Chelo Alonso |Cuban H-Bomb|New Josephine Baker|Actress|Burlesque dancer

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Stage Name	Real Name
Chelo Alonso	Isabel Garcia
"The Cuban H-Bomb" \| "The New Josephine Baker"

Started her career in Cuba at the age of 17 and achieved recognition in Cuba for her unique dancing skills, becoming a Burlesque dance star at Cuba's "National Theatre" in Havana. She used her native Latin Rhythms such as the Mambo, the Son etc. and fused them with the classic Bump and Grind Striptease and showgirl routines. Later in the fifties and sixties, she left Cuba for Paris, where she performed and obtained the nickname "The Cuban H-Bomb while working at the Follies' Bergere' in Paris, France and billed as "the new Josephine Baker.

Later, she would start appearing in European (Italian) films such as "Sign of the Gladiator" and later a few American films like "the Good, The Bad and the Ugly" with Clint Eastwood and Son of Samson. She was well-known for playing femme fatales with fiery tempers and sensual dance scenes. One of her performances in the film "Goliath and the Barbarians" earned Alonso the "Italian Cinema's Female Discovery" award.

Now retired, Alonso moved to a farm in Siena in Tuscany, Italy and started a cat-breeding business, a four-star hotel in Senese and opened a fattoria, (a small dinning establishment.)

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Birth Place	Birth Date	Spouse	Measurements
Central Lugareno, Cuba	b.4/10/1937	Aldo Pomilia (1961)	36"-21"-36"
		(1 son: Aldino Pomilia)	Black Hair \| Thin

Dance Types	Dance Partners	Music Titles
Burlesque	n/a	n/a
Erotic
Latin
Mambo

Night Clubs	Theaters	Stage
n/a	National Theatre (Havana)	Follies Bergere' (Paris)
	Italian Cooking Show (Host)

Films		Television
1959 - Attack of the Moors (Reali de Francia, I)		1972 - TecheTecheTè
1959 - Goliath and the Barbarians (Terrore dei barbari, Il) [DVD]
1959 - Guardatele ma non toccatele
1959 - Pirate and the Slave Girl (Scimitarra del Saraceno, La)
1959 - Sign of the Gladiator [VHS]
1959 - Terror of the Barbarians [Download]
1959 - Tunisi Top Secret
1960 - Gastone (Comedy) [DVD]
1960 - Le Signore
1960 - Road of the Giants (Strada dei giganti, La)
1960 - Son of Samson (Maciste nella valle dei re) [DVD]
1960 - Terror of the Red Mask (Terrore della maschera rossa) [DVD]
1961 - Atlas Against the Cyclops (Maciste nella terra dei ciclopi) [DVD \| Download]
1961 - Girl Under the Sheet (Ragazza sotto il lenzuolo, La)	Publications
1961 - Huns, The (Regina dei tartari, La) as 'Tanya Queen of the Tartars'	1959 - Exyu Magazine
1961 - Morgan the Pirate (Morgan il pirata) [VHS1 \| VHS2]	1964 - Filmska Svet ( Yugoslav Magazine)
1962 - Desert War (Quattro notti don Alba)	1991 - People Magazine
1963 - Atlas, In The Land Of The Cyclops [DVD \| VHS \| Download]
1964 - King Solomans Mines (see top of page)
1966 - The Good, The Bad and the Ugly [DVD \| Download \| Blu-Ray]
1968 - Big Gundown 2
1968 - Nest of Vipers
1968 - Run Man, Run [DVD]
1970 - Night of the Serpent
annonces et de nombreux documents d'époque
1950's - Chelo Alonso al Musichiere (doing a latin dance)