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Durga Khote

1905 - 1991

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Durga Khote (née Vita Lad; 14 January 1905 − 22 September 1991) was an Indian actress, beginning as one of the foremost leading ladies of her time. She remained active in Hindi and Marathi cinema, as well as theatre, for over 50 years, starring in around 200 films and numerous theatre productions. In 2000, in a millennium issue, India Today named her among "100 People Who Shaped India", noting: "Durga Khote marks the pioneering phase for women in Indian Cinema", she was one of the first women from respectable families to enter the film industry, thus breaking a social taboo. She also ranks among the top ten actresses in mother roles in Hindi cinema, most notable among them were as Jodhabai in K. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Durga Khote has received more than 1,191,383 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Durga Khote is the 9,096th most popular actor (up from 9,270th in 2019), the 1,018th most popular biography from India (down from 932nd in 2019) and the 182nd most popular Indian Actor.

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  • 3.88

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Durga Khote ranks 9,096 out of 13,578. Before her are Hiroki Takahashi, Marguerite Churchill, Joan Blackman, Louise Beavers, Joel David Moore, and Paul Frees. After her are Jessica Bowman, Max Irons, Hong Chau, T. P. McKenna, Jay Acovone, and George MacKay.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Durga Khote ranks 402. Before her are Agnes de Mille, Fidel LaBarba, Stanley Kunitz, Bob Wills, Ilka Chase, and Bosley Crowther. After her are Natalie Kingston, William Alwyn, Jack London, William Gargan, Fela Sowande, and Oveta Culp Hobby. Among people deceased in 1991, Durga Khote ranks 281. Before her are Lino Brocka, William Penney, Baron Penney, John Kerr, Lilian Bond, Abel Kiviat, and Carl Shy. After her are Natalie Kingston, John Sherman Cooper, Roberto Rojas, Marion Roper, Sonny Carter, and John Tower.

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In India

Among people born in India, Durga Khote ranks 1,018 out of 1,861. Before her are Simi Garewal (1947), Manohar Lal Khattar (1954), Ruby Myers (1907), Janaki Ballabh Patnaik (1927), Yash Johar (1929), and G. N. Ramachandran (1922). After her are Kavita Krishnamurthy (1958), Ebrahim Alkazi (1925), Monisha Kaltenborn (1971), Charles Correa (1930), Kishori Amonkar (1932), and Rajpal Yadav (1971).

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Among ACTORS In India

Among actors born in India, Durga Khote ranks 182. Before her are Moushumi Chatterjee (1953), Shahid Kapoor (1981), Twinkle Khanna (1974), Sarika (1962), Simi Garewal (1947), and Ruby Myers (1907). After her are Rajpal Yadav (1971), Vishnuvardhan (1950), Zubeida (1911), Mohanlal (1960), Mahesh Babu (1975), and Meenakshi Seshadri (1963).

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