Manjula Vijayakumar (4 July 195423 July 2013) was an Indian actress. She acted in more than 100 films in South Indian languages like Tamil,

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and

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Personal life

She and actor Vijayakumar got married in 1976. The couple have three daughters, Vanitha, Preetha and

Sridevi Shree Amma Yanger Ayyappan (13 August 1963 – 24 February 2018), professionally credited with her stage name Sridevi, was an Indian actress who worked in Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Malayalam, and Kannada language films. Cited as the "First Femal ...

. Arun Vijay, Anitha, and Kavitha are her husband's children from his first marriage.

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and

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are her nephew and niece respectively (elder sister's son and daughter respectively).

Acting career

She first appeared in the film ''Shanthi Nilayam'' (1969) in a supporting role (as the teenaged niece of

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's character). Her first lead role was in ''

Rickshawkaran ''Rickshawkaran'' () is a 1971 Indian Tamil-language vigilante film directed by M. Krishnan and produced by R. M. Veerappan, who doubled as screenwriter. The film stars M. G. Ramachandran, Padmini and Manjula, with S. A. Ashokan, Major Su ...

'' (1971). She acted in lead roles in many films till the late seventies. Since the late 80's, she has appeared in supporting roles. Manjula has performed alongside R. Muthuraman,

Sivaji Ganesan Villupuram Chinnaiya Manrayar Ganesamoorthy, better known by his stage name Sivaji Ganesan, (1 October 1928 – 21 July 2001) was an Indian actor and producer. He was active in Tamil cinema during the latter half of the 20th century. Sivaji Gan ...

, M. G. Ramachandran, Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao,

Akkineni Nageswara Rao Akkineni Nageswara Rao (20 September 1923 – 22 January 2014), widely known as ANR, was an Indian actor and producer, known for his works majorly in Telugu cinema. He starred in many landmark films in his seventy five-year career, and became on ...

, Krishna, Shobhan Babu,

Kamal Haasan Kamal Haasan (born 7 November 1954) is an Indian actor, filmmaker, screenwriter, playback singer, television presenter and politician who works mainly in Tamil cinema and has also appeared in some Telugu, Malayalam, Hindi, Kannada and Bengali f ...

, Vishnuvardhan and

Rajinikanth Shivaji Rao Gaikwad (born 12 December 1950), known professionally as Rajinikanth, is an Indian actor, producer and screenwriter. In a career spanning over five decades, he has done 160 films that includes films in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, Kannad ...

Death

Manjula died on 23 July 2013 in SRMC at Chennai after falling down from bed and being admitted to hospital. Her death was caused by

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and a blood clot in the stomach.

Partial filmography

Television

* Nandini (Deceased character in photograph) * Unnai Paarkum Neram as Uma's aunty. * Sundarakanda as Mahalakshmi *Wow - Game Show

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vijayakumar, Manjula 1953 births 2013 deaths Actresses in Tamil cinema Actresses in Kannada cinema Actresses in Telugu cinema Accidental deaths from falls Accidental deaths in India Actresses in Malayalam cinema Indian film actresses 20th-century Indian actresses 21st-century Indian actresses Actresses in Tamil television