Yolanda Montes 'Tongolele'

Acting

Yolanda Montes 'Tongolele'

Born January 4, 1932 · Spokane, Washington, USA

Died February 17, 2025 · aged 93

Yolanda Yvonne Montes Farrington, better known by her stage-name Tongolele, was a Mexican vedette and actress of American origin.

Known For

Here Come The FreeloadersHere Come The Freeloaders · 1953
Here Come The Freeloaders
5.81953
MovieComedyDrama
Authorities close down a restaurant after a violent crime is committed on the premises; the employees look for new jobs and try to track down the murderer.
The King of the NeighborhoodThe King of the Neighborhood · 1950
The King of the Neighborhood
8.41950
MovieComedyCrime
A poor man becomes a modern Robin Hood, robbing the rich to give to the poor.
Isle of the Snake PeopleIsle of the Snake People · 1971
Isle of the Snake People
3.11971
MovieHorror
The inhabitants of a small, remote island have been practicing voodoo rites and worshipping an evil priest named Damballah for years, but the local law officials generally turn a blind eye to this death cult's bizarre activities. Captain Labesch arrives from the mainland, determined to crack down on the island's lawlessness and clean up the ineffectual, hard-drinking police force. He appeals for assistance from wealthy plantation tycoon Carl Van Molder, who owns nearly half of the island and wields a great deal of influence over the population. Van Molder has made the study of parapsychology his life's work and believes in the secret powers of the mind. He warns Labesch not to interfere with this forgotten island's ancient ways. Also visiting is Van Molder's niece, Annabella, a temperance crusader who wants her uncle to help fund the International Anti-Saloon League. She falls in love with handsome police lieutenant Andrew Wilhelm
La mujer del otroLa mujer del otro · 1948
La mujer del otro
6.31948
MovieDrama
Crazy LoveCrazy Love · 1953
Crazy Love
6.01953
MovieComedyDrama
Slapstick/musical comedy parody of historical dramas, send-up of "Locura de amor," about Queen Juana 'la loca' of Spain.
Universo proibitoUniverso proibito · 1965
Universo proibito
8.01965
MovieDocumentary
Mondo style documentary about European nightlife.
The Panther WomenThe Panther Women · 1967
The Panther Women
5.51967
MovieActionHorror
The Panther women are worshipers of Satan and perform rituals in their honor and sacrifice. The fighters will face them up and down the ring.
El crepúsculo de un diosEl crepúsculo de un dios · 1969
El crepúsculo de un dios
6.81969
MovieDrama
Sonia meets Roberto, a miserable actor with a few days left of life. Both fall in love, but soon after a policeman comes looking after Sonia, but is distracted by a countess during New Years Eve. Sonia and Roberto take this chance to escape.

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Isle of the Snake PeopleIsle of the Snake People · 1971
Isle of the Snake People
3.11971
MovieHorror
The inhabitants of a small, remote island have been practicing voodoo rites and worshipping an evil priest named Damballah for years, but the local law officials generally turn a blind eye to this death cult's bizarre activities. Captain Labesch arrives from the mainland, determined to crack down on the island's lawlessness and clean up the ineffectual, hard-drinking police force. He appeals for assistance from wealthy plantation tycoon Carl Van Molder, who owns nearly half of the island and wields a great deal of influence over the population. Van Molder has made the study of parapsychology his life's work and believes in the secret powers of the mind. He warns Labesch not to interfere with this forgotten island's ancient ways. Also visiting is Van Molder's niece, Annabella, a temperance crusader who wants her uncle to help fund the International Anti-Saloon League. She falls in love with handsome police lieutenant Andrew Wilhelm

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SaloméSalomé · 2001
Salomé
7.12001
SeriesDrama
Fernanda Quiñones, whose stage name is Salomé, is a dancer who works at the D'Rubí cabaret in Mexico City with her friend Karicia. One day, Salomé meets Julio, son of the millionaire Montesino family, who is married to Ángela, a sickly woman who cannot have children. Lucrecia, Julio's mother, who is obsessed with the idea of ​​having a grandson who will inherit the family fortune, proposes to Salomé that she be the mother of that grandson. But, when she finds out that Julio, even though he loves her, will not only not leave Angela, but that she will be the one to raise the child as if it were her own, she flees far away with her son and two other babies abandoned by a neighbor. Twenty years later, Salomé becomes a wealthy business woman who lives with her three children. When he returns to Mexico, Julio and his mother will try to find out who Salomé and Julio's son is.

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