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| Born | 5 August 1931 Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
| Died | 17 January 2011 (aged 79) Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
| Other names | Gita maa |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1938–2008 |
| Children | 3 |
Gita Dey (Bengali: গীতা দে, 5 August 1931 – 17 January 2011) was an Indian actress in Bengali cinema, theatre and Bengali folk theater.[1] She became a stage artist at the age of 6 years. She came to the film industry in 1943. Her first film release was Ahuti (1941) as a child actress. She acted in over 200 Bengali-language films and over 2,000 stage shows. She acted in the movie Teen Kanya by Satyajit Ray and Rittik Ghatak's Meghe Dhaka Tara, Subarnarekha, Komal Gandhar, and Kato Ajanare. She also acted in Hindi movies such as Parineeta (2005) with Vidya Balan and Sanjay Dutt and other movies.[2] She was associated with All India Radio for a long time doing Shruti Natok. She received the Presidential Award for Lifetime Achievement from Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam and many other awards during her lifetime.
- ^ "Gita Dey movies, filmography, biography and songs - Cinestaan.com". Cinestaan. Archived from the original on 31 March 2019. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
- ^ Gita Dey dies at 79 Archived 19 January 2011 at the Wayback Machine