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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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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.

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  1. [1]
    "Nocturna - Nai Bonet Biography" (Press release). Compass International, Inc. 1979.
  2. [2]
    "Jelly Belly/The Seventh Veil - Rate Your Music". Retrieved 2011-06-27.
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    "YouTube - Nai Bonet - Jelly Belly music video". Retrieved 2011-06-27.
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    "Scopitones by Artist: A to B". Retrieved 2011-06-27.
  5. [5]
    Wilson, Earl (September 30, 1978). "Belly Dancer in Dracula Film?". Daily Intelligencer.
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