Fearless Nadia

Fearless Nadia
Fearless Nadia in 11 O'Clock (1948)
Born
Mary Ann Evans

(1908-01-08)8 January 1908
Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Died9 January 1996(1996-01-09) (aged 88)
Bombay, Maharashtra, India
Other namesMary Evans Wadia
Nadia Wadia
Occupation(s)Actress, stuntwoman
Years active1933–1970
Spouse
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(m. 1961)​
RelativesSee Wadia family

Mary Ann Evans (8 January 1908 – 9 January 1996), also known by her stage name Fearless Nadia, was an Australian-Indian actress and stuntwoman, who worked in Indian cinema. She is most remembered as the masked, cloaked adventurer in Hunterwali, released in 1935,[1][2][3] which was one of the earliest female-led Indian films.[4][5]

  1. ^ "Mary Evans Wadia, aka Fearless Nadia Biography". tifr.res.in. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
  2. ^ "Hunterwali Ki Beti(1935)". NFAI. Archived from the original on 6 October 2013.
  3. ^ "Profile and images". memsaabstory.wordpress.com. 19 February 2008. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
  4. ^ Dr. Piyush Roy (2019). Bollywood FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the Greatest Film Story Never Told. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 7. ISBN 9781493050833.
  5. ^ "Cinema: Female Interest". Outlook. 24 November 2003. Archived from the original on 13 October 2012. Retrieved 26 March 2010.