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  Fay Webb – Forgotten Film Player POSTED  OCTOBER 6, 2017   BIZARRE.LOS.ANGELES Rudy Valee with Fay Webb in 1931. 521 12th Street, Santa Monica, CA. BEACH LASS GIVEN STAR ROLE AT STUDIOS Daughter of Police Chief at Santa Monica Enters Motion-Picture Work Los Angeles Times –June 27, 1927 –There probably are few high school girls in the United States who are not ambitious to become motion-picture actresses. But there are not many who are fortunate enough to be selected for a screen career. But  Fay Webb , Santa Monica High School girl, has just stepped out of the classroom into the films. Miss Webb , brunette, and daughter of Santa Monica’s Chief of Police, Clarence Webb, yesterday was signed to a contract by the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios. The young woman was born at Santa Monica and educated in the public schools of that city. She is a graceful dancer, expert swimmer and equestrienne. An extensive series of film tests made at the M-G-M studios proves her to be an e...

  KALYANA KUMAR , FILMWORLD FORGOTTEN  ARTIST 1928 JULY 28 -1999 AUGUST 1 மின்னுவதெல்லாம் பொன்தான்-14. நெஞ்சம் மறப்பதில்லை.. உன் நினைவை இழப்பதில்லை! 1950 களில் கன்னட சினிமாவில் நம்ம ஊர் எம்.ஜி.ஆர் - சிவாஜி மாதிரி ராஜ்குமார் - உதயகுமார் என்ற இரு பெரும் நடிகர்கள் கோலோச்சிக் கொண்டிருந்தார்கள். எம்.ஜி.ஆர், சிவாஜிக்கு இடையில் ஜெமினி கணேசன் தனக்கென ஒரு இடத்தைப் பிடித்து நடித்த மாதிரி கன்னடத்தில் நடித்தவர் கல்யாண்குமார். சரோஜாதேவி, சவுகார் ஜானகி, கல்பனா, ஜெயந்தி, பாரதி என அன்றைக்கிருந்த முன்னணி நடிகைகள் பலரும் கல்யாண்குமார் ஜோடியாக நடித்தார்கள். கன்னட சினிமாவின் பரப்பு மிகவும் குறைவு. இதனால் கன்னட நடிகர்கள், தமிழ் சினிமாவிலும் நடிக்க விரும்புவார்கள். அப்போது கன்னடப் படங்கள் தயாரானதும் சென்னையில்தான். கன்னட நடிகர்கள் பலரும் வாழ்ந்ததும் கூட சென்னைதான். அப்படித்தான் கல்யாண் குமாருக்கும் தமிழ் சினிமாவில் நடிக்க ஆசை. சின்னச் சின்ன வேடங்களில் தமிழில் நடித்துக் கொண்டிருந்தவருக்கு 1962ல் ‘நெஞ்சில் ஓர் ஆலயம்’, 1963ல் ‘நெஞ்சம் மறப்பதில்லை’ என்று அடுத்தடுத்து திருப்புமுனை படங்களாக அமைந்தன. இர...

Forgotten Tamil actresses K S Sivakumaran There were very few female Tamil film actors at the early stages of the development of Tamil cinema. Those who came forward to act were from different regions where the Dravidians lived: Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Kerala states. But since their languages namely Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam had strong affinity with Tamil, it was not difficult for them to speak in Tamil and act. However the prominent actresses were Tahitians. S D Subbulakshmi T R Rajakumari S D Subbulakshmi was one of them. She married the enterprising pioneer director K Subramaniyam. They had two outstanding children: S. Krishnawamy, a critic and Pathma Subramaniam, one of the finest exponents of Bharatha Natyam. Subbulakshmi was the most popular stares in the 1930s. T P Rajalakshmi was one of the pioneer Tamil female actors in Tamil films. P. Banumathi from Aandhra was yet another shining star in Tamil and Telugu films. There was yet another singing...

REHANA SULTAN   FORGOTTEN INDIAN FILM ACTRESS , BORN 1950 NOVEMBER 19 Rehana Sultan (born 19 November 1950[1]) is an Indian film actress best known for her debut role in the acclaimed 1970 film Dastak which won her the National Film Award for Best Actress. A graduate of Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune, she is also known for another bold role in the film Chetna (1970), which got her typecast thus ending her film career, despite its promising start.[2][3][4] Biography[edit source] Born and raised in Allahabad to Bahá'í parents, she graduated from high school in 1967, and was selected in the same year to study acting at FTII.[5] After she graduated with a sexy role in Vishwanath Ayengar's diploma film Shadi Ki Pehli Salgirah (1967),[6] she got her break in a feature film in Rajinder Singh Bedi's Dastak (1970), making her the first actress from the Institute to land a lead role in the film industry.[7][8] She won the National Film Award for...