T. R. Rajakumari
Biography
Thanjavur Ranganayaki Rajayee popularly known by her screen name T. R. Rajakumari, was an Indian film actress, Carnatic singer and dancer. She has been called the first "dream girl" of Tamil cinema
Rajayee was born in 1922 in a family of carnatic musicians. Both her mother and her grandmother wanted Rajayee to become a singer and trained her in Carnatic music. Rajayee made her film debut as "T. R. Rajakumari" in the 1939 Tamil film Kumara Kulothungan which was an average grosser. Her second film Kacha Devayani (1941) was a hit and helped launch her career in movies. Rajakumari died on September 20, 1999 after a prolonged illness
Filmography
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Periya Idathu Pen
1963
as Gangamma
Vanambadi
1963
as Parvathi (Thanikachalam wife)
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Umma
1960
as Zainaba
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Thangapadumai
1959
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Pudhumai Pithan
1957
Thangamalai Ragasiyam
1957
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Gulebagavali
1955
Manohara
1954
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Panakkaari
1953
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Anbu
1953
as Thangam
Amarakavi
1952
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Krishna Bhakthi
1949
as Devakumari
Chandralekha
1948
as Chandralekha
Valmiki
1946
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Haridas
1944
as Ramba
Sivakavi
1943
as Vanji
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Manonmani
1942
as Palathevan