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20th-century Indian actresses

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Aranmula Ponnamma

Indian actress (1915–2011)

Rukhsaar Rehman

Vithabai Bhau Mang Narayangaonkar

Indian singer and dancer

Jayabharathi (born 28 June 1954 as Lekshmi Bharathi) is an Indian actress and two-time recipient of the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress and National Film Award by Special Jury Award - Special Mention.

Shubha Balsavar Khote

Indian film and television actress

Indian actress (1952–2011)

Tabassum (born Kiran Bala Sachdev; 9 July 1944 – 18 November 2022), was an Indian actress, talk show host and YouTuber, who started her career as child actor Baby Tabassum in 1947. She later had a television career as the host of first TV talk show of Indian television, Phool Khile Hain Gulshan Gulshan. It ran on National broadcaster Doordarshan from 1972 to 1993, wherein she interviewed film and TV personalities.

Indian actress and classical dancer

Pakistani actress (1924–2008)

Aarathi (born as Bharathi in 1954) is a former Indian actress and director who prominently worked in Kannada films during the 1970s and 1980s. Her accolades include four Karnataka State Film Awards and four Filmfare Awards. Aarathi has also appeared in a few Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films.

Suman Ranganathan

Priya Tendulkar

Marathi actress and social activist (1954–2002)

Madhabi Mukherjee

Indian actress in Bollywood, Marathi and Assamese films as well as television

Mahalakshmi Menon, known by her stagename Shobha (23 September 1962 – 1 May 1980), was an Indian actress best known for her work in Malayalam and Tamil films. At the age of 17, she won the National Film Award for Best Actress for her role in the 1979 Tamil film Pasi. She also received three Kerala State Film Awards: for Best Actress (1978), Best Supporting Actress (1977) and Best Child Artist (1971); and two Filmfare Awards South for Best Actress in Kannada (1978) and Tamil (1979) films. Considered one of the finest talents to have emerged in the Indian film world, her promising career was cut

Rajkumari Dubey

Sripriya is an Indian former actress, film director and politician. She has acted in over 300 films in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi languages.

Vaishnavi Mahant

Amirbai Karnataki

Indian Kannada actress

Roshan Ara Begum

Pakistani singer (1914-2001)

Indian model, television personality (1978–2004)

Gohar Mamajiwala

Indian actress (1910–1985)

Indian politician and film actress

Sandhya Shantaram

Indian film actress (1932-2025)

Rajashree Shantaram, known mononymously as Rajshree, is an Indian actress. She is best known for her work in the movies Janwar and Brahmachari.

Srividya (24 July 1953 – 19 October 2006), was an Indian actress best known for her work predominantly in Malayalam and Tamil films, along with a few Telugu, Kannada and Hindi films. In a career spanning for 40 years, she had acted in more than 800 films. In the latter part of her career, she concentrated on Malayalam films. In addition to acting, Srividya occasionally worked as a playback singer as well as carnatic singer. She was also a well-trained Bharathanatyam dancer. She was best known for restraint and subtlety in portrayal of varied emotions. She used her own voice for dubbing in almo

Indian film actress

Sabitri Chatterjee

Indian actress (1923–2003)

Bharathi Vishnuvardhan

Paravai Muniyamma

Indian film actress

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