Miss Kumari


Miss Kumari was a Malayalam film actress active between 1949 and 1969.

Early life

Miss Kumari, whose real name was Thresiamma, was born on 1 June 1932, to Thomas and Eliyamma, at Bharananganam in Kottayam, Travancore, British India, which is now part of the state of Kerala. She had her primary education from Bharanganam Sacred Hearts high school, a school for girls run by Franciscan Clarist Sisters. After studies she worked as a teacher in the same school.

Family

She was married to Hormis Thaliath, a F.A.C.T engineer and the couple had three children: Johnny, Thomas and Babu. She was forced to stop acting. Gradually, she disappeared from public gaze, confined to the four walls of her house. Johnny is in the movie industry, Thomas is an engineer in California and Babu is a Professor in Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi.

Malayalam cinema

Miss Kumari debuted in Malayalam with the 1949 film Vellinakshatram. She got her break through the 1950 box office hit film Nalla Thanka. Sathyan and Miss Kumari were elevated to stardom after the huge success of the film Neelakuyil. She acted in more than 50 films, in a career spanning about two decades. She has acted in a few Tamil movies as well. Petraval Kanda Peruvazhvu along with Prem Nazir was one among them. Another one was Kanchana. She also received the Madras State award for best actress in 1956.
She died on 9 June 1969. The newspapers had a bold heading, but very little details on her death. It simply read something like "Miss Kumari was rushed to Jawaharlal Memorial Hospital, Udyogamandal, following a stomach ailment but she died on the way". The burial took place in Bharananganam, her native place. Miss Kumari Memorial Mini Stadium was built in Bharananganam, which was inaugurated by veteran actor Prem Nazir.

Filmography