T. R. Rajakumari

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Female

Birthday 1922-05-05

Deathday 1999-09-20 (77 years old)

Place of Birth Thanjavur, Madras Presidency, British India

Also Known As Thanjavur Ranganayaki Rajayee, T. R. Rajakumari, T R Rajakumari, T.R. Rajakumari

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

Known For

Actor

1963
Vanambadi

as Parvathi (Thanikachalam wife)

1960
Umma

as Zainaba

1953
Anbu

as Thangam

1948
Chandralekha

as Chandralekha

1944
Haridas

as Haridas' Mistress

1943
Sivakavi

as Vanji

Producer

1954
Koondukkili

as Producer