] She began appearing in films in 1964 (frequently portraying a belly-dancer), as well as in television, commercials, variety shows, her photos adorned several album covers and she continued to appear as a night club headliner. In 1966 she released the novelty song Jelly Belly,[2] and she filmed a music video for the song[3] which was featured on Scopitone video jukeboxes.[4]
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Born | Puerto Rico |
Years active | 1964ā1980 |
In the 1970s, Bonet decided to focus exclusively on her acting career, "But I wasn't getting anywhere in pictures," she said in 1978.[5] After conceiving, producing and starring in two film flops (1979's Nocturna and 1980's Hoodlums), Bonet gave up her career.