Yolanda Montes 'Tongolele'

Actress

January 4, 1932 (93 years)

† February 17, 2025

Spokane, Washington, USA

Biography

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

Filmography

7.1

Salomé

Yolanda

Salomé is a Mexican Telenovela that aired from October 22, 2001 until May 17, 2002, and it's starred Edith González and Guy Ecker.

7.3

Las Lunas del Auditorio

Self

No description available

8.3

The King of the Neighborhood

Tongolele

A poor man becomes a modern Robin Hood, robbing the rich to give to the poor.

5.8

Si, Mi vida

Bailarina (uncredited)

Dr. Castellanos is saved from bankruptcy.

5.8

Here Come The Freeloaders

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.

6.6

Nocturno de amor

Luis Aguilar is a talented piano student who struggles to make ends meet. At the conservatory he meets the beautiful, rich, and also talented piano student Marta Reyes and romance ensues. One day, a full scholarship to study piano abroad is announced and both Luis and Marta fill out the necessary paperwork--but only one place is available. Luis is torn apart by his love for both the piano and Marta.

6.5

The Fantastic World of Juan Orol

Tongolele

Mexico’s half-forgotten B-movie master, “involuntary surrealist” Juan Orol (1897–1988), receives a pitch-perfect tribute in this deft, irresistible love letter to a self-made man of showbiz whose career spanned half a century and nearly 60 films. Abetted by an all-pro cast, del Amo’s brilliant interpretation of Orol’s life exudes a droll underdog charm, and almost every frame is an infectious homage to the golden age of cinema, the wiles of memory, and the art of fantasy.

6.8

El crepúsculo de un dios

Bailarina

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.

7.2

Pensión de artistas

Between-engagements troupers at a theatrical boarding-house con a rich acquaintance into financing a show.

3.1

Isle of the Snake People

Kalea

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

5.5

The Panther Women

Tongolele

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.

5.8

Death Arrives on Time

Tongolele

Several lives intertwine: those of a group of vandals, a drug addict, and a girl who works as a waitress in a restaurant where her mother cooks.

7.1

Music of Always

Producer, director and projectionist watch an assortment of musical numbers and brainstorm about framing narrative that could contain them all.

6.8

Había una vez un marido

Due to confusion, Rafael is believed responsible for the death of Teresa. His wife Lilia and his brother looking for the real culprits.

6.5

El mensaje de la muerte

Bailarina

The film is based on real events, from a case investigated by Detective Valente Quintana.

6.2

Tongolele Has Been Killed

Yolanda ("Tongolele")

Murder mystery set in a night-club; who killed the star performer?

5.8

El misterio del carro express

Bailarina

Police detective and his plucky girl-reporter fiancée go after the gang that committed a train robbery.

5.7

Las noches del Blanquita

Mexican feature film

7.6

Ni Muy, Muy... ni Tan, Tan... simplemente Tin Tan

Herself

"Ni Muy Muy, Ni Tan Tan, Simplemente, Tin Tan. Tin Tan was one of the greatest comdedian-actors in the history of Mexican Cinema. He began his film career during the early years of what became the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema. Throughout the majority of his movies he plays the character of a pachuco; the Chicano/Mexicano in zoot suit, throwing out the tirili phrases and words, and jammin the jitty-bug. With the style and the slang down to a tee, he was picked up in Cd. Juarez Chihuahua by an acting troupe. Touring extensively through-out Mexico with the troupe landed him in Mexico City with film contracts. It was in those films that Tin Tan exposed the image of the pachuco, which Mexican Youth adopted. From the desert border-towns of Juarez y El Paso the style took off in various parts of the country, most notably in Mexico City

6.7

Las fabulosas del Reventón 2

Mexican feature film