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Karuna Banerjee

Acting

Born December 25, 1919 · Khulna, Bangladesh

Died November 13, 2001

Also known as Karuna Banerji · Karuna Bandopadhyay · Karuna Bandyopadhyay

Biography

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).

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