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| Cleopatra - the most powerful woman on earth" | 1999 three-part TV movie |
| The Nanny - | ep. "Not without my nanny"The Nanny is abducted by a Shiek, ensuing bellydance scene. Ansuya |
| Star Trek - "Menagerie" episode" (TOS) | Veena appeared as Vina the Orion slave girl |
| Star Trek - "Wolf in the Fold" episode (TOS) | night club with alien bellydancers , Tania Lemani, dancer |
| Get Smart - a few episodes | Maxwell Smart finds himself in an exotic Arabian nightclub, Tania Lemani, dancer |
| I Dream of Jeannie | ep."Americanisation of jeannie"Tania Lemani played Sedelia in early b&w episode |
| I Dream of Jeannie | ep. my son the genie Bob "Gilligan" Denver guest starred as Jeannie's cousin, bd in episode? |
| I Dream of Jeannie | episode: "Who's got the genie |
| I Dream of Jeannie | episode: "Jeannie the Governor's wife" |
| The Rat Patrol | episode "Street Urchin Raid" Tania Lemani dancer |
| Get Smart (1965) | Tania Lemani, playing "Carla" "Survival of the Fattest" |
| Get Smart | episode, Appointment in the Sahara - dancer, Myrna Ross |
| Get Smart | epidode, "Die Spy" dancer, Poupee Bocar |
| The Andy Williams Show | Tania Lemani, dancer |
| Man from U.N.C.L.E." | Tania Lemani playing "Venetia" "King of Knaves Affair" |
| Man from U.N.C.L.E." | Episode, "Deadly Goddess Affair" |
| Banacek | Little Egypt, bellydancer |
| Batman | Little Egypt, bellydancer - episode, "Hizzoner the Penguin" |
| Elvis '68 Comeback Special | Tania Lemani appears |
| Matt Houston | bellydancer,same one in movie,"The Man with Bogey's Face" Kamala dancer |
| Weird Science | Ansuya, dancer |
| Columbo | "Identity Crises" |
| Columbo | "Try and Cath Me" Mariette Hartly in a dance class w/students, teacher, Marie Silva Alexander |
| Night Court | a dancer appears during Bull's stag party |
| Who's the Boss? | Najwa, dancer, episode, "A Moving Episode" |
| Cheers | Najwa, dancer, episode, "Money Dearest" |
| That's Incredible | bellydancer Helene Vlahos performs belly rolls, tricks, etc. |
| Beans Baxter | 80's, two bellydancers try to seduce a spy for information |
| Mork & Mindy | Mork hires bellydancer for a birthday party - dancer Maria Lunahan |
| Trapper John, M.D. | bellydancer appears |
| National Geographic | featuring Lucy, importance of dance to Egyptian culture |
| Emeril Live | Emeril was cooking Moroccan lamb, Amira Mor, bellydancer |
| Beverly Hillbillies | "The Sheik, dancers Nai Bonet, Lisa Britton, Diane Bond, Marianna Case |
| The Odd Couple | Kapi Lindos & Linda Miller are the same person, she changed her name to Kapi after her first appearance! starring in three episodes 1)"The Rain in Spain" |
| The Odd Couple | "Odyssey Couple", dancer Linda Miller - see note above |
| Police Woman | "The Young and the Fair" Angie Dickenson dances |
| Xena | Episode "Cradle of Hope", Lucy Lawless dances |
| Xena | Episode "Xena Warrior Priness" and "Who's Gurkan" episode -Xena and Gabrielle both danced |
| Diagnosis Murder | a dancer appears |
| Charlie's Angels | "Angels on Ice" 1970's, Jacklyn Smith dances |
