Actor

Ruby Myers

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Movies: 42Series: 0

TMDB ID: 1032108

IMDb ID: nm1998268

Known for: Acting

Died: October 10, 1983

Place of birth: Poona, Maharashtra, British India (now Pune, Maharashtra, India)

Gender: Female

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1926 - 1980

Years active: 55

Average TMDB rating: 6.8

Wikidata: Q430992

Also known as

Ruby Mayer • Sulochana

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Biography

Ruby Myers (1907 – 10 October 1983), better known by her stage name Sulochana, was an Indian silent film actress and producer of Jewish ancestry, from the community of Baghdadi Jews in India. Being the highest paid movie stars of the 1920s, she was among the early Eurasian female stars of Indian Cinema. In mid-1930s, she opened her own film production house called Rubi Pics. Her most popular films were Typist Girl (1926), Balidaan (1927), and Wildcat of Bombay (1927). She received the Dada Saheb Phalke Award in 1973 for her lifetime contribution to Indian cinema.