Pandari Bai
Acting Born Sep 18, 1928 Pathal, Bhatkal, Mysore , British India 24 credits
Biography
Pandari Bai (Kannada: ಪಂಡರೀ ಬಾಯಿ; 18 September 1928 – 29 January 2003) was a prominent actress of South Indian languages films mostly in Kannada language during the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. She is considered Kannada cinema's first successful heroine. She has the distinction of having acted as both heroine and mother to stalwarts such as Rajkumar, MGR and Sivaji Ganesan. She was the heroine in Rajkumar's debut movie Bedara Kannappa and also Sivaji's debut movie Parasakthi. She has acted in over 1,000 films in Kannada, Telugu, Tamil and Hindi.
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Full filmography
- Muthana Muthallavo (1976) as Periya Pillai's wife
- Thaai Piranthaal (1974) as Lalitha's mother
- Chandhrodhayam (1966) as Lakshmi
- Kuravanji (1960)
- Idhayakkani (1975)
- Ival Oru Seethai (1978) as Meenakshi
- Sabadham (1971) as Lakshmi
- Ram Lakshman (1981) as Meenakshi
- Anbalippu (1969)
- Pallandu Vazhga (1975)
- Iru Thuruvam (1971) as Annapoorani
- Kaadhal Paduthum Paadu (1966) as Ramu's mother
- Nee! (1965) as Mangalam
- Pooja Phala (1984)
- Kuladeivam (1956)
- Kalavaari Samsaram (1982) as Kantamma
- Aaru Pushpangal (1977)
- Driver Hanumanthu (1980)
- Vijaya Khadga (1988)
- Andha Oru Nimidam (1985) as Radha
- Avasara Police 100 (1990) as Raju and Seetha's mother (in archival footage)
- Adimai Penn (1969)
- Snehithara Saval (1981)
- Hema Hemeelu (1979) as Rajeswari Devi