Lalitha

Biography

Lalitha (1930 – 1982) was a South Indian actress and danseuse. She was the eldest of the "Travancore Sisters" – Lalitha, Padmini, and Ragini. She started her acting career in the 1938 Tamil film Adithan Kanavu and has acted in movies of different Indian languages including Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu. She entered films before her sisters, concentrating more on Malayalam films, and was good in Vampish roles.

She was born to Gopala Pilla and Saraswathiyamma on 16 December 1930 at Thiruvananthapuram. She is the aunt of actress Shobana Chandrakumar. Malayalam actress Ambika Sukumaran is her relative. Actress Sukumari was the trio's maternal first cousin. Malayalam actor Krishna is her grand son.

Known For

Laila Majnu

Dancer

Vetri Vinayagar

Pusa Natchathiram

Devadasu

Chandramukhi

Vaazhkai

Dancer

Ponkathir

Radha

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
1996	Vetri Vinayagar	Pusa Natchathiram
1983	Oru Indhiya Kanavu
1957	Rajarajan
1957	Puthu Vazhvu
1956	Madurai Veeran
1955	Valliyin Selvan
1955	Kanavane Kan Kanda Deivam
1954	Thookku Thookki
1953	Devadasu	Chandramukhi
1953	Ponkathir	Radha
1952	Andhaman Kaidhi
1952	Amarakavi	Special appearance
1951	Or Iravu
1950	Thigambara Samiar
1950	Manthiri Kumari
1950	Prasanna	Prasanna
1950	Ezhai Padum Paadu
1949	The Maiden's Lover	Dancer
1949	Laila Majnu	Dancer
1949	Vaazhkai	Dancer
1948	Mohini

Year	TV Show	Role