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

Known For

Manohara
Manohara
Thangamalai Ragasiyam
Thangamalai Ragasiyam
Sivakavi
Sivakavi

Filmography

1963 Vanambadi
as Parvathi (Thanikachalam wife)
1960 Umma
as Zainaba
1959 Thangapadumai
as
1957 Pudhumai Pithan
as
1957 Thangamalai Ragasiyam
as
1955 Gulebagavali
as
1954 Manohara
as
1953 Panakkaari
as
1953 Anbu
as Thangam
1952 Amarakavi
as
1949 Krishna Bhakthi
as Devakumari
1948 Chandralekha
as Chandralekha
1946 Valmiki
as
1944 Haridas
as Haridas' Mistress
1943 Sivakavi
as Vanji