Gita Dey, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Gita Dey

actress, thespian, radio performer

Date of Birth: 05-Aug-1931

Place of Birth: Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Date of Death: 17-Jan-2011

Profession: actor, stage actor, television actor, film actor

Nationality: India

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Gita Dey (5 August 1931 – 17 January 2011) was an Indian actress in Bengali cinema, theatre and Bengali folk theater.
She became a stage artist at the age of 6 years.
She came to the film industry in 1943.
Her first film release was Ahuti (1941) as a child actress.
She acted in over two hundred Bengali language films and over two thousand stage shows.
She acted in the movie Teen Kanya under the direction of Satyajit Roy and Rittik Ghatak's Meghe Dhaka Tara, Subarnarekha, Komal Gandhar, Kato Ajanare.
She also acted in Hindi movies such as Parineeta (2005) with Vidya Balan and Sanjay Dutt and other movies.
She was associated with All India Radio for a long time doing Shruti Natok.
She received the Presidential Award for Lifetime Achievement from Dr.
A.P.J.
Abdul Kalam and many other awards during her lifetime.