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Manjula Vijayakumar

Manjula Vijayakumar
Born (1953-09-09)9 September 1953
Died 23 July 2013(2013-07-23) (aged 59)
Occupation Film actress
Years active 1969–2013
Spouse(s) Vijayakumar
Children Vanitha Vijayakumar
Preetha Vijayakumar
Sridevi Vijayakumar
Kavitha Vijayakumar (step-daughter)
Dr Anitha Vijayakumar (step-daughter)
Arun Vijay (step-son)

Manjula Vijayakumar (9 September 1953 – 23 July 2013) was a South Indian actress. She acted in more than 100 films in South Indian languages like Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam.

She and actor Vijayakumar married shortly after meeting on the sets of Unnidam Mayanguhiren. The couple have three daughters, Vanitha, Preetha and Sridevi.Arun Vijay, Anitha, and Kavitha are her husband's children from his first marriage.

She first appeared in the film Shanthi Nilayam (1969) in a supporting role (as the teenaged daughter of Gemini Ganesan's character). Her first lead role was in Rickshawkaran (1971). She acted in lead roles in many films till the late seventies. Since the late 80s, she has appeared in supporting roles. Manjula has performed alongside Sivaji Ganesan, Gemini Ganesan, M. G. Ramachandran, Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao, Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Krishna, Shobhan Babu, Kamal Hassan, Vishnuvardhan and Rajinikanth. She died on 23 July 2013 in SRMC at Chennai after falling down from bed and being admitted to hospital. Her death was caused by renal failure and a blood clot in the stomach.

She died in Chennai on 23 July 2013 due to a stomach injury.


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