Firoza Begum (actress)

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Firoza Begum was a Jewish Indian actress. Firoza starred in several Bollywood and Mollywood films.Template:R She was very popular in the 1920s and 1930s.Template:R Although there were other Jewish actresses at the time, she stands out along with other notables like Ruby Myers and Esther Victoria Abraham (Pramila).Template:RTemplate:RTemplate:R

Born Susan Solomon, she is of Bene Israel heritage. She used the Muslim name Firoza Begum to hide her Jewish ancestryTemplate:R (see History of the Jews in India). She was one of five famous Jewish Indian actresses featured in the documentary Shalom Bollywood: The Untold Story of Jews and Bollywood by Danny Ben-Moshe released in 2017.Template:R

Filmography

  • Bewafa Qatil
  • Prem Veer
  • Din Raat
  • Raigad
  • Bhagta Bhoot
  • Circus Girl
  • Noor-E-Yaman (1935)
  • Ansuon Ki Duniya (1936)
  • Bharat Ka Lal (1936)

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