Anjali Devi (pronunciationⓘ; 24 August 1927 – 13 January 2014) was an Indian actress, model and producer in Telugu and Tamil films.
Anjali Devi was born in Peddapuram, East Godavari district in Andhra Pradesh, India,[citation needed] as Anjamma.
[1] She was a theatre artiste before venturing into movies, her debut film role was as Lohitasva in "Raja Harishchandra" in 1936.
[3] In 1955 she produced the film Anarkali, in which she herself played the title role, with Akkineni Nageswara Rao as Prince Salim.
[citation needed] Devi died at the age of 86 on 13 January 2014 at Vijaya Hospital, in Chennai, due to a cardiac arrest.