Loading AI tools
Indian actress From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Karuna Banerjee (Bengali: করুণা ব্যানার্জী) (25 December 1919 – 13 November 2001) was a Bengali actress best known for her role in Satyajit Ray's The Apu Trilogy (1955–1959) as the long suffering mother, Sarbajaya. She was nominated for Best Actress at the 1959 BAFTA Awards for her performance in Aparajito (1956), the second part of The Apu Trilogy. She appeared in a number of other films after that, including Ray's Devi (1960) and Kanchenjungha (1962).
Karuna Banerjee | |
|---|---|
Karuna Banerjee in Pather Panchali (1955) | |
| Born | Karuna Sen[1] 25 December 1919[2] |
| Died | 13 November 2001 (aged 81) |
| Alma mater | University of Calcutta |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Spouse | Subrata Bandyopadhyay[1] |
| Awards | Nominated Best Actress 1958 Aparajito |
She graduated from the Jogamaya Devi College, an affiliated women's college of the University of Calcutta.[3][1]
Banerjee's acting career expanded over more than two decades in Bengali cinema and theatre. She is best known for her memorable performance as Sarbajaya, the mother in the first two parts of Satyajit Ray's The Apu Trilogy: Pather Panchali (1955) and Aparajito (1956). Her performance in the latter earned her a Best Actress nomination at the 1959 BAFTA Awards. She acted in a few more films, including two more by Ray, two by Mrinal Sen, and one by Ritwik Ghatak that was never officially released.[citation needed]
 |
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.
.svg){kind=small}
