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Madhur Jaffrey

1933 - Today

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Madhur Jaffrey CBE (née Bahadur; born 13 August 1933) is an actress, cookbook and travel writer, and television personality. She is recognized for bringing Indian cuisine to the western hemisphere with her debut cookbook, An Invitation to Indian Cooking (1973), which was inducted into the James Beard Foundation's Cookbook Hall of Fame in 2006. She has written over a dozen cookbooks and appeared on several related television programmes, the most notable of which was Madhur Jaffrey's Indian Cookery, which premiered in the UK in 1982. She was the food consultant at the now-closed Dawat, which was considered by many food critics to be among the best Indian restaurants in New York City. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2024). Madhur Jaffrey is the 9,193rd most popular actor (down from 8,754th in 2024), the 1,076th most popular biography from India (down from 986th in 2019) and the 227th most popular Indian Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Madhur Jaffrey ranks 9,193 out of 13,578. Before her are Jennifer Gareis, Katie Price, Shira Haas, Brooke Burns, Robin Lord Taylor, and Yeon Jung-hoon. After her are Fannie Ward, Alice Evans, Jorge Blanco, Kim Min-jung, Peter Serafinowicz, and Caleb Landry Jones.

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Among people born in 1933, Madhur Jaffrey ranks 535. Before her are Richard Libertini, Joycelyn Elders, Adolph Caesar, Caldwell Esselstyn, William G. Dever, and Floyd Cramer. After her are John Cannon, Ben Nighthorse Campbell, Zoe Caldwell, Craig L. Thomas, Charles Portis, and Tom Gola.

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In India

Among people born in India, Madhur Jaffrey ranks 1,076 out of 1,861. Before her are Aruna Roy (1946), Esther Victoria Abraham (1916), Fahadh Faasil (1982), Ajit Pal Singh (1947), Gauhar Jaan (1873), and Narinder Singh Kapany (1926). After her are Bipin Rawat (1958), Mamta Kulkarni (1972), Imtiaz Ali (1971), Sheela (1945), Rashid Khan (1968), and Dorabji Tata (1859).

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Among ACTORS In India

Among actors born in India, Madhur Jaffrey ranks 227. Before her are Kartik Aaryan (1990), Tina Desai (1987), Anita Hassanandani (1981), Kunal Kapoor (1977), Esther Victoria Abraham (1916), and Fahadh Faasil (1982). After her are Mamta Kulkarni (1972), Sheela (1945), Silk Smitha (1960), Sudha Chandran (1965), Twinkle Khanna (1974), and Shobhna Samarth (1916).

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