T. R. Rajakumari
Acting
May 5, 1922
Died September 20, 1999 (77 years old)
Thanjavur, Madras Presidency, British India
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Acting Credits
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 fil...
Known For
Filmography
Vanambadi
1963
as Parvathi (Thanikachalam wife)
Periya Idathu Pen
1963
as Gangamma
6
Umma
1960
as Zainaba
9
Thangapadumai
1959
10
Pudhumai Pithan
1957
Thangamalai Ragasiyam
1957
7
Gulebagavali
1955
6
Manohara
1954
7
Panakkaari
1953
Anbu
1953
as Thangam
Amarakavi
1952
Krishna Bhakthi
1949
as Devakumari
Chandralekha
1948
as Chandralekha
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Valmiki
1946
8
Haridas
1944
as Ramba
8
Sivakavi
1943
as Vanji
Manonmani
1942
as Palathevan