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T. R. Rajakumari

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1922-05-05

Day of Death

1999-09-20

Place of Birth

Thanjavur, Madras Presidency, British India

T. R. Rajakumari

Biography

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 (16)

⭐ 0 Role: Parvathi (Thanikachalam wife)

Vanambadi

1963
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⭐ 9.0 Role: Zainaba

Umma

1960
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⭐ 10.0 Role: Unknown

Thangapadumai

1959
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⭐ 0 Role: Unknown

Pudhumai Pithan

1957
⭐ 7.0 Role: Unknown

Thangamalai Ragasiyam

1957
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⭐ 6.0 Role: Unknown

Gulebagavali

1955
⭐ 7.0 Role: Unknown

Manohara

1954
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⭐ 0 Role: Unknown

Panakkaari

1953
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⭐ 0 Role: Thangam

Anbu

1953
⭐ 0 Role: Unknown

Amarakavi

1952
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⭐ 0 Role: Devakumari

Krishna Bhakthi

1949
⭐ 8.2 Role: Chandralekha

Chandralekha

1948
⭐ 8.0 Role: Unknown

Valmiki

1946
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⭐ 8.0 Role: Ramba

Haridas

1944
⭐ 0 Role: Vanji

Sivakavi

1943