Lalitha

Acting Dec 16, 1930 Jan 1, 1982 (aged 52) Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India

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.

26 Acting Credits

Lalitha

Acting

Kalpana

Devadasu

Madurai Veeran

Or Iravu

Ezhai Padum Paadu

Or Iravu

Kanniyin Kathali

Kanavane Kan Kanda Deivam

Rajarajan

Andhaman Kaidhi

Manthiri Kumari

Laila Majnu

Oru Indhiya Kanavu

Ponkathir

Prasanna

Vaazhkai

Velaikari

Thigambara Samiar

Valliyin Selvan

Mohini

Thookku Thookki

Vetri Vinayagar

Amarakavi

Puthu Vazhvu