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| birth_place        = [[Mysore]], [[Mysore state]], [[British India]] (in present-day [[Karnataka]], India)
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'''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> 
'''M. Jayashree''' (1921 – 2006), was an Indian actress who worked mainly in [[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]].{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}}


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>
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.{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}}


== Career ==
== 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>
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 September 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}}</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.
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.{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}} 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 [[Dr. Rajkumar]], [[Kalyan Kumar]], [[Vishnuvardhan (actor)|Vishnuvardhan]], [[Ambareesh]], [[Tiger Prabhakar]], [[Rajesh (Tamil actor)|Rajesh]], [[Gangadhar]], [[Srinath (Kannada actor)|Srinath]] and many. In her five decades acting career, Jayashree starred more than 450 films.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}}


== Last days and death ==
== 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 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"/>
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 September 2020}}</ref>


== Awards ==
== Awards ==
* 1970-71 - [[Karnataka State Film Award for Best Supporting Actress]] for the film ''‛Amara Bharathi’''.<ref name="Amma"/>
* 1970-71 - [[Karnataka State Film Award for Best Supporting Actress]] for the film ''‛Amara Bharathi’''.{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}}


== Selected filmography ==
== Selected filmography ==
{{expand list|date=November 2020}}
{{incomplete list|date=November 2020}}
 
===Tamil===
* Vizhivil Thirunaal


===Kannada===
===Kannada===
* ''[[Bhakta Kumbara (film)|Bhakta Kumbara]]'' (1948)
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* ''[[Bhakta Kumbara (film)|Bhakta Kumbara]]'' (1949)
* ''[[Nagakannika]]'' (1949)
* ''[[Nagakannika]]'' (1949)
* ''Thilotthame'' (1951)
* ''Thilotthame'' (1951)...Thilotthame
* ''[[Jaganmohini (1951 film)|Jaganmohini]]'' (1951)
* ''[[Jaganmohini (1951 film)|Jaganmohini]]'' (1951)
* ''Mangala Gowri'' (1953)
* ''Mangala Gowri'' (1953)
* ''Natashekhara'' (1954)
* ''[[Sodari]]'' (1955)...Chanchaladevi
* ''[[Mutthaide Bhagya (1956 film)|Muttaide Bhagya]]'' (1956)...Gowri
* ''[[Mutthaide Bhagya (1956 film)|Muttaide Bhagya]]'' (1956)...Gowri
* ''[[Rayara Sose]]'' (1957)
* ''[[Rayara Sose]]'' (1957)...Gowri
* ''[[Sati Nalaayini]]'' (1957)...[[Parvati]]
* ''[[Bettada Kalla]]'' (1957)
* ''[[Rani Honnamma]]'' (1960)
* ''[[Bhakta Kanakadasa]]'' (1960)
* ''[[Bhakta Kanakadasa]]'' (1960)
* ''[[Dashavathara (film)|Dashavathara]]'' (1960)
* ''[[Rathna Manjari]]'' (1962)
* ''[[Swarna Gowri]]'' (1962)
* ''[[Mahathma Kabir]]'' (1962)...Neema
* ''[[Jenu Goodu]]'' (1963)...Sharada
* ''[[Mana Mecchida Madadi]]'' (1963)...Girija
* ''[[Naandi (film)|Naandi]]'' (1964)...Savitri
* ''[[Naandi (film)|Naandi]]'' (1964)...Savitri
* ''[[Chandavalliya Thota]]'' (1964)...Puttathayi
* ''[[Kalaavati]]'' (1964)...Puttamma
* ''[[Thumbida Koda]]'' (1964)...Jaya
* ''[[Ide Mahasudina]]'' (1965)...Poornima
* ''[[Miss Leelavathi]]'' (1965)...Ganga
* ''[[Madhumalathi]]'' (1966)...Gajalakshmi
* ''[[Lagna Pathrike]]'' (1967)...Savitri
* ''[[Bhagyada Bagilu]]'' (1968)...Kamala
* ''[[Hannele Chiguridaga]]'' (1968)...Raji
* ''[[Uyyale]]'' (1969)...Krishna's mother
* ''[[Mayor Muthanna]]'' (1969)...Kamala
* ''[[Margadarshi]]'' (1969)...Raji
* ''[[Bhale Raja]]'' (1969)... Parvattamma
* ''[[Hasiru Thorana]]'' (1970)...Jayashree
* ''[[Devara Makkalu]]'' (1970)...Rukmini
* ''Lakshmi Saraswathi'' (1970)...Lalitha
* ''[[Sakshatkara]]'' (1971)...Maniyamma
* ''[[Baala Bandhana]]'' (1971)...Parvati
* ''[[Naagarahaavu]]'' (1972)...Sonabai
* ''[[Naagarahaavu]]'' (1972)...Sonabai
* ''[[Sipayi Ramu]]'' (1972)...Ramu
* ''[[Devaru Kotta Thangi (1973 film)|Devaru Kotta Thangi]]'' (1973)
* ''[[Devaru Kotta Thangi (1973 film)|Devaru Kotta Thangi]]'' (1973)
* ''[[Kesarina Kamala]]'' (1973)...Parvati
* ''[[Sri Srinivasa Kalyana]]'' (1974)
* ''[[Eradu Kanasu (1974 film)|Eradu Kanasu]]'' (1974)...Gowri's mother
* ''[[Raja Nanna Raja]]'' (1976)
* ''[[Bayalu Daari]]'' (1976)...Anusuya
* ''Baduku Bangaravayithu'' (1976)...Ganga
* ''[[Sose Tanda Soubhagya]]'' (1977)
* ''[[Paduvaaralli Pandavaru]]'' (1978)...Lakshmi
* ''[[Haddina Kannu]]'' (1980)
* ''[[Moogana Sedu]]'' (1980)
* ''[[Tony (1982 film)|Tony]]'' (1982)
* ''Premave Balina Belaku'' (1983)...Susheela
* ''[[Nanna Prathigne]]'' (1985)...Seethamma
* ''[[Aruna Raaga]]'' (1986)
* ''[[Aruna Raaga]]'' (1986)
* ''[[Karna (1986 film)|Karna]]'' (1986)
* ''[[Sundara Swapnagalu]]'' (1986)
* ''[[Aaganthuka]]'' (1987)
* ''[[Ee Bandha Anubandha]]'' (1987)...Vijay's aunt
* ''[[Nammoora Hammera]]'' (1990)
* ''[[Nammoora Hammera]]'' (1990)
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===Telugu===
* ''[[Manchi Manasuku Manchi Rojulu]]'' (1956)
* ''[[Anthuleni Katha]]'' (1976)


