Karuna Banerjee

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25 grudnia 1919 — 13 listopada 2001 (81 years)
Karuna Banerjee (Bengali: করুণা ব্যানার্জী) 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).

She graduated from the Jogamaya Devi College, an affiliated women's college of the University of Calcutta. 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.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Droga do miasta
    Droga do miasta1955
  • Nieugięty
    Nieugięty1956

Known For

  • Nieugięty
    Nieugięty1956
  • Droga do miasta
    Droga do miasta1955
  • Bogini
    Bogini1960
  • Kanczendzanga
    Kanczendzanga1962
  • Rozmowa kwalifikacyjna
    Rozmowa kwalifikacyjna1971
  • Apur Panchali
    Apur Panchali2014
  • Calcutta 71
    Calcutta 711972
  • Headmaster
    Headmaster1959

Filmografia

2013
Apur Panchali · as (archive Footage)
1972
1970
1962
Kanchenjungha · as Labanya Roy Chaudhuri
1960
The Goddess · as Harasundari
1959
Headmaster · as Labanya
1956
Aparajito · as Sarbojaya RayNa Plex
1955
Pather Panchali · as Sarbojaya RayNa Plex