| 1 | '''Surabhi Kamalabai (b. 1913)''' |
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| 4 | Telugu actress born in the famed Surabhi |
| 5 | Theatres troupe of AP: her mother developed |
| 6 | labour pains during a show, absented herself |
| 7 | briefly and then the troupe presented the |
| 8 | newly born infant to the audience. Kamalabai |
| 9 | became a top actress with Surabhi; film début |
| 10 | when H.M. Reddy hired the troupe for Telugu |
| 11 | cinema’s first sound film, Bhakta Prahlada. |
| 12 | Worked in the Telugu films of the Sagar Studio |
| 13 | (Bombay) and East India Film (Calcutta). Also |
| 14 | in the film version of Bellari Raghava’s stage |
| 15 | classic Draupadi Manasamrakshanam. |
| 16 | Starred alongside C.S.R. Anjaneyulu in the |
| 17 | Saint film, Tukaram. Later acted middle-aged |
| 18 | women in Telugu and Tamil films. |
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| 21 | '''FILMOGRAPHY:''' 1931: Bhakta Prahlada; |
| 22 | 1932: Paduka Pattabhishekham; Shakuntala; |
| 23 | 1933: Savithri; Prithvi Putra; 1936: |
| 24 | Draupadi Manasamrakshanam; 1937: |
| 25 | Tukaram; 1938: Bhakta Jayadeva; 1942: |
| 26 | Patni; 1948: Chandralekha; 1949: |
| 27 | Keelugurram/Maya Kudhirai; 1951: |
| 28 | Patala Bhairavi/Pataal Bhairavi; |
| 29 | Mangala; 1952: Manavati; Prema/Kathal; |
| 30 | 1953: Rohini; Vayyari Bhama; Ammalakalu/ |
| 31 | Marumagal; 1955: Vijayagauri; 1959: |
| 32 | Shabash Ramudu; 1961: Velugu Needalu; |
| 33 | 1968: Umachandi Gauri Shankarula Katha. |
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