Pushpavalli
Appearance
Pushpavalli | |
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Born | |
Died | 1991 |
Occupation | Film actress |
Spouse | Gemini Ganesan |
Relatives | Shubha (niece) Vedantam Raghavaiah (brother-in-law)[1] |
Pentapadu Pushpavalli, better known as Pushpavalli, was a Telugu and Tamil film actress.[2] She was the second romantic interest of Gemini Ganesan. She had two daughters with him, of which the eldest was Rekha.[3] She starred in many films with Ganesan, mostly as his heroine.[4] Her film work includes title roles in Miss Malini (1947), an adaptation of R.K. Narayan's novel Mr. Sampath,[3] and the Telugu film Satyabhama.[5] Pushpavalli died in 1991.
Credits
- Sampoorna Ramayanam (1936)
- Mohini Bhasmasura (1938) as Mohini/Vishnu
- Satyanarayana Vratam (1938)
- Vara Vikrayam (1939) as Kamala
- Malathi Madhavam (1940)
- Vishwamohini (1940)
- Choodamani (1941) as Choodamani
- Bala Nagamma (1942) as Sangu
- Satyabhama (1942)
- Paduka Pattabhishekam (1945) as Goddess Seetha
- Miss Malini (1947) [3]
- Vindhyarani (1948); also released in English as Queen of the Vindhiyas
- Daasi (1952)
- Pempudu Koduku (1953) as Mangamma
- Bahut Din Huwe (1954) as Bhulakshmi Devi
- Chenchu Lakshmi (1958/I) as Leelavathi
- Amarashilpi Jakanna (1964); also released in Kannada as Amarashilpi Jakanachari
- Kai Kodutha Deivam (1964); as Raghu's (Sivaji Ganesan) mother
- Rangula Ratnam (1966)
- Sudigundalu (1967)
References
- ^ "Memories of the Southern Devadas". thehindu.com. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
- ^ http://www.ghantasala.info/tfs/cdata1028.html
- ^ a b c "Miss Malini 1947". The Hindu. 25 July 2008. Retrieved 20 October 2009.
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