Actor

Jayamalini

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Movies: 65Series: 0

TMDB ID: 585056

IMDb ID: nm0419666

Known for: Acting

Born: December 22, 1958

Age: 67

Place of birth: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Gender: Female

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1975 - 1989

Years active: 15

Wikidata: Q3595271

Also known as

Jaya Malini • Alamelu Manga

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Biography

She acted in more than 500 Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi movies. Jayamalini was born in Chennai on 22 December 1958 into a Tamil family. She was the youngest of 8 siblings. She was introduced to Tollywood in 1974 by Vittalacharya in the movie he produced, Aadadani Adrustam. She acted in several Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam movies. She learned dancing from Heeralal master. She acted in Hindi movies too. She had a dance number in Shalimar (1978), starring Rex Harrison, Dharmendra and Zeenat Aman, which were in both English and Hindi versions. She also had a raunchy dance number, which was provocatively titled "Maamalu Maamalu Baavalu Baavulu", in the movie Maha Shaktimaan. Her sister Jyothi Lakshmi was also a cabaret dancer in films.

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