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

Birth Location Thanjavur, Madras Presidency, British India
Born 1922-05-05
Died 1999-09-20

Movies

Vanambadi as Parvathi (Thanikachalam wife)
1963
Umma as Zainaba
1960
1954
1953
Anbu as Thangam
1953
1952
Chandralekha as Chandralekha
1948
1946
Haridas as Haridas' Mistress
1944
Sivakavi as Vanji
1943

Movies

Koondukkili Producer
1954