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| birth_name        = Lalithambika
| birth_name        = Lalithambika
| birth_date        = 16 December 1930<ref>https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1193230</ref>
| birth_date        = 16 December 1930<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1193230|title = Lalitha}}</ref>
| birth_place        = [[Thiruvananthapuram]], [[Travancore]], India (Now in [[Kerala]])
| birth_place        = [[Thiruvananthapuram]], [[Travancore]], India (Now in [[Kerala]])
| death_date        = {{death year and age|1982|1930}}
| death_date        = {{death year and age|1982|1930}}
| death_place        = [[Alappuzha]], [[Kerala]], [[India]]
| death_place        = [[Alappuzha]], [[Kerala]], [[India]]
| spouse            = Sivasankaran Nayar
| spouse            = Sivasankaran Nayar
| parents            = Thangappan Nayar (father)<br>Saraswathi (mother)
| parents            = Thangappan Pillai <br>Saraswathi Amma
| family            = [[Padmini (actress)|Padmini]] (sister)<br>[[Ragini (actress)|Ragini]] (sister)<br>Chandran (brother)[[Krishna (Malayalam actor)|Krishna]] (grandson)
| family            = [[Padmini (actress)|Padmini]] (sister)<br>[[Ragini (actress)|Ragini]] (sister)<br>Chandran (brother)[[Krishna (Malayalam actor)|Krishna]] (grandson)
| relatives          = [[Shobana]] (niece)<br>[[Ambika Sukumaran]]<br>[[Vineeth]] (nephew)<br>[[Sukumari]] (cousin)<br>
| relatives          = [[Shobana]] (niece)<br>[[Ambika Sukumaran]]<br>[[Vineeth]] (nephew)<br>[[Sukumari]] (cousin)<br>
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==Personal life==
==Personal life==
She was born to Thangappan Nayar and Saraswathi on 16 December 1930 at [[Thiruvananthapuram]].<ref>https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1193230/bio</ref> She is the aunt of actress [[Shobana]].<ref>[http://www.rediff.com/movies/2006/sep/25padmini1.htm Dance was Padmini's passion, not films], September 2006, Rediff.com. Retrieved July 2011</ref> Malayalam actress [[Ambika Sukumaran]] is her relative. Actress [[Sukumari]] was the trio's maternal first cousin. Malayalam actor [[Krishna (Malayalam actor)|Krishna]] is her grandson.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mangalam.com/mangalam-varika/138375 |author=M.H. Anurag|date=13 January 2014|title=ജീവിതത്തിന്‌ ഇപ്പോള്‍ എന്തൊരു രുചി...!|accessdate=2015-03-31|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141110192952/http://www.mangalam.com/mangalam-varika/138375|archivedate=10 November 2014|work=Mangalam|language=Malayalam|trans-title=What a taste for life now!}}</ref>
She was born to Thangappan Pillai and Saraswathi Amma  on 16 December 1930 at [[Thiruvananthapuram]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1193230/bio|title=Lalitha}}</ref> She is the aunt of actress [[Shobana]].<ref>[http://www.rediff.com/movies/2006/sep/25padmini1.htm Dance was Padmini's passion, not films], September 2006, Rediff.com. Retrieved July 2011</ref> Malayalam actress [[Ambika Sukumaran]] is her relative. Actress [[Sukumari]] was the trio's maternal first cousin. Malayalam actor [[Krishna (Malayalam actor)|Krishna]] is her grandson.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mangalam.com/mangalam-varika/138375 |author=M.H. Anurag|date=13 January 2014|title=ജീവിതത്തിന്‌ ഇപ്പോള്‍ എന്തൊരു രുചി...!|accessdate=2015-03-31|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141110192952/http://www.mangalam.com/mangalam-varika/138375|archivedate=10 November 2014|work=Mangalam|language=Malayalam|trans-title=What a taste for life now!}}</ref>


