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Top 10 Old Telugu Actresses

As they say, Old is Gold, the yesteryear heroines are still cherished for their excellent performances. Some heroines still exist in the film industry by doing mother roles, while others stay away from the limelight. Rajani, a popular heroine in the 80s, stays away from the limelight after marriage. She made her debut in Tamil with the name Sasikala and then in Telugu as Rajani. She is married and is a mother of three. Bhanu Priya is one of the leading heroines of her period. She is doing mother roles now. Nadhiya had always been selective in her roles right from her heroine days. Even now, she is doing limited films with characters that give importance to her performances.

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1. Sumalatha

She was born on 27 August 1963 in the city of Chennai. Her family was native Telugu and settled in Chennai. She won the Andhra Pradesh beauty contest in 1979, which paved a path for her entry into films. She started acting at an age of fifteen. Her debut film was instead a Tamil movie ‘Thisai Maariya Paravaigal’, for which she was confessed Best New Face Award. She gained much popularity in Malayalam cinema; she married Kannada Actor turned politician 'Ambareesh' on 8 December 1991, couple has a son named Abishek. They both acted as lead roles in some Kannada movies, one of which received national award. She acted in Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, Hindi and Kannada. She is fluent in six Languages. ...

Date of Birth: 27-08-1963

Age: 60

Star Sign: Virgo

Gender: Female

Language: Telugu

Skills: Movie Actress

Sumalatha Biography

Date of Birth: 27-08-1963

Age: 60

Star Sign: Virgo

Gender: Female

Language: Telugu

Skills: Movie Actress

2. Amala Akkineni

Amala is initially known as Amala Mukherjee was born in Kolkata, West Bengal, to a Bengali father who served as a Naval Officer and to a mother who belonged to the nation of Ireland. Amala is a trained Bharatanatyam dancer and has also attained the Bachelor's degree in Fine Arts, from Kalakshetra College of Fine Arts. She has been a good performer of Bharatanatyam and has performed worldwide live. Vijaya Thesingu Rajender, a Tamil film actor, director, composer, screenwriter, cinematographer, producer, playback singer, and a law expert, convinced Amala’s mother to permit her to begin her career as an actress and that he will cast her in a dance based film, where her Bharatanatyam sk...

Date of Birth: 12-09-1968

Age: 55

Star Sign: Virgo

Gender: Female

Language: Telugu

Skills: TV-Actress, Movie Actress

Amala Akkineni Biography

Date of Birth: 12-09-1968

Age: 55

Star Sign: Virgo

Gender: Female

Language: Telugu

Skills: TV-Actress, Movie Actress

3. Rajani

Rajani is a popular South Indian Actress who was born on 27 July 1965. She has acted in various Telugu, Kannada, Tamil and Malayalam movies. Her original name is Shashi Kaur Malhotra. She was born in Bangalore to a Punjabi father, Mr.V.N.Malhotra and a Kannadiga mother, Sulochana. She was given the name ‘Rajani’ from the very famous Telugu Director Mr. Dasari Narayana Rao who according to her is her guru. She is also known as ‘Sasikala’ in the Tamil film Industry. She was one of the most beautiful heroines of her time. She entered the Tamil movie industry with her debut, ‘Ilamai Kalan...

Date of Birth: 27-07-1965

Age: 58

Star Sign: Leo

Gender: Female

Language: Telugu

Skills: Movie Actress

Rajani Biography

Date of Birth: 27-07-1965

Age: 58

Star Sign: Leo

Gender: Female

Language: Telugu

Skills: Movie Actress

4. Bhanu Priya

Bhanu Priya or Manga Bhama is a popular Indian TV and film actress. From 1983 – 1993, she appeared in various Telugu, Kannada, Tamil and Malayalam films and acted in some of the Bollywood movies as well. She was the sister of the actress, Shantipriya. Bhanu was born on the 15th of January 1966 in Rangampeta village, near Rajamundry, Andhra Pradesh. Then her family permanently shifted to Chennai, Tamil Nadu. She studied at Saraswati Vidyalaya. When she was studying, she attended dance and music classes after school hours. Bhanu is good in classical dance Bharatha Natyam, and also sings well. Bhanu was married to Adarsh Kaushal and gave birth to a daug...

