June 18th, 2011

Azurie

[ Profile - Selected Filmography ]

Real Name -  Anna Marie Gueizelor

Profession – Actress (Dancer)

Most Active/Popular Decades – 1930s / 1940s

Religion – ?

Ethnicity – Interethnic (German Father, Indian Mother)

Date of Birth – 1907 (Bangalore, British-India)

Date of Death – August, 1998 (Pakistan)

Debut Film – Perhaps Nadira (1934)

Last Film – Bahana (1960). Bahana was her last released film in India, before she migrated to Pakistan and appeared in some Pakistani films including Jhoomar (1959).

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Miscellaneous Info - Azurie was perhaps the first dancer who gained immense popularity in Hindi films. It was because of her that dancers became necessary ingredients in Indian/Pakistani films separate from heroines (That is especially true from 1930s to 1970s, after 1970s dancers/vamps slowly started to fade away and heroines became all in one show). It is said that famous 1940s/1950s dancer Cuckoo was greatly inspired by her dances and modeled herself after Azurie.

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