Bio
- Joined renowned dancer and choreographer on his world tour in 1935, thus launching her career.
- First appeared on screen in Dharti Ke Lal (1946).
- Worked mostly in theatre in the 1940s and 1950s.
- Moved to the United Kingdom in 1962, where she lived for thirty years making sporadic appearances in television and film.
- Awarded with the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship in 2004, the highest honour in the performing arts awarded by the Indian government.
- Received the Padma Vibhushan - India's second highest civilian award - in 2010.
Zohra SehgalApril 27, 1912 - July 10, 2014 (aged 102)Saharanpur, British India
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Bio
- Joined renowned dancer and choreographer on his world tour in 1935, thus launching her career.
- First appeared on screen in Dharti Ke Lal (1946).
- Worked mostly in theatre in the 1940s and 1950s.
- Moved to the United Kingdom in 1962, where she lived for thirty years making sporadic appearances in television and film.
- Awarded with the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship in 2004, the highest honour in the performing arts awarded by the Indian government.
- Received the Padma Vibhushan - India's second highest civilian award - in 2010.
