Kumari Thankam

Kumari Thankam is an Indian actress in Malayalam movies. She was a lead actress during the late 1950s and 1960s in Malayalam. She made her debut in Aathmasakhi in 1952. She acted in more than 50 movies. Actress Sreelatha Namboothiri is her niece.

Personal life

Kumari came from Poojapura, Thiruvananthapuram. She was married to a brother of Lalitha-Padmini-Ragini trio, producer P. K. Sathyapal and they had three children, late S. Padmanabhan, late S. Jayapal and Asha. She died on March 8, 2011 at Shenoy Nagar, Chennai.

Filmography

As an actress

• Madhuram Thirumaduram (1976)
• Moodal Manju (1970)
• Achanum Makanum (1957)
• Deva Sundari (1957)
• Jailppulli (1957) .... Sudha
• Koodappirappu (1956)
• Minnunnathellam Ponnalla (1956)
• Manthravaadi (1956)
• Aniyathi (1955) ... Jayanthy
• C.I.D. (1955)
• Avan Varunnu (1954)
• Baalyasakhi (1954)
• Ponkathir (1953)
• Lokaneethi (1953)
• Thiramala(1953)
• Visappinte Vili (1952)
• Aathmasakhi (1952)

As a singer

• Vannaalum Mohanane ... Minnunnathellaam Ponnalla (1957)