Sundaram Jayalakshmi (25 July 1920 - 21 July 2007) was an Indian Tamil-language film actress and singer who played lead parts in movies of the 1930s and 1940s. Starting her film career with ''Seetha Kalyanam'' in 1934, she acted in about a dozen movies, her most remembered role being in the 1943 movie ''Sivakavi''. She is the sister of musicians
S. Rajam and
S. Balachander
Sundaram Balachander (18 January 1927 – 13 April 1990) was an Indian veena player and filmmaker. He directed, produced, and also composed music for a few of his films. Balachander was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 1982. He died of a hear ...
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Early life
Jayalakshmi was born on 25 July 1920 in Madras to lawyer V. Sundaram Iyer and his wife Parvathi. In 1933, when
V. Shantaram
Shantaram Rajaram Vankudre (18 November 1901 – 30 October 1990), referred to as V. Shantaram or Shantaram Bapu, was an Indian filmmaker, film producer, and actor known for his work in Hindi and Marathi films. He is most known for films such ...
wanted to make a Tamil movie and placed an advertisement in ''Sight and Sound'' magazine, Sundaram Iyer came forward to help him and as a result the whole family travelled to
Kolhapur
Kolhapur () is a city on the banks of the Panchganga River in the southern part of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the administrative headquarter of the Kolhapur district. In, around 2 C.E. Kolapur's name was 'Kuntal'.
Kolhapur is ...
to make their debut in the movie ''Seetha Kalyanam'' with Jayalakshmi as the heroine Seetha and her older brother Rajam as the hero Rama.
Death
Jayalakshmi died at her residence in
Besant Nagar, Chennai of
natural causes at 6 AM on 21 July 2007.
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Indian film actresses
Tamil actresses
2007 deaths
1920 births
Actresses from Mumbai