Ruby Myers
Died: 1983-10-10
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
1980
- Dostana as Nun
1978
- Khatta Meetha as Mrs. Perin Soli
1975
- Julie as Ruby Aunty
1974
- Aap Ki Kasam as Girl's Hostel Superintendant
- Insaaniyat as Mrs. Bhalu
- Mahatma and the Mad Boy
1973
- Double Cross as Ajay's Mother (as Sulochana)
1972
1971
- Sharmeelee as Aunt Rosie
1970
- Bombay Talkie as Gopal Ma
1969
- Beti as Mrs. Anand (as Sulochana)
- Talash
- Pyar Ka Sapna
1967
- Badrinath Yatra as Satyavati
1966
- Amrapali as Vaishali's Empress
1965
- Teen Devian as Mrs. Pinto
1964
1962
- Son of India as Paro
1960
- Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai as Head Nurse
- Kadu Makrani
1959
1955
- Abe Hayat as Maharani (as Sulochana)
1952
- The Jungle as Aunt Sumira
1949
- Shair as Bina's mother
- Veer Ghatotkach as Hidamba (as Sulochana)
1947
1942
1935
- Anarkali
- Do Ghadi Ki Mauj as Lakshmi (as Sulochana)
1934
- My Man as Princess Chanda (as Sulochana)
- Gul Sanobar as Meherangez, Princess of Sistan (as Sulochana)
- Indira M.A. as Indira (as Sulochana)
- Khwab-e-Hasti
1933
- Saubhagya Sundari as Sundari (as Sulochana)
- Sulochana
1932
- Madhuri as Madhuri (as Sulochana)
1929
1927
1926
- The Telephone Girl
- Wildcat of Bombay as Wildcat / Usha
- Typist Girl
1925
- Queen of Cinema as Manjari