Actor

Silk Smitha

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Acting credits

Prolific

Very extensive acting filmography.

TMDB popularity

4.4

Moderate attention

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Movies: 82Series: 0

TMDB ID: 584265

IMDb ID: nm0810427

Known for: Acting

Born: December 2, 1960

Died: September 23, 1996

Age: 35

Place of birth: Eluru, Andhra Pradesh, India

Gender: Female

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1980 - 1996

Years active: 17

Average TMDB rating: 7.15

Wikidata: Q1749508

Also known as

Silukku Smitha

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Biography

Vijayalakshmi Vadlapati, known popularly as Silk Smitha, was an Indian film artiste who worked predominantly in the South Indian languages. She entered the industry as an extra actress and first got noticed for her role as "Silk" in the 1979 Tamil film Vandichakkaram. She became the most sought-after erotic actress in the early 1980s. In a career spanning 17 years, she appeared in over 450 films in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi languages. On September 23, 1996, she was found dead in her apartment in Chennai, apparently having committed suicide.