Kumari Thankam was an Indian actress who acted in

Malayalam cinema Malayalam cinema, also referred to as Mollywood, is a segment of Cinema of India, Indian cinema dedicated to producing films in the Malayalam, Malayalam language, primarily spoken in Kerala and the Lakshadweep islands. It encompasses both th ...

. She was a lead actress during the late 1950s and 1960s in

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of ...

. She made her debut in Aathmasakhi in 1952. She acted in more than 50 movies.

Personal life

Kumari came from Poojapura,

Thiruvananthapuram Thiruvananthapuram ( ), also known as Trivandrum, is the Capital city, capital city of the Indian state of Kerala. As of 2011, the Thiruvananthapuram Municipal Corporation had a population of 957,730 over an area of 214.86 sq. km, making it the ...

. She was married to a brother of Lalitha- Padmini-

Ragini Ragini may refer to: *Rāgini, the feminine counterpart of a raga, a melodic mode in Indian classical music *Ragini, an Indian feminine given name from the above People *Ragini (actress) (1937–1976), Indian film actress, one of the Travancore si ...

trio, producer P. K. Sathyapal and they had three children, late S. Padmanabhan, late S. Jayapal and Asha. She died on 8 March 2011 at Shenoy Nagar, Chennai.

Filmography

As an actress

As a singer

* Vannaalum Mohanane ... Minnunnathellaam Ponnalla (1957)

References

External links

Kumari Thankam at MSI
{{Authority control Actresses in Malayalam cinema Indian film actresses Actresses from Thiruvananthapuram Year of birth missing 2011 deaths 20th-century Indian actresses Singers from Thiruvananthapuram 20th-century Indian singers Malayalam playback singers Indian women playback singers 20th-century Indian women singers Film musicians from Kerala Women musicians from Kerala