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Also known as Kandala Venkata Pushpavalli Tayaramma

Kandala Venkata Pushpavalli Tayaramma (3 January 1926 – 28 April 1991), known mononymously as Pushpavalli, was an Indian actress who predominantly worked in Telugu and Tamil films. She entered the film industry as a child actress with a small role as young Sita in the film Sampoorna Ramayanam (1936). This was followed by a few more roles as child star. Pushpavalli later graduated to doing roles as an adult. Her biggest hit was the Telugu film Bala Nagamma (1942), where she played an important supporting role. Her 1947 film Miss Malini, where she played the lead role, received great critical ac

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Pushpavalli
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Pushpavalli in 1948
Person.birth_name
Kandala Venkata Pushpavalli Tayaramma
Person.birth_place
Pentapadu, Madras Presidency, British India (present-day Andhra Pradesh, India)
Person.death_place
Madras, Tamil Nadu, India
Person.years_active
1936–1969
Person.occupation
Actress
Person.partner
Gemini Ganeshan
Person.children
6; including Rekha
Person.relatives
Shubha (niece)Vedantam Raghavayya (brother-in-law)

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date of death
1991-04-28
date of birth
1925-01-03
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Kandala Venkata Pushpavalli Tayaramma (3 January 1926 – 28 April 1991), known mononymously as Pushpavalli, was an Indian actress who predominantly worked in Telugu and Tamil films. She entered the film industry as a child actress with a small role as young Sita in the film Sampoorna Ramayanam (1936). This was followed by a few more roles as child star. Pushpavalli later graduated to doing roles as an adult. Her biggest hit was the Telugu film Bala Nagamma (1942), where she played an important supporting role. Her 1947 film Miss Malini, where she played the lead role, received great critical acclaim from the intelligentsia, but flopped at the box office. She continued playing supporting roles well into the late 1960s.

She married I. V. Rangachari in 1940 but they began living apart from 1946. Later, Pushpavalli was in a relationship with actor Gemini Ganesan with whom she had two daughters, Rekha, a noted actress in Hindi film industry, and Radha.

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