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Lalitha | |
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| Born | Lalithambika 16 December 1930[citation needed] |
| Died | 1982 (aged 51–52) |
| Spouse | Sivasankaran Nair |
| Parent(s) | Thangappan Pillai Saraswathi Amma |
| Relatives | Shobana (niece) Ambika Sukumaran Vineeth (nephew) Sukumari (cousin) |
| Family | Padmini (sister) Ragini (sister) Chandran (brother)Krishna (grandson) |
Lalitha (16 December 1930 – 1982) was an Indian actress and dancer. She was the eldest of the "Travancore Sisters"—Lalitha, Padmini, and Ragini.[1] She started her acting career in the 1948 Tamil film Adhithan Kanavu[2] and has acted in movies of different Indian languages including Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu.[3][4] She entered films before her sisters, concentrating more on Malayalam films, and was mostly cast in vamp roles.