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Lalitha (actress)

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Lalitha (16 December 1930 – 1982) was an Indian actress and dancer. She was the eldest of the "Travancore Sisters"—Lalitha, Padmini, and Ragini.[1] She started her acting career in the 1948 Tamil film Adhithan Kanavu[2] and has acted in movies of different Indian languages including Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu.[3][4] She entered films before her sisters, concentrating more on Malayalam films, and was mostly cast in vamp roles.

Lalitha
Born
Lalithambika

16 December 1930[citation needed]
Thiruvananthapuram, Travancore, India (Now in Kerala)
Died1982 (aged 51–52)
Alappuzha, Kerala, India
SpouseSivasankaran Nair
Parent(s)Thangappan Pillai
Saraswathi Amma
RelativesShobana (niece)
Ambika Sukumaran
Vineeth (nephew)
Sukumari (cousin)
FamilyPadmini (sister)
Ragini (sister)
Chandran (brother)Krishna (grandson)

Personal life edit

She was born to Thangappan Pillai and Saraswathi Amma on 16 December 1930 at Thiruvananthapuram.[citation needed] She is the aunt of actress Shobana.[5] Malayalam actress Ambika Sukumaran is her relative. Actress Sukumari was the trio's maternal first cousin. Malayalam actor Krishna is her grandson.[6]

Partial filmography edit

Malayalam edit

Tamil edit

Telugu edit

Hindi edit

Sinhala edit

  • Surasena (1957)
  • Kapati Arakshakaya (1948) (Choreography only)

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Rangarajan, Malathi (29 September 2006). "Beauty, charm, charisma". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 28 February 2008. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
  2. ^ Kannan, Ramya (26 September 2006). "Queen of Tamil cinema no more". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 22 October 2007. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
  3. ^ "Malaya Cottage was their grooming ground". The Hindu. 30 September 2006. Archived from the original on 16 June 2010. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
  4. ^ "Colony of Memories". The Hindu. 2 August 2001. Archived from the original on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 28 July 2011.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. ^ Dance was Padmini's passion, not films, September 2006, Rediff.com. Retrieved July 2011
  6. ^ M.H. Anurag (13 January 2014). "ജീവിതത്തിന്‌ ഇപ്പോള്‍ എന്തൊരു രുചി...!" [What a taste for life now!]. Mangalam (in Malayalam). Archived from the original on 10 November 2014. Retrieved 31 March 2015.

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