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{{distinguish|B. Jayashree|B. Jaya (actress)}}
{{short description|Indian actress}}
{{Infobox person
| name = M. Jayashree
| image = M. Jayashree in Mutthaide Bhagya.jpg
| image_size = 280px
| caption = Jayashree in ''[[Mutthaide Bhagya (1956 film)|Mutthaide Bhagya]]'' (1956)
| birth_name =
| birth_date = 1921
| birth_place = [[Mysore]], [[Mysore state]], [[British India]] (in present-day [[Karnataka]], India)
| death_date = {{death date and age|2006|10|29|1921|df=y}}<ref>{{ cite web | url=https://www.chitraloka.com/news/144-films-news/3202-real-star-new-movie.html | title= M. Jayashree dead | author=Chitraloka Team | website=Chitraloka.com | date= 30 Oct 2006 | accessdate=21 Sep 2020}}</ref>
| death_place = [[Mysore]], [[Karnataka]], India
| death_cause =
| occupation = {{hlist|Actress}}
| spouse =
| children =
| relatives =
| years_active = 1948–1996
| height =
}}
'''M. Jayashree''' (1921 – 2006), was an Indian actress who worked mainly in [[Kannada language|Kannada]] films. She is known for her supporting roles in such movies including [[Rayara Sose]] (1957), [[Naagarahaavu]] (1972), [[Eradu Kanasu (1974 film)|Eradu Kanasu]] and [[Sri Srinivasa Kalyana]].<ref>{{ cite web | url=https://chiloka.com/movie/naagarahaavu-1972 | title=Naagarahavu cast and crew | website=Chiloka.com | accessdate=21 Sep 2020}}</ref>

She was fondly referred to as 'Amma of Silvar screen'. She received [[Karnataka State Film Award for Best Supporting Actress]] for her performance in the movie ''Amara Bharathi'' in 1970.<ref name="Amma">{{ cite news | url=https://kannada.filmibeat.com/news/301006jayashri.html | title= ಹಿರಿಯ ನಟಿ ಜಯಶ್ರೀ 'ಅಮ್ಮ'ನ ಅಂತ್ಯಕ್ರಿಯೆ |language=Kannada |trans-title=Last rites of Amma M. Jayashree |publisher=filmibeat.com | accessdate=21 Sep 2020}}</ref>

== Career ==
Jayashree was brought to Pakshiraj Studio of Tamil Nadu by Devi, the sister of the studio owner who allowed her to cast in Tamil film ''Vazhivil Thirunal''. Offers were poured in for Jayashree in Tamil movies.<ref name="M.Jayashree"/> This was noticed by Kannada film maker [[Honnappa Bhagavathar]] and he made her to debut in Kannada films with the 1948 movie [[Bhakta Kumbara (film)|Bhakta Kumbara]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nthwall.com/ka/movie/Bhakta-Kumbara-1949/9219800742|title=Bhakta Kumbara|accessdate=21 Sep 2020|publisher=nthwall.com|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150209214323/http://www.nthwall.com/ka/movie/Bhakta-Kumbara-1949/9219800742|archivedate=9 February 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

Her next project in Kannada as heroine was [[Nagakannika]] in 1949, a blockbuster movie directed by G. Vishwanath.<ref>{{cite news |title= Sepia stories at 60 |url= http://www.hindu.com/fr/2007/03/16/stories/2007031601760100.htm |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130509033718/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2007/03/16/stories/2007031601760100.htm |url-status= dead |author=B V Shiva Shankar|date= 16 March 2007 |work= [[The Hindu]] |archivedate= 9 May 2013}}</ref> This film considered to be the first Kannada movie based on a folk tale.<ref>{{cite web |title= History: First folk film |url= http://www.chitraloka.com/history/3751-first-folk-film.html |publisher= Chitraloka |date= 21 August 2013 |accessdate= 21 Sep 2020}}</ref> She played the title role in her next movie ''Thilotthame'' in 1951. Gradually she got shifted to supporting roles playing mother, mother-in-law, aunt for stalwarts like [[Rajkumar (actor)|Dr. Rajkumar]], [[Kalyan Kumar]], [[Vishnuvardhan (actor)|Vishnuvardhan]], [[Ambareesh]], [[Tiger Prabhakar]], [[Rajesh]], [[Gangadhar]], [[Srinath]] and many. In her five decades acting career, Jayashree starred more than 450 films.

== Last days and death ==
Jayashree did only two movies in the 1990s. Her last released movie was ''Savira Mettilu'', an unfinished film of Puttanna Kanagal and finished by [[K. S. L. Swamy]].

Jayashree spent last years of her life in ''Sri Vasavi Shantidhama'', an old age home in Mysore. She died of heart attack early morning on 29 October 2006.<ref name="M.Jayashree">{{ cite news | url= http://kannada.thenewsism.com/m-jayashri/ |title=ಬೆಳ್ಳಿತೆರೆಯ ಅಜರಾಮರ ಅಭಿನೇತ್ರಿ ಎಂ. ಜಯಶ್ರೀ | language=Kannada |trans-title=Immortal actress of silver screen M. Jayashree |website=The Newsism.com | date= 12 July 2017 | accessdate=21 Sep 2020}}</ref><ref name="Amma"/>

== Awards ==
* 1970-71 - [[Karnataka State Film Award for Best Supporting Actress]] for the film ''‛Amara Bharathi’''.<ref name="Amma"/>

== Selected filmography ==
{{expand list|date=November 2020}}

===Tamil===
* Vizhivil Thirunaal

===Kannada===
* ''[[Bhakta Kumbara (film)|Bhakta Kumbara]]'' (1948)
* ''[[Nagakannika]]'' (1949)
* ''Thilotthame'' (1951)
* ''[[Jaganmohini (1951 film)|Jaganmohini]]'' (1951)
* ''Mangala Gowri'' (1953)
* ''[[Mutthaide Bhagya (1956 film)|Muttaide Bhagya]]'' (1956)...Gowri
* ''[[Rayara Sose]]'' (1957)
* ''[[Bhakta Kanakadasa]]'' (1960)
* ''[[Naandi (film)|Naandi]]'' (1964)...Savitri
* ''[[Naagarahaavu]]'' (1972)...Sonabai
* ''[[Devaru Kotta Thangi (1973 film)|Devaru Kotta Thangi]]'' (1973)
* ''[[Aruna Raaga]]'' (1986)
* ''[[Nammoora Hammera]]'' (1990)

== See also ==
[[Karnataka State Film Award for Best Supporting Actress]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
*{{IMDb name|6482718}}

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[[Category:People from Mysore district]]
[[Category:Kannada people]]

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