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Lalitha (actress)

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Lalitha
Born
Lalithambika

16 December 1930[citation needed]
Died1982 (aged 51–52)
SpouseSivasankaran Nair
Parent(s)Thangappan Pillai
Saraswathi Amma
RelativesShobana (niece)
Ambika Sukumaran
Vineeth (nephew)
Sukumari (cousin)
FamilyPadmini (sister)
Ragini (sister)
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.[1] She started her acting career in the 1948 Tamil film Adhithan Kanavu[2] and has acted in movies of different Indian languages including Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu.[3][4] She entered films before her sisters, concentrating more on Malayalam films, and was mostly cast in vamp roles.

Personal life

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She was born to Thangappan Pillai and Saraswathi Amma on 16 December 1930 at Thiruvananthapuram.[citation needed] She is the aunt of actress Shobana.[5] Malayalam actress Ambika Sukumaran is her relative. Actress Sukumari was the trio's maternal first cousin. Malayalam actor Krishna is her grandson.[6]

Partial filmography

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Malayalam

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Tamil

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Telugu

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Hindi

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Sinhala

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

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Rangarajan, Malathi (29 September 2006). "Beauty, charm, charisma". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 28 February 2008. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Malaya Cottage was their grooming ground". The Hindu. 30 September 2006. Archived from the original on 16 June 2010. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
  4. ^ "Colony of Memories". The Hindu. 2 August 2001. Archived from the original on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 28 July 2011.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. ^ Dance was Padmini's passion, not films, September 2006, Rediff.com. Retrieved July 2011
  6. ^ 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.
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