Portrait of Chelo Alonso

Chelo Alonso

Acting

Biography

Chelo Alonso (born Isabel Apolonia García Hernández, 10 April 1933 – 20 February 2019) was a Cuban actress who became a star in Italian cinema, and ultimately a 1960s cult film heroine and sex symbol in the U.S. She was well known for playing femmes fatales with fiery tempers and sensual dance scenes.

Born: April 10, 1933

Place of Birth: Camagüey, Cuba

Filmography

1977
Kolossal - The Magnificent Macisti

as Princess Miriam (archive footage)

1969
1968
Run, Man, Run

as Dolores

1968
Western, Italian Style

as Self (uncredited)

1966
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

as Stevens' Wife (uncredited)

1962
Desert War

as Alba Petti

1961
1961
1960
Son of Samson

as Queen Smedes

1960
1960
The Huns

as Tanya, Queen of the Tartars

1960
Le signore

as Rosario, Fabretti's lover

1960
Valley of the Doomed

as Stella Von Kruger

1960
Gastone

as Carmensita

1959
1959
1959
Sign of the Gladiator

as Erica, Zemanzius' Favourite and Dancer