B. Jayashree | |
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.jpg) B. Jayashree in 2019 | |
| Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha (nominated) | |
| In office 22 March 2010 – 21 March 2016 | |
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| Born | 9 June 1950 Bangalore, India |
| Relatives | Gubbi Veeranna (grandfather) |
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B. Jayashree (born 9 June 1950) is a veteran Indian theatre actress, director and singer, who has also acted in films and television and worked as dubbing artist in films. She is the creative director of Spandana Theatre, an amateur theatre company established in Bangalore in 1976.[1][2]
She was nominated to the Upper house of the Indian Parliament, Rajya Sabha in 2010. She was awarded the Padma Shri, fourth-highest civilian honour by Government of India in 2013.[3]
She is the grand daughter of Gubbi Veeranna, the noted theatre director who founded the Gubbi Veeranna Nataka Company[4]
- ^ "Folk theatre festival by Spandana". The Hindu. 19 August 2005. Archived from the original on 25 May 2006. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
- ^ "Four-day theatre festival in honour of Jayashree". Deccan Herald. 21 June 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
- ^ "Padma Awards Announced" (Press release). Ministry of Home Affairs. 25 January 2013. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
- ^ "B Jayashree gets the Padmashree". The Times of India. 27 January 2013. Archived from the original on 10 February 2014. Retrieved 10 February 2014.