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Nimmi

1933 - 2020

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Nimmi (born as Nawab Bano; 18 February 1933 – 25 March 2020), was an Indian actress who worked in Hindi and Urdu films. Considered as one of the leading actresses of the "golden era" of Indian cinema, Nimmi was among the highest paid actresses of the 1950s. Nimmi gained popularity by playing spirited village belle characters, but has also appeared in diverse genres such as fantasy and social films. Her best performances are in the films Barsaat (1949), Deedar (1951), Sazaa (1951), India's first technicolor film Aan (1952), Daag (1952), Aan (1952), Amar (1954), Uran Khatola (1955), Kundan (1955) and Basant Bahar (1956). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2024). Nimmi is the 8,339th most popular actor (up from 8,381st in 2024), the 1,002nd most popular biography from India (down from 951st in 2019) and the 202nd most popular Indian Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Nimmi ranks 8,339 out of 13,578. Before her are Dorothy Abbott, Bang Min-ah, Benjamin Walker, Essie Davis, William Bendix, and Brian Kerwin. After her are Holmes Herbert, Jamie Chung, Wu Jing, Binnie Barnes, Vladimir Vdovichenkov, and Tom Schilling.

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Among people born in 1933, Nimmi ranks 524. Before her are Roy Clark, Leonard Peikoff, Vic Emery, Lou Adler, Basdeo Panday, and Peter Broadbent. After her are Lori Nelson, Pat Crowley, Milt Campbell, Heather Armitage, Richard Libertini, and Joycelyn Elders. Among people deceased in 2020, Nimmi ranks 763. Before her are Liang Wudong, Alan Minter, Bucky Pizzarelli, Bernard Bailyn, Arnold Wolfendale, and Aleksandr Kabanov. After her are Benito Sarti, Lori Nelson, Alberto Alesina, Yuko Takeuchi, Kevin Burnham, and Rupert Hine.

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In India

Among people born in India, Nimmi ranks 1,002 out of 1,861. Before her are Chidambaram Subramaniam (1910), Kapil Dev (1959), Anuradha Paudwal (1954), Varun Gandhi (1980), Mira Nair (1957), and Margaret Alva (1942). After her are Ravindra Kelekar (1925), Richard Allen (1902), Nasir Hussain (1931), Kishori Amonkar (1932), Murli Manohar Joshi (1934), and Jayam Ravi (1980).

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Among ACTORS In India

Among actors born in India, Nimmi ranks 202. Before her are Paresh Rawal (1955), Smita Patil (1955), Prem Nazir (1927), Satish Shah (1951), Geeta Bali (1930), and Mira Nair (1957). After her are Jayam Ravi (1980), Jamuna (1936), B. Saroja Devi (1938), Shreya Ghoshal (1984), Anu Aggarwal (1969), and Juliet Prowse (1936).

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