Nadira (Florence Ezekiel)

Nadira (Florence Ezekiel)

Actress · 1932–2006

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Baghdad-born actress of a Baghdadi Jewish family that settled in Bombay. She burst onto the screen in Aan (1952) and became one of the best-known faces of Hindi cinema, playing the glamorous rival in Shree 420 and many films after.

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