{{Short description|Indian actress}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}} {{Use Indian English|date=October 2018}} {{Infobox person | name = Kumari Thankam | image = | birth_name = Ammukutty Parvathy Thankam | birth_date = 2 June | birth_place = Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India | death_date = 8 March 2011 | death_place = Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India | occupation = Actress | spouse = P. K. Sathyapal | children = 3 | relatives = Sreelatha Namboothiri (niece) Travancore Sisters | years_active = 1952–1970 }} ''' Kumari Thankam''' was an Indian actress who acted in Malayalam cinema. She was a lead actress during the late 1950s and 1960s in Malayalam. She made her debut in Aathmasakhi in 1952.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/VISHAPPINTE-VILI-1952/article15935280.ece | title=Vishappinte Vili 1952 | date=17 January 2009 | newspaper=The Hindu | accessdate=24 October 2018 }}</ref> She acted in more than 50 movies.
==Personal life== '''Kumari''' came from Poojapura, Thiruvananthapuram. She was married to a brother of the Lalitha-Padmini-Ragini trio, producer P. K. Sathyapal. They had three children: late S. Padmanabhan, late S. Jayapal and Asha. She died on 8 March 2011 at Shenoy Nagar, Chennai.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://keralaboxoffice.com/tag/actress-thankam-passes-away |title=Actress Thankam passes away | KeralaBoxOffice.com |access-date=21 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224120046/http://keralaboxoffice.com/tag/actress-thankam-passes-away |archive-date=24 December 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Filmography==
===As an actress=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year !! Title !! Role !! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | rowspan=2 | 1952 || ''Aathmasakhi'' || || |- | ''Visappinte Vili'' || || |- | rowspan=3 | 1953 || ''Thiramala'' || || |- | ''Lokaneethi'' || || |- | ''Ponkathir'' || || |- | rowspan=2 | 1954 || ''Balyasakhi'' || || |- | ''Avan Varunnu'' || || |- | rowspan=2 | 1955 || ''C.I.D.'' || || |- | ''Aniyathi'' || Jayanthy || |- | rowspan=3 | 1956 || ''Manthravadi'' || Kalyani || |- | ''Minnunnathellam Ponnalla'' || || |- | ''Koodappirappu'' || || |- | rowspan=3 | 1957 || ''Jailppulli'' || Sudha || |- | ''Deva Sundari'' || || |- | ''Achanum Makanum'' || Sarasu || |- | 1970 || ''Moodalmanju'' || || |- | 1976 || ''Madhuram Thirumadhuram'' || || |- |}
===As a singer=== * Vannaalum Mohanane ... Minnunnathellaam Ponnalla (1957)
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://en.msidb.org/displayProfile.php?category=actors&artist=Kumari%20Thankam Kumari Thankam at MSI]
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