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Silk Smitha

1960 - 1996

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Vadlapati Vijayalakshmi (2 December 1960 – 23 September 1996), better known by her stage name Silk Smitha, was an Indian actress and dancer who worked mainly in Tamil (over 200 films)and Telugu (over 100 films) cinema, in addition to some Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi films. She became one of India's most popular sex symbols of the 1980s and early 1990s, as well as one of the most sought-after erotic actresses in South Indian cinema in the 1980s. Smitha was a key figure in the Malayalam softcore film genre in the late 1980s. In a career spanning 18 years, she appeared in over 450 films. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Silk Smitha is the 9,190th most popular actor (down from 8,274th in 2019), the 1,088th most popular biography from India (down from 944th in 2019) and the 229th most popular Indian Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Silk Smitha ranks 9,190 out of 13,578. Before her are Michael Herbig, Jasmin St. Claire, Holly Madison, Tom Everett Scott, Nigel Havers, and Gabriel Soto. After her are Josh Zuckerman, Jung Joon-young, Bud Jamison, Gail O'Grady, Michael Michele, and Miguel Bernardeau.

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Among people born in 1960, Silk Smitha ranks 650. Before her are Francesca Archibugi, Philippe Omnès, Peter Heather, Petar Lesov, Bajram Kosumi, and Hiromi Taniguchi. After her are Svetlana Kitova, Johnny Paul Koroma, John Elway, Megan Gallagher, Road Warrior Animal, and Martina Jäschke. Among people deceased in 1996, Silk Smitha ranks 350. Before her are Jean Muir, Audrey Patterson, Swami Rama, Joseph Bernardin, Yevgeny Rodionov, and Audrey Meadows. After her are Dana Hill, Vince Edwards, Beryl Reid, Beverley Whitfield, Lyle Talbot, and Lucille Bremer.

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In India

Among people born in India, Silk Smitha ranks 1,088 out of 1,861. Before her are Leila Seth (1930), Saroj Khan (1948), Padmaja Naidu (1900), Geetanjali Shree (1957), Gulshan Kumar (1956), and Ashok Gehlot (1951). After her are Sudha Chandran (1965), Twinkle Khanna (1974), K. Balachander (1930), Shobhna Samarth (1916), Narendra Dabholkar (1945), and P. A. Sangma (1947).

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Among ACTORS In India

Among actors born in India, Silk Smitha ranks 229. Before her are Kunal Kapoor (1977), Esther Victoria Abraham (1916), Fahadh Faasil (1982), Madhur Jaffrey (1933), Mamta Kulkarni (1972), and Sheela (1945). After her are Sudha Chandran (1965), Twinkle Khanna (1974), Shobhna Samarth (1916), Ruby Myers (1907), Lakshmi (1952), and Bipasha Basu (1979).

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