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Meena Kumari

1933 - 1972

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Meena Kumari (born Mahjabeen Bano; 1 August 1933 – 31 March 1972) was an Indian actress and poet, who worked in Hindi films. Known as "The Tragedy Queen", she is regarded among the finest and greatest actresses in the history of Indian cinema. In a career spanning 33 years, from child actress to adult, Kumari starred in over 90 films. Kumari won four Filmfare Awards in the Best Actress category. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Meena Kumari is the 3,786th most popular actor (down from 2,298th in 2019), the 559th most popular biography from India (down from 371st in 2019) and the 74th most popular Indian Actor.

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Among actors, Meena Kumari ranks 3,786 out of 13,578. Before her are John Larroquette, John Drew Barrymore, Viviane Romance, Zach Braff, Taylor Lautner, and L. Scott Caldwell. After her are Silvio Orlando, Shiva Rajkumar, Kim Bodnia, Robert Urich, John Vernon, and Diana Bracho.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Meena Kumari ranks 298. Before her are Sergio Pitol, William Smith, Rachid Sfar, John Taylor, Arnold Koller, and Renée Colliard. After her are Sergio Gonella, Severino Poletto, Theodore Roszak, Georgi Atanasov, Ayako Wakao, and William Kahan. Among people deceased in 1972, Meena Kumari ranks 165. Before her are Gottfried Fuchs, Reginald Owen, Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, Leo G. Carroll, Franciska Gaal, and Gavriil Popov. After her are Ferde Grofé, Cecil Day-Lewis, Erwin Stresemann, Antal Szabó, Bernabé Ferreyra, and John Hutchinson.

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In India

Among people born in India, Meena Kumari ranks 559 out of 1,861. Before her are Anupam Kher (1955), Supriya Pathak (1961), Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis (1893), Surdas (1478), Nilakantha Somayaji (1444), and MS Dhoni (1981). After her are Kuriakose Elias Chavara (1805), Shiva Rajkumar (1961), Shammi Kapoor (1931), M. F. Husain (1915), Bhikaiji Cama (1861), and Yellapragada Subbarow (1895).

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Among ACTORS In India

Among actors born in India, Meena Kumari ranks 74. Before her are Anna Kashfi (1934), Asrani (1940), Sanjeev Kumar (1938), Rekha (1954), Anupam Kher (1955), and Supriya Pathak (1961). After her are Shiva Rajkumar (1961), Shammi Kapoor (1931), Sidharth Malhotra (1985), Manorama (1937), Ratna Pathak (1957), and Nutan (1936).

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