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'''Sheila Ramani''' (2 March 1932<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://naidunia.jagran.com/madhya-pradesh/indore-the-famous-actress-sheila-ramani-died-424224 |title=50 के दशक की प्रसिद्ध अभिनेत्री शीला रमानी का निधन |date=15 July 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://hhshribholanathjimemories.blogspot.de/2012/07/photos-of-shila-ramani.html |title=HH Shri Bhola Nathji Memories: Photos of Shila Ramani |date=27 July 2012}}</ref> – 15 July 2015), also known as Sheila Kewalramani, was an Indian actress who was introduced into [[Bollywood]] by the film-maker [[Chetan Anand (director)|Chetan Anand]]. She is known for her role in the movie ''[[Taxi Driver (1954 film)|Taxi Driver]]''. She was born in [[Sindh]] and was one of the few actresses from Sindh to join the Indian film industry.

Ramani was crowned Miss Shimla in the early 1950s. She was mostly seen as an upper-class mod girl in the roles she portrayed in many movies.<ref>{{cite web |last=Gupta |first=Ranjan |title=A brother remembers |url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2008/07/18/stories/2008071850570100.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080804184400/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2008/07/18/stories/2008071850570100.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 August 2008 |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=18 July 2008 |access-date=3 January 2013}}</ref> She played the lead in a Pakistani film. Ramani went back to India and starred in further movies in Mumbai. In the later part of her career, she was reduced to obscure films.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sheila Ramani - Profile |url=http://cineplot.com/sheila-ramani/ |publisher=Cine Plot |access-date=28 December 2012}}</ref>

Later on in her life Ramani married and moved to the United States. She lived her last years in Mhow, a small cantonment town in the Indore district of Madhya Pradesh. She died on 15 July 2015.<ref>http://www.thesindhtimes.com/entertainment/heroine-of-famous-sindhi-film-abbana-sheila-ramani-dies/</ref> Ramani's husband Jall Cowasji, a noted industrialist, died about three decades ago. She was survived by her two sons Rahul and Zal.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Sheila-Ramani-1950s-star-no-more/articleshow/48093194.cms |title=Sheila Ramani, 1950s star, no more |first1=Avijit |last1=Ghosh |first2=Rajesh |last2=Jauhri |newspaper=The Times of India |date=16 July 2015 |access-date=16 November 2018}}</ref>

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