Nai Bonet is a producer, screenwriter, actress, singer, and belly-dancer. Born Christine Shapazian on January 6, 1939 in Saigon, Vietnam. 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. 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, and she filmed a music video for the song which was featured on Scopitone video jukeboxes.
In the 1970s, Bonet decided to focus exclusively on her acting career, "But I wasn't getting anywhere in pictures," she said in 1978. After conceiving, producing and starring in two film flops (1979's Nocturna and 1980's Hoodlums), Bonet gave up her career.
Filmography Year Title Role Notes1964Diary of a BachelorBachelorette 1965John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! Specialty Dancer1965The Beverly HillbilliesFirst Harem GirlEpisode: The Sheik1965Boeing BoeingAir India Stewardess uncredited1966The Spy with a Cold NoseBelly Dancer1967Devil's AngelsTanya1973Soul HustlerHelena1973The Soul of Nigger CharleyAnita1977The GreatestSuzie Gomez 1977Fairy TalesSheherazade 1979NocturnaNocturnaa.k.a. Nocturna: Granddaughter of Dracula1980HoodlumsLorettaa.k.a. Gangsters
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