Lalitha

Biography

Lalitha (1930 – 1982) was a South Indian actress and danseuse. She was the eldest of the "Travancore Sisters" – Lalitha, Padmini, and Ragini. She started her acting career in the 1938 Tamil film Adithan Kanavu and has acted in movies of different Indian languages including Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu. She entered films before her sisters, concentrating more on Malayalam films, and was good in Vampish roles.

She was born to Gopala Pilla and Saraswathiyamma on 16 December 1930 at Thiruvananthapuram. She is the aunt of actress Shobana Chandrakumar. Malayalam actress Ambika Sukumaran is her relative. Actress Sukumari was the trio's maternal first cousin. Malayalam actor Krishna is her grand son.

Known For

Madurai Veeran
Madurai Veeran
Laila Majnu
Laila Majnu

Filmography

1996 Vetri Vinayagar
as Pusa Natchathiram
1983 Oru Indhiya Kanavu
as
1957 Rajarajan
as
1957 Puthu Vazhvu
as
1956 Madurai Veeran
as
1955 Kanavane Kan Kanda Deivam
as
1955 Valliyin Selvan
as
1954 Thookku Thookki
as
1953 Ponkathir
as Radha
1953 Devadasu
as Chandramukhi
1952 Andhaman Kaidhi
as
1952 Amarakavi
as Special appearance
1951 Or Iravu
as
1950 Ezhai Padum Paadu
as
1950 Thigambara Samiar
as
1950 Prasanna
as Prasanna
1950 Manthiri Kumari
as
1949 Vaazhkai
as Dancer
1949 Laila Majnu
as Dancer
1949 The Maiden's Lover
as Dancer