==Partial filmography==
==Partial filmography==
===Malayalam===
===Malayalam===
{{div col|colwidth=18em}}
* ''[[Vellinakshatram (1949 film)|Vellinakshathram]]'' (1949)
* ''[[Prasanna (1950 film)|Prasanna]]'' (1950)
* ''[[Prasanna (1950 film)|Prasanna]]'' (1950)
* ''[[Chandrika (film)|Chandrika]]'' (1950) .... Dancer
* ''[[Chandrika (film)|Chandrika]]'' (1950) .... Dancer
* ''Navalokam'' (1951) .... Kamala
* ''[[Amma (1952 film)|Amma]]'' (1952) .... Saradha
* ''[[Amma (1952 film)|Amma]]'' (1952) .... Saradha
* ''[[Kanchana (1952 film)|Kaanchana]]'' (1952) .... Kaanchana
* ''[[Kanchana (1952 film)|Kaanchana]]'' (1952) .... Kaanchana
* ''[[Ponkathir]]'' (1953) .... Radha
* ''[[Ponkathir]]'' (1953) .... Radha
* ''[[Snehaseema]]'' (1954)
 
* ''Sudarshan'' (1957)
* ''[[Minnalppadayaali]]'' (1959) .... Santha
{{div col end}}


===Tamil===
===Tamil===

Latest revision as of 07:35, 26 July 2021

Lalitha
Born
Lalithambika

16 December 1930[1]
Thiruvananthapuram, Travancore, India (Now in Kerala)
Died1982 (aged 51–52)
Alappuzha, Kerala, India
Spouse(s)Sivasankaran Nayar
Parent(s)Thangappan Pillai
Saraswathi Amma
RelativesShobana (niece)
Ambika Sukumaran
Vineeth (nephew)
Sukumari (cousin)
FamilyPadmini (sister)
Ragini (sister)
Chandran (brother)Krishna (grandson)

Lalitha (16 December 1930 – 1982) was an Indian actress and dancer. She was the eldest of the "Travancore Sisters"—Lalitha, Padmini, and Ragini.[2] She started her acting career in the 1948 Tamil film Adhithan Kanavu[3] and has acted in movies of different Indian languages including Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu.[4][5] She entered films before her sisters, concentrating more on Malayalam films, and was mostly cast in vamp roles.

Personal life[edit | edit source]

She was born to Thangappan Pillai and Saraswathi Amma on 16 December 1930 at Thiruvananthapuram.[6] She is the aunt of actress Shobana.[7] Malayalam actress Ambika Sukumaran is her relative. Actress Sukumari was the trio's maternal first cousin. Malayalam actor Krishna is her grandson.[8]

Partial filmography[edit | edit source]

Malayalam[edit | edit source]


Tamil[edit | edit source]

Telugu[edit | edit source]

Hindi[edit | edit source]

Sinhala[edit | edit source]

  • Surasena (1957)
  • Kapati Arakshakaya (1948) (Choreography only)

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Lalitha".
  2. ↑ Rangarajan, Malathi (29 September 2006). "Beauty, charm, charisma". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 28 February 2008. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
  3. ↑ Kannan, Ramya (26 September 2006). "Queen of Tamil cinema no more". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 22 October 2007. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
  4. ↑ "Malaya Cottage was their grooming ground". The Hindu. 30 September 2006. Archived from the original on 16 June 2010. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
  5. ↑ "Colony of Memories". The Hindu. 2 August 2001. Archived from the original on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
  6. ↑ "Lalitha".
  7. ↑ Dance was Padmini's passion, not films, September 2006, Rediff.com. Retrieved July 2011
  8. ↑ M.H. Anurag (13 January 2014). "ജീവിതത്തിന്‌ ഇപ്പോള്‍ എന്തൊരു രുചി...!" [What a taste for life now!]. Mangalam (in Malayalam). Archived from the original on 10 November 2014. Retrieved 31 March 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

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