Lalitha (actress)

Lalitha
Born
Lalithambika

16 December 1930[citation needed]
Died1982 (aged 51–52)
SpouseSivasankaran Nair
Parent(s)Thangappan Pillai
Saraswathi Amma
RelativesShobana (niece)
Ambika Sukumaran
Vineeth (nephew)
Sukumari (cousin)
FamilyPadmini (sister)
Ragini (sister)
Krishna (grandson)

Lalitha (16 December 1930 – 1982) was an Indian actress and dancer. She was the eldest of the "Travancore Sisters"—Lalitha, Padmini, and Ragini.[1] She started her acting career in the 1948 Tamil film Adhithan Kanavu[2] and has acted in movies of different Indian languages including Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu.[3][4] She entered films before her sisters, concentrating more on Malayalam films, and was mostly cast in vamp roles.

  1. ^ Rangarajan, Malathi (29 September 2006). "Beauty, charm, charisma". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 28 February 2008. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
  2. ^ Kannan, Ramya (26 September 2006). "Queen of Tamil cinema no more". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 22 October 2007. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
  3. ^ "Malaya Cottage was their grooming ground". The Hindu. 30 September 2006. Archived from the original on 16 June 2010. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
  4. ^ "Colony of Memories". The Hindu. 2 August 2001. Archived from the original on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 28 July 2011.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)