Date of Birth: 15-01-1967

Age: 57

Star Sign: Capricorn

Gender: Female

Language: Telugu

Skills: TV-Actress, Movie Actress, Dancer, Judge

Bhanu Priya Biography

Date of Birth: 15-01-1967

Age: 57

Star Sign: Capricorn

Gender: Female

Language: Telugu

Skills: TV-Actress, Movie Actress, Dancer, Judge

5. Jayasudha

Born on 17 December 1958 Jayasudha is predominantly a Telugu actress, though she has worked in Tamil, Hindi, Malayalam, Kannada films too. She was born in Chennai, but her mother tongue is Telugu. Her aunt, Vijaya Nirmala has acted in Telugu films and she is a director too. Jayasudha entered into films during the age of 12; she acted in a Telugu film named Pandanti Kapuram. Later, she did a minute role in K Balachander’s Arangetram. She worked with K Balachander in several films. Her original name is Sujatha and she changed it to Jayasudha. The Telugu film indu...

Date of Birth: 17-12-1958

Age: 65

Star Sign: Sagittarius

Gender: Female

Language: Telugu

Skills: Movie Actress, Politician

Jayasudha Biography

Date of Birth: 17-12-1958

Age: 65

Star Sign: Sagittarius

Gender: Female

Language: Telugu

Skills: Movie Actress, Politician

6. Sharada

Noted South Indian actress Sharada, a three-time recipient of National Award, is a South Indian Actress. Initially, she has done many supporting roles in Telugu films, later on, she moved to Malayalam film industry and gained success there. She is also known as Urvashi Sharada because earlier the National Film Award for Best Actress was officially designated as Urvashi Award. Sharada was a skilled artist and to portray any scene which contained any kind of grievance or pain; she was chosen. There is also a fact that scenes were specially scripted to depict the pain to show her skills, and that was a one-way audience got attracted towards her. Personal Life: Sharada belongs to Andhra Pradesh, India. When she w...

Date of Birth: 25-06-1945

Age: 78

Star Sign: Cancer

Gender: Female

Language: Telugu

Skills: Movie Actress

Sharada Biography

Date of Birth: 25-06-1945

Age: 78

Star Sign: Cancer

Gender: Female

Language: Telugu

Skills: Movie Actress

7. Vijayashanti

Vijayashanti, the popular Tamil and Telugu actress was born in Chennai in the year 1966 to Srinivas Prasad and Varalaxmi. She was introduced through the Tamil film, Kallukkul Eeram in the year 1980. Kilaadi Krisnudu was the Telugu movie, in which she debuted. Her aunt Vijaya Lalitha was popular in Tamil and Telugu films in the early 1960s and 1970s. Though she started her career as a normal glamorous heroine, the film Karthavyam made her as an Action heroine. During that time, there were no heroines to do such roles. The film was a super duper hit and it was also dubbed in Tamil and there too it landed with success. After the success of Karthavyam as a Police officer, Vija...

Date of Birth: 24-06-1966

Age: 57

Star Sign: Cancer

Gender: Female

Language: Telugu

Skills: Movie Actress

Vijayashanti Biography

Date of Birth: 24-06-1966

Age: 57

Star Sign: Cancer

Gender: Female

Language: Telugu

Skills: Movie Actress

8. Soundarya Raghu

Soundarya Raghu was born on 18 July 1972. She was the producer of movies and a film star in India. She is mostly famous for her work in the cinema of Telugu. Even she has worked in some movies of Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil and Bollywood in the leading roles. As being the producer of the kannadian movie called ‘Dweepa’ in 2003, she has achieved National Film Award. She has also received best actress awards for working in Karnataka, other Filmfare awards from south and Nandi awards for working in performing such as ‘Anthapuram’ released on 1998, ‘Raja’ released on 1999, Dweepa in 2003 and ‘Apthamitra’ released on 2004. She died due to the crash of aircraft on 17 April 2004 when she was...

Date of Birth: 18-07-1972

Date of Death: 17-04-2004

Age: 51

Star Sign: Cancer

Gender: Female

Language: Telugu

Skills: Movie Actress

Soundarya Raghu Biography

Date of Birth: 18-07-1972

Date of Death: 17-04-2004

Age: 51

Star Sign: Cancer

Gender: Female

Language: Telugu

Skills: Movie Actress

9. Jaya Prada

Jaya Prada is a renowned Indian actress and politician. She was born as Lalita Rani on April 3, 1958, in Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh to Krishna Rao, a financier of Telugu films and Neelaveni. She enrolled in a dance and music classes at her tender age by her mother. Jaya acted in several Telugu, Hindi, Kannada, Tamil, Bengali and Marathi films. From the year 2004 to 2014, she has been a part of the Member of Parliament from Rampur. At 14, she made a dance number during the annual function at her school. She was spotted by the director o...

Date of Birth: 03-04-1958

Age: 66

Star Sign: Aries

Gender: Female

Language: Telugu

Skills: Movie Actress, Politician

Jaya Prada Biography

Date of Birth: 03-04-1958

Age: 66

Star Sign: Aries

Gender: Female

Language: Telugu