Suraiya
Birthday
1929/06/15
Day of death
2004/01/31 (74 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Lahore, Punjab, British India
Also know as
Сурайя
Biography
Suraiya Jamal Sheikh (June 15, 1929 – January 31, 2004), known by her mononym Suraiya, was an Indian actress and playback singer who worked in Hindi and Urdu films from 1936 to 1964. Regarded among the finest and most accomplished actresses in the history of Indian cinema, as well as the first female star, she dominated the film industry between mid-to-late 1940s and early 1950s. She was the highest paid film star at the time, being the first to be paid more than her male contemporaries. She was...Read more
Acting
(1958) Diwana
as Laali
(1945) Main Kya Karun
as ---
(1945) Tadbir
as Saguna
(1943) Hamari Baat
as ---
(1956) Mr. Lambu
as ---
(1942) Station Master
as Usha
(1947) Naatak
as ---
(1949) Singaar
as Shanta
(1948) Vidya
as ---
(1946) Jag Biti
as ---
(1944) Phool
as ---
(1954) Mirza Ghalib
as Chaudhvin, formerly Moti Begum
(1952) Moti Mahal
as Roopa
(1949) Shair
as Rani
(1950) Dastan
as Indra
(1963) Rustom Sohrab
as Shehzadi Tehmina
(1946) Anmol Ghadi
as Basanti
(1949) Dillagi
as ---
(1949) Bari Behen
as Shyama
(1954) Waris
as Shobha
(1954) Shama Parwana
as Sahebzadi Aalam
(1946) 1857
as Tasnim
(1947) Dard
as Hamida
(1951) Shokhiyan
as Sanwli
(1949) Balam
as ---
(1947) Parwana
as ---
(1949) Jeet
as Jeet
(1950) Nili
as ---
(1951) Sanam
as Fatima
(1950) Afsar
as Bimala
(1952) Lal Kunwar
as ---
(1952) Goonj
as ---