Leela Chitnis | |
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Born | Leela Nagarkar 9 September 1909 |
Died | 14 July 2003[1] | (aged 93)
Occupation(s) | Film actor, theatre actor |
Years active | 1930s-1980s[2] |
Spouse | Gajanan Yashwant Chitnis |
Leela Chitnis (née Nagarkar; 9 September 1909 – 14 July 2003) was an Indian actress in the Indian film industry, active from the 1930s to the 1980s. In her early years she starred as a romantic lead, but she is best remembered for her later roles playing a virtuous and upright mother to leading stars.[2]