Nai Bonet

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.^[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]

Nai Bonet
Born	Christine Shapazian January 6, 1939 Saigon, Vietnam
Years active	1964–1980

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.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1964	Diary of a Bachelor	Bachelorette
1965	John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!	Specialty Dancer
1965	The Beverly Hillbillies	First Harem Girl	Episode: The Sheik
1965	Boeing Boeing	Air India Stewardess	uncredited
1966	The Spy with a Cold Nose	Belly Dancer
1967	Devil's Angels	Tanya
1973	Soul Hustler	Helena
1973	The Soul of Nigger Charley	Anita
1977	The Greatest	Suzie Gomez
1977	Fairy Tales	Sheherazade
1979	Nocturna	Nocturna	a.k.a. Nocturna: Granddaughter of Dracula
1980	Hoodlums	Loretta	a.k.a. Gangsters