== See also ==
== See also ==
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[[Category:Actresses in Kannada cinema]]
[[Category:Actresses in Kannada cinema]]
[[Category:Actresses in Tamil cinema]]
[[Category:Actresses in Telugu cinema]]
[[Category:Indian actresses]]
[[Category:Indian actresses]]
[[Category:Karnataka State Film Award winners]]
[[Category:People from Mysore district]]
[[Category:People from Mysore district]]
[[Category:Kannada people]]
[[Category:Kannada actresses]]

Latest revision as of 12:12, 18 December 2025


Not to be confused with B. Jayashree or B. Jaya (actress).

N Jayashree
Jayashree in Mutthaide Bhagya (1956)
Born1921
Mysore, Mysore state, British India (in present-day Karnataka, India)
Died29 October 2006(2006-10-29) (aged 84–85)[citation needed]
Mysore, Karnataka, India
Occupation
  • Actress
Years active1948–1996

M. Jayashree (1921 – 2006), was an Indian actress who worked mainly in Kannada films. She is known for her supporting roles in such movies including Rayara Sose (1957), Naagarahaavu (1972), Eradu Kanasu and Sri Srinivasa Kalyana.[citation needed]

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.[citation needed]

Career[edit | edit source]

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.[1] This was noticed by Kannada film maker Honnappa Bhagavathar and he made her to debut in Kannada films with the 1948 movie Bhakta Kumbara.[2]

Her next project in Kannada as heroine was Nagakannika in 1949, a blockbuster movie directed by G. Vishwanath.[3] This film considered to be the first Kannada movie based on a folk tale.[citation needed] 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 Dr. Rajkumar, Kalyan Kumar, Vishnuvardhan, Ambareesh, Tiger Prabhakar, Rajesh, Gangadhar, Srinath and many. In her five decades acting career, Jayashree starred more than 450 films.[citation needed]

Last days and death[edit | edit source]

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.[1]

Awards[edit | edit source]

Selected filmography[edit | edit source]

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Kannada[edit | edit source]

Telugu[edit | edit source]

See also[edit | edit source]

Karnataka State Film Award for Best Supporting Actress

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "ಬೆಳ್ಳಿತೆರೆಯ ಅಜರಾಮರ ಅಭಿನೇತ್ರಿ ಎಂ. ಜಯಶ್ರೀ" [Immortal actress of silver screen M. Jayashree]. The Newsism.com (in Kannada). 12 July 2017. Retrieved 21 September 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  2. ↑ "Bhakta Kumbara". nthwall.com. Archived from the original on 9 February 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  3. ↑ B V Shiva Shankar (16 March 2007). "Sepia stories at 60". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 9 May 2013.

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