T. R. Rajakumari

T. R. Rajakumari

Date of Birth:

May 05, 1922

Place of Birth:

Thanjavur, Madras Presidency, British India

Thanjavur Ranganayaki Rajayee popularly known by her screen name T. R. Rajakumari, was an Indian film actress, Carnatic singer and dancer. She has been called the first "dream girl" of Tamil cinema

Rajayee was born in 1922 in a family of carnatic musicians. Both her mother and her grandmother wanted Rajayee to become a singer and trained her in Carnatic music. Rajayee made her film debut as "T. R. Rajakumari" in the 1939 Tamil film Kumara Kulothungan which was an average grosser. Her second film Kacha Devayani (1941) was a hit and helped launch her career in movies. Rajakumari died on September 20, 1999 after a prolonged illness

filmography:

Umma Umma

1960

Sivakavi Sivakavi

1943

Vanambadi Vanambadi

1963

Amarakavi Amarakavi

1952

Chandralekha Chandralekha

1948

Valmiki Valmiki

1946

Thangamalai Ragasiyam Thangamalai Ragasiyam

1957

Haridas Haridas

1944

Gulebagavali Gulebagavali

1955

Pudhumai Pithan Pudhumai Pithan

1957

Panakkaari Panakkaari

1953

Anbu Anbu

1953

Thangapadumai Thangapadumai

1959

Manohara Manohara

1954

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