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Shobhna Samarth

1916 - 2000

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Shobhana Samarth (née Saroj Shilotri; 17 November 1916 – 9 February 2000) was an Indian director, actress and producer, who began her career in the early days of talkie movies in the Hindi film industry and continued in lead roles into the 1950s. She started in Marathi cinema. Her first Hindi film, Nigahen Nafrat, was released in 1935. She is best remembered for her portrayal of Sita in Ram Rajya (1943). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2024). Shobhna Samarth is the 9,380th most popular actor (down from 6,686th in 2024), the 1,095th most popular biography from India (down from 802nd in 2019) and the 233rd most popular Indian Actor.

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Among actors, Shobhna Samarth ranks 9,380 out of 13,578. Before her are Lee So-yeon, Amy Pietz, Jack Mulhall, Stefania Rocca, Elizabeth Gillies, and Fred Clark. After her are Zoe Caldwell, Yura, Michael Angarano, Sonoya Mizuno, Michelle Jenner, and Manisha Koirala.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Shobhna Samarth ranks 313. Before her are Horton Foote, William B. Saxbe, Irene Worth, Esther Victoria Abraham, Lucille Bliss, and Tony Bettenhausen. After her are Eddie Arcaro, Stan Cullis, C. Everett Koop, and Hal Smith. Among people deceased in 2000, Shobhna Samarth ranks 369. Before her are Jacob Lawrence, Frances Drake, John Lindsay, Joan Marsh, George Armstrong, and Gail Fisher. After her are Marguerite Churchill, David Dukes, Wilf Mannion, Alan Cranston, Phil Katz, and Cătălin Hîldan.

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In India

Among people born in India, Shobhna Samarth ranks 1,095 out of 1,861. Before her are Gulshan Kumar (1956), Ashok Gehlot (1951), Silk Smitha (1960), Sudha Chandran (1965), Twinkle Khanna (1974), and K. Balachander (1930). After her are Narendra Dabholkar (1945), P. A. Sangma (1947), Bombayla Devi Laishram (1985), Manohar Parrikar (1955), Toru Dutt (1856), and Ruby Myers (1907).

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Among ACTORS In India

Among actors born in India, Shobhna Samarth ranks 233. Before her are Madhur Jaffrey (1933), Mamta Kulkarni (1972), Sheela (1945), Silk Smitha (1960), Sudha Chandran (1965), and Twinkle Khanna (1974). After her are Ruby Myers (1907), Lakshmi (1952), Bipasha Basu (1979), Bobby Deol (1969), Prateik Babbar (1986), and Shashikala (1932).

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