Deceased
When Did Karuna Banerjee Die?
Life & Death
Died aged 81Also known asKaruna Banerji, Karuna Bandopadhyay, Karuna Bandyopadhyay, Kanu BannerjeeGenderFemaleNationalityDominion of IndiaBorn25/12/1919Born inKhulna, BangladeshDied13/11/2001Died inKolkataWikidataQ6373661 ↗TMDb#13763 ↗
Karuna Banerjee 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).
Read full Wikipedia article ↗Filmography10 titles
| Year | Title | Character | Age at release |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Apur PanchaliMovie | (Archive Footage) | 95 |
| 1972 | Calcutta 71Movie | — | 53 |
| 1967 | The Creative Person: Satyajit RayMovie | Self | 48 |
| 1962 | KanchenjunghaMovie | Labanya Roy Chaudhuri | 43 |
| 1960 | DeviMovie | Harasundari | 41 |
| 1959 | Shubha BibahaMovie | Meja-boudi | 40 |
| 1959 | HeadmasterMovie | Labanya | 40 |
| 1958 | Manmoyee Girls' SchoolMovie | — | 39 |
| 1956 | AparajitoMovie | Sarbojaya Ray | 37 |
| 1955 | Pather PanchaliMovie | Sarbojaya Ray | 36 |