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Lalita Pawar

1916 - 1998

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Lalita Pawar (née Amba Laxmanrao Shagun; 18 April 1916 – 24 February 1998) was a prolific Indian actress, who later became famous as a character actress, appearing in over 700 films in Hindi, Marathi and Gujarati cinema. She holds a Guinness world record of longest acting career spanning over 70 years. Pawar won the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the comedy-drama Anari. She featured in hit films such as Netaji Palkar (1938), made by Bhalji Pendharkar, New Hana Pictures' Sant Damaji, Navyug Chitrapat's Amrit, written by VS Khandekar, and Chhaya Films' Gora Kumbhar. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lalita Pawar is the 7,766th most popular actor (down from 6,938th in 2019), the 946th most popular biography from India (down from 825th in 2019) and the 188th most popular Indian Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Lalita Pawar ranks 7,766 out of 13,578Before her are Lateef Crowder dos Santos, Ryan Potter, Jerzy Radziwiłowicz, Iain Armitage, Tracy Scoggins, and Edward Brophy. After her are Naya Rivera, Renata Litvinova, Arvind Swamy, Kris Holden-Ried, Lee Soo-hyuk, and Eugene.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Lalita Pawar ranks 296Before her are George Montgomery, Ruth Warrick, Virginia Gregg, Manuel Chorens, Dennis Poore, and Beverly Cleary. After her are Marie Wilson, William Alland, Ruth R. Benerito, Daws Butler, Rochelle Hudson, and Paul Emery. Among people deceased in 1998, Lalita Pawar ranks 310Before her are Rudy Dhaenens, Hammond Innes, Gennady Yevryuzhikhin, Justin Fashanu, John Hunt, Baron Hunt, and Josephine Hutchinson. After her are Jackie Blanchflower, Ruth Clifford, Esther Rolle, Bill Reid, Binnie Barnes, and Richard Denning.

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In India

Among people born in India, Lalita Pawar ranks 946 out of 1,861Before her are Nirupa Roy (1931), John Hunt, Baron Hunt (1910), Damodar Dharmananda Kosambi (1907), Huma Qureshi (1986), Bindu (1951), and Zareen Khan (1987). After her are Sunil Chhetri (1984), Arvind Swamy (1970), Sonal Mansingh (1944), Sugata Mitra (1952), Nabaneeta Dev Sen (1938), and Anupam Tripathi (1988).

Among ACTORS In India

Among actors born in India, Lalita Pawar ranks 188Before her are Govinda (1963), Ambika (1963), Nirupa Roy (1931), Huma Qureshi (1986), Bindu (1951), and Zareen Khan (1987). After her are Arvind Swamy (1970), Anupam Tripathi (1988), Zohra Sehgal (1912), Alka Yagnik (1966), Aasif Mandvi (1966), and Amol Palekar (1944).