[1][2] She was considered Pakistani equivalent to Marni Nixon of Hollywood for giving voice to featured actresses in movie musicals.
[4] Zubaida also acted as a supporting actress in a handful of films including Patay Khan (