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'''Peace Kanwal''' (born 16 December, in the 1930s) is an Indian film actress and painter.<br />
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== Early life ==<br />
Kanwal was born in [[Amritsar]], the daughter of Indriyaas (Andrew) Munshilal Kanwal. Both parents were from [[Rajput]] families; her father was a Christian missionary and a doctor at hospitals in Agra and Amritsar. She was admitted to [[Christian Medical College, Ludhiana|Ludhiana Medical College]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Sharma |first=Shishir Krishna |date=27 March 2020 |title='Khamosh Zindagi Ko Ek Afsana Mil Gaya': Peace Kanwal |url=https://www.cinemaazi.com/feature/peace-kanwal |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203010736/https://www.cinemaazi.com/feature/peace-kanwal |archive-date=3 February 2023 |access-date=13 November 2022 |website=Cinemaazi}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
While in medical school, Kanwal won a national beauty contest in 1953, and followed an acting career instead. She appeared in several films between 1953 and 1991, including ''[[Dil-E-Nadaan (1953 film)|Dil-E-Nadaan]]'' (1953),<ref>{{Cite book |last=Abbasi |first=Yasir |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fq9wDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Peace+Kanwal%22&pg=PT232 |title=Yeh Un Dinoñ Ki Baat Hai: Urdu Memoirs of Cinema Legends |date=2018-12-18 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |isbn=978-93-87471-05-4 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=12 July 1953 |title=At the Premiere |pages=22 |work=The Bombay Chronicle Weekly |url=https://archive.org/details/dli.granth.14406/page/23/mode/2up?q=Peace+Kanwal |access-date=13 November 2022 |via=Internet Archive}}</ref> ''[[Barati (1954 film)|Barati]]'' (1954), ''Kismet'' (1956),<ref>{{Cite book |last=Pinto |first=Jerry |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ng_vVIcq5yQC&dq=%22Peace+Kanwal%22&pg=PA225 |title=Helen: The Life and Times of an H-bomb |date=2006 |publisher=Penguin Books India |isbn=978-0-14-303124-6 |pages=225 |language=en}}</ref> ''[[Barsaat Ki Raat]]'' (1960), ''[[Aarti (film)|Aarti]]'' (1962), ''[[Aasmaan]]'' (1982), and ''Woh Subah Kabhi to Aayegi'' (1991). She endorsed Kaminia Toiletries, including hair products, soap, and makeup; the product line's name was similar to that of her character, Kamini, in ''Dil-E-Nadaan''.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19550213&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Advertisement for Kaminia Toiletries], ''Evening Standard'' (13 February 1955): 1. via Google News</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last1=Majumdar |first1=Neepa |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G5F-EAAAQBAJ&dq=%22Peace+Kanwal%22&pg=PA165 |title=A Companion to Indian Cinema |last2=Mazumdar |first2=Ranjani |date=2022-08-23 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |isbn=978-1-119-04819-0 |pages=164–165 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Kanwal is a painter and has exhibited her art internationally, including a 1974 solo show in New York City.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1974-07-21 |title=Museums & Galleries |pages=173 |work=Daily News |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113031602/museums-galleries/ |access-date=2022-11-14 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> She is active on behalf of the War Widows Organization, Friends of Children, and Lioness Club.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Governor |first=MJF Lion Prashant A. Patil, District |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Df0sDQAAQBAJ&dq=%22Peace+Kanwal%22&pg=PA146 |title=Lions 323A3 District Directory (2016-17): Digital Edition |date=2016-10-02 |publisher=Signpost Celfon.In Technology |pages=146 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Personal life ==<br />
Kanwal married Sushil Ruia in 1955. They had a son, and legally separated in 1968. Her second husband is V. Mahesh, grandson of politician [[V. V. Giri]]; they married in 1977. The couple live in [[Mumbai]], as of 2020.<ref name=":0" /> <br />
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== External links ==<br />
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20210727065732/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba1d805e8 ''Peace Kanwal''] at the [[British Film Institute]]{{better source needed|reason=Help request: a live link can be searched for at https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/search/expert - if available, replace the archive URL with the live link. Or if none found, remove this 'better source needed' template. | date=October 2023}}<br />
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