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Birthday: May 05, 1922
Place of Birth: Thanjavur, Madras Presidency, British India

T. R. Rajakumari

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