About Nadira (Indian actress)
Nadira (born Florence Ezekiel; 5 December 1932 – 9 February 2006), was an Iraqi-born Indian actress who worked in the Hindi film industry. One of the leading and highest paid actresses of the early 1950s, she later transitioned into supporting roles where Nadira often portrayed modern, rebellious women in a range of films. She appeared in films from the 1950s and 1960s, including Aan (1952), Shree 420 (1955), Pakeezah (1972), and Julie (1975), which won her the Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award. == Early life == Nadira was born on 5 December 1932 in Baghdad, Iraq, into a Baghdadi Jewish family. When she was an infant, her family migrated from Baghdad to Bombay in search of business opportunities. She had two brothers, one of whom lives in the United States and another in Israel. == Career == Nadira's first appearance in cinema was in the 1943 Hindi-language film Mauj when she was 10 or 11 years of age. Her breakthrough came from Sardar Akhtar, wife of film director Mehboob Khan who cast her in the film Aan (1952). Her role as a Rajput princess in the film marked her rise to cinematic prominence. In 1955, she played a rich socialite named Maya in Shree 420.
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