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Silk Smitha

1960 - 1996

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Vadlapati Vijayalakshmi (2 December 1960 – 23 September 1996), better known by her stage name Silk Smitha, was an Indian actress and dancer who worked in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi films. She became one of India's most popular sex symbols of the 1980s and early 1990s, as well as one of the most sought-after erotic actresses in South Indian cinema in the 1980s. Smitha was a key figure in the Malayalam softcore film genre in the late 1980s. In a career spanning 18 years, she appeared in over 450 films. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2024). Silk Smitha is the 9,359th most popular actor (down from 8,274th in 2024), the 1,091st most popular biography from India (down from 944th in 2019) and the 230th most popular Indian Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Silk Smitha ranks 9,359 out of 13,578. Before her are Jasmin St. Claire, Holly Madison, Cho Seung-woo, Tom Everett Scott, Nigel Havers, and Gabriel Soto. After her are Josh Zuckerman, Jung Joon-young, Bud Jamison, Gail O'Grady, Michael Michele, and Miguel Bernardeau.

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Among people born in 1960, Silk Smitha ranks 744. Before her are Philippe Omnès, Peter Heather, Marta Urbanová, Petar Lesov, Bajram Kosumi, and Hiromi Taniguchi. After her are Svetlana Kitova, Johnny Paul Koroma, John Elway, Megan Gallagher, Paul Baloff, and Finn Carter. Among people deceased in 1996, Silk Smitha ranks 351. Before her are Jean Muir, Audrey Patterson, Swami Rama, Joseph Bernardin, Yevgeny Rodionov, and Audrey Meadows. After her are Dana Hill, Vince Edwards, Beryl Reid, Beverley Whitfield, Lyle Talbot, and Lucille Bremer.

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In India

Among people born in India, Silk Smitha ranks 1,091 out of 1,861. Before her are Leila Seth (1930), Saroj Khan (1948), Padmaja Naidu (1900), Geetanjali Shree (1957), Gulshan Kumar (1956), and Ashok Gehlot (1951). After her are Sudha Chandran (1965), Twinkle Khanna (1974), K. Balachander (1930), Shobhna Samarth (1916), Narendra Dabholkar (1945), and P. A. Sangma (1947).

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Among ACTORS In India

Among actors born in India, Silk Smitha ranks 230. Before her are Kunal Kapoor (1977), Esther Victoria Abraham (1916), Fahadh Faasil (1982), Madhur Jaffrey (1933), Mamta Kulkarni (1972), and Sheela (1945). After her are Sudha Chandran (1965), Twinkle Khanna (1974), Shobhna Samarth (1916), Ruby Myers (1907), Lakshmi (1952), and Bipasha Basu (1979).

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