| Charlie's Angels | "Secret Models & Hawaiian angels" dancer appears |
| Maude | Adrienne Barbeau dances |
| Alice | 1970's, Linda Lavin & Beth Howland dance |
| Fantasy Island | "The Sheik" dancer Tamara Eliot |
| Fantasy Island | "Nite in a Harem" bd appears briefly |
| McCloud | "One Man in the Harem" bellydancer appears in harem |
| Three's Company | 1970's Jack, Chrissy, Janet, go to restaurant, a belly dancer in a red bedlah dances for them . |
| The Blue Knight | 1973 TV movie starring Willliam Holden & Lee Remick |
| Poor Little Rich Girl | starring Farrah Fawcett, a bd appears at one of the parties |
| Incredible Hulk | "Sideshow" episode, two bellydance sequences dancer Tamara Eliot |
| Benny Hill | funny sketch featuring a woman bellydancing for a "secret agent" |
| Gilligan's Island | "Slave Girl""bellydancing" by Ms. Tina Louise on a couple of episodes |
| The Bionic Woman | episode "Jamie & The King" 2/23/77, Lindsay Wagner dances and dancer Annette Cardona |
| The Love Boat | dancer appears during cruise to Middle East |
| Thicke of the Night | Helena Vlahos performs tricks |
| "Real People" |
hosts: John Davidson, Sarah Purcell, Fran Tarkington. About professional bellydancers and women who enjoy it as a hobby. Segment on a male dancer. |
| Hill Street Blues | during roll call, bellydancer performs for Sgt. Esterhaus |
| Gideon, Hallmark Hall of Fame | 03/26/71 broadcast date. Little Egypt as Orpah |
| Switch | "Round up the usual Suspects" 70's P.I. show. B.D.'s appear opening credits & other episodes. |
| The "New" Mission Impossible | bellydancer appears in ME club setting in third episode |
| Casablanca | David Soul starred as Rick. Dancer at Blue Parrot (mid 1980's) bd Kim Almanzar dances in several episodes |
| Growing Pains | bellydancer makes an appearance |
| Jenny Jones Show | Talented Twins - Neena and Veena Vidasha, bellydancers |
| Lois & Clark, New Adventures of Superman | Teri Hatcher dances |
| USA Up All Night | 3/6/93, Gilbert Gottfried with Benedene Cannata, L. Sharon Capo, Nesma Demopoulos and Shantal Riley, bellydancers from Cleopatra, a restaurant in NYC |
| Inside Entertainment, from Calgary, Alberta | segment featuring a local actress moonlighting as a bellydancer |
| Keeping Up Appearances | BBC comedy show, Daisy bellydances for Onslo |
| The Kids In The Hall | Comedy show. In one sketch belly dancers are featured in a Moroccan club setting |
| Mary Magdalene | TV movie, PAX cable channel - Herod's daughter bellydances |
| Modern Manners | aired on WTN. A segment featured a bellydancers' thoughts on clubs |
| Are You Being Served? | "Arabs go Shopping" BBC comedy, rich Arabs go shopping, bring bellydancer with them |
| SCTV w/John Candy, Rick Moranis | bellydancer appears in spoof of Casablanca |
| Clip Trips, (MTV style show from Canada) | VJ took bellydance lessons, interviewed instructor |
| Breaker High | High School kids perform w/bellydancers on trip to Istanbul |
| The Story Lady | TV movie with Jessica Tandy & Mesmera and her snake |
| Sweet Temptations | TV movie with Beverly D'Angelo & Mesmera |
| Happy Days | Marion Ross |
| Wild Wild West - Night of the Grand Emir | Yvonne Craig |
| Donny & Marie Show | cast of V.I.P. |
| Batman | dancer in episode when Penguin ran for mayor |
| Odd Couple | Penny Marshall |
| A Dating Story | segment on TLC or DSC |
| Change of Heart | couple goes to DC area middle eastern restaurant |
| AT & T Wireless Commercial - 3rd quarter Superbowl, 2/3/02 | bellydancer |
| The Perfect Woman" | Fred Willard - ruler of intergalactic empire watching a dancer on TV. |
| coors beer ad with veena & neena (I think) | |
| Veena & Neena, did a harem scene with Dr. Dre & Snoop Doggy Dog | a rap video. |
| Three Soldiers | (1961) Telly Salvalas and Robert Webber and dancer Antoinette |
| Alexander the Great | TV pilot with William Shatner, JohnCassavetis and Joseph Cotten, dancer Antoinette . |
| Helena Vlahos' appearances | click here for Helena's website |
| Hunchback of Notre Dame | Salma Hayek |
| The Avengers | 1960's British "Honey for the Prince" Diana Rigg dances 7 veils |
| Babylon 5 | "Quality of Mercy" |
| Big Country | 1990's Australian TV, documentary featuring bd's in Australia |
| The Champions | 1970's, "Desert Journey" |
| Cliff Hangers | 1980's 1 episode featuring dancer |
| Department S | 1960's british, "A Fish out of Water" |
| Dancing Daze | 1980's Australia, episode 3, dancer Robyn Moase |
| Double Dare | "There's a Killer" |
| Evil Touch | 1970's "Gormaks Prism" dancers including Kathie Brown |
| Fresh Prince of Bel Air | bd appears |
| Who's the Boss | bd appears |
| Fame | class act,bellydancer, Laurie Rose, and an unknown episode, Suhaila |
| Fifty/Fifty | 1980's "fantasyland" |
| Gavilan | "Designated Hero" |
| Hardy Boys | "Mystery of King Tut's Tomb" |
| I, Claudius | "Queen of Heaven" |
| I, Claudius | "Old King Log" |
| I Spy | "Madiera Block" dancer Helena Kallianotes? |
| Lipstick on your Collar | 1980's British, bellydancer in 4 episodes |
| Max Headroom | "Body Banks" episode 2 - Suhalia dances with a pig in the room with her?!? |
| McMillan and Wife | "After Shock" |
| On The Buses" * | 1970's British - "The Snake" Julie Mendez dances with snake |
| Petrocelli | "Once Upon a Victim" bellydancers |
| Quincy | "Hot Ice" |
| The 2 Ronnies | 1970's British, "The Worm that Turned, ep. 3, "Death can be Fatal" episode 6 |
| Charmed | The Mummy's Tomb"; Pheobe in a cabaret style outfit doing a seductive walk towards a guy while middle eastern influenced music played in the background. |
| Caroline Rhea show | Amira Mor teaching Joey Fatone from NSYNC |
| Trump Taj Mahal Hotel and Casino | Soraya of New Jersey dances in the commerical |
| Arabian Nights | family Hallmark version |
| Culture Shock" | featured a segment on Middle Eastern dance with Yasmina Ramsey of Toronto. Clips of ethnic and troupe performances were included. Very interesting interview.Canadian show. |
| Blind Date | features a segment where a couple attends a bellydance class |
| Sex in the City |
1998 season of "Sex in the City"
episode depicting Carry's birthday party scene in a club with 2
bellydancers. Bellydancers are Raven and Shantal Riley".
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| Greatest Car Show on Earth - Denver * | Maria, (ME!) dancing with Mehmet the snake - 4th of July 2003 show |
| Firefly | sci-fi series. A bd moving between tables in a smoky cantina |
| Farscape | sci fi series. Lava's a Many-Splendored Thing" episode. Dancer is an alien head w/3 eyes. Guards see her as sensual bellydancer due to hallicinatory powder, not a woman with three eyes, scene goes back and forth between bellydancing and alien bellydancing. |
| Discovery Channel Commercial | 2003, commercial for Monster House, bellydancer shown for a few seconds - building a Morroccan themed house |
| Killian's Irish Red Commercial | bellydancer briefly shown with veil |
| Mama | Mesmera dances in a restaurant |
| Briscoe County Junior | Atlantis dances |
| Highlander | dancer in a harem |
| The Alan Burke Show | @1969 Serena & Yerevan dancers |
| What's My Line | 1969 w/ Serena as the secret guest |
| Maria Papadatos Show | Greek TV show/New Jersey/ Anjelika bellydancer |
| Auction 21 | cable show from Long Island 1972/Bellydancer Show for Auction |
| Salome | Latin American TV novela - actress dances during opening credits |
| Christina | Latin TV talk show/bellydancers have made appearances |
| El Clon | Latin American soap w/some interesting dancing |
| E.R. |
funny scene in which Carter hires 2 belly dancers for a birthday treat for Eric Lasalle's character |
| Airwolf | Ernest Borgnine - pilot movie in ME country, bellydancers in episode |
| The Night Strangler | 1973 Darren McGavin - JoAnne Pflug performs bellydance in a Seattle nightclub |
| Dateline NBC | 2004 February/Maria briefly appears at Mataam Fez Boulder during show |
| It's a Helluva Town | Gene Rayburn/fall of 1969, features Serena & students dancing at her studio in NYC |
| Good Morning America | August 1970, features several dancers |
| Alka Seltzer commercial "No Matter What
Shape" |
Morocco doing the belly movements. |
| Drew Carey's "Whose Line Is It Anyway" | Veena & Neena @ 2002 appear in 3 skits, teach bellyrolls, etc. |
| Starting Over | 9/28/04 Elanah teaches the woman of the househow to bellydance |
| Fit TV | Elanah on Jennifer Parsons gets "fit" with belllydance |
| Roseanne | Kamala's Troupe, Flowers of the Desert |
| Baretta | episode "Lyman P. Dokker, Fed" 10/19/77, Martine Beswick, bellydancer |
| Requiem por Granada | bellydancer appears in Chapters 2 & 4, Spanish TV series about last Muslim King of Granada |
| Steve Harvey's Big Time | talent show. Veena & Nenna, other episode, "Mali, the Pyro Gypsy" '04'05 |
| The Simpsons | 1st season, "Homer's Night Out" Animated dancer is Princess Kashmir. ed. note! Shira says you can buy action figures of her online! |
| To Tell The Truth | Atlantis appears as contestant about which one is the bellydancer |
| The Three Stooges | "Wee Wee Monsiur" Stooges dress up as harem girls and 'dance' |
| The Key to Rebecca | 2 part TV miniseries starring David Soul. Sonya, played by Lena Raymond who is the oriental dancer who is intimate friends with David Soul, (a German Spy) |
| Stargate SGI | episode 1.9 - Bobbie Phillips bellydances in beginning of episode |
| E! Network | travel segment in Italy, bellydancer showing moves, and inviting them to dance with her |
| Primer Impacto (Daily Spanish New Magazine) | Segment on Puerto Rican dancer Lela Zahar |
| Travel Channel "Top Ten Showgirls of the World" | Bellydancers in Istanbul made #8 on the list. Tasteful and respectful segment! Turkish dancer Birgul Ata was interviewed, and footage of other dancers in Istanbul restaurants. |
| WB2 Morning News Denver 4/14/06 | Maria & students, giving lessons & dancing |
| Honey, We're Killing The Kids 4/06 | Bellydancer tries to teach out of shape couple bellydance. Couple made some rude comments about bellydancer. |
| Man From "Uncle" | ep. "Come With Me To The Casbah Affair" Abbe Lane played Ayesha, the dancer |
| Rescue Me | 2006 Dennis Leary's show, bellydance class |
| Jello Commerical | 2006 Bellydancer in sweats doing bellydance moves |
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2000 MTV Music Video Awards
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Christina Aguilera's performance had 4 bellydancers - Shamira, Natalia,
Miranda, Samara. Choreographed by Shamira
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| The Food Network - "Follow That Orange" | segment filmed at L'Orange Bleue in Manhattan with Shamira dancing in an orange costume |
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Sabato Gigante
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talent show featuring bellydancers from all over. Shamira represented New York City. |
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