Manorama (Bengali actress)
Manorama (actually Winnie Stewart ; dates unknown) was an Indian actress of Bengali and Hindi films .
Life
The actress was of Anglo-Indian origin and began her film career in the mid-1920s with the film company Madan Theaters in Calcutta under the director Jyotish Bannerjee . In the early 1930s she moved to BN Sircars newly founded company New Theaters , where she appeared in films by Prafulla Roy and Charu Roy in particular . In 1936 she played the leading role of Annapurna in Annapurnar Mandir alongside Chhabi Biswas . From the mid-1930s she also appeared in her film company's Hindi films, such as Anath Ashram (1936) by Hemchandra Chunder , Dushman (1938) by Nitin Bose and Zindagi (1940) by PC Barua . In 1944 she was involved in Bimal Roy's directorial debut Udayer Pathey .
It is still unclear whether the actress "Manorama" in Bimal Roy's films Parineeta (1953) and Biraj Bahu (1954) is this actress or the Hindi actress Manorama .
Filmography (selection)
- 1926: Jaidev
- 1927: Chandidas
- 1928: Sarala
- 1930: Rajsingha
- 1931: Chasher Meye
- 1933: Seeta
- 1934: Maa
- 1936: Graher Pher
- 1936: Bangalee
- 1936: Annapurnar Mandir
- 1937: Indira
- 1937: Anath Ashram [H]
- 1938: Abhigyan [B] / Abhagin [H]
- 1938: Dushman [H] / Jiban Maram [B]
- 1938: Hal Bangla
- 1940: Zindagi [H]
- 1942: Pashan Devata
- 1942: Bhishma
- 1944: Udayer Pathey [B] / Hamrahi [H]
- 1945: Zid [H]
- 1945: Mane Na Mane
- 1946: Tumi Aar Aami
- 1950: Sree Tulsidas
- 1950: Sandhya Belar Rupkatha
- 1950: Sahodar
- 1950: Banprastha
Web links
- Manorama in the Internet Movie Database (English) (with incorrect entries and incomplete, some of her films are also incorrectly listed under the IMDb entry of the Hindi actress Manorama )
Footnotes
- ^ BD Garga : Silent Cinema in India: A pictorial Journey , HarperCollins , 2012, p. 190
- ↑ Tejaswini Ganti: Bollywood: A Guidebook to Popular Hindi Cinema , 2004, p. 230
- ↑ Films in B = Bengali, if not marked as H = Hindi
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Manorama |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Stewart, Winnie (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Indian actress of Bengali film and Hindi film |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 19th century or 20th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 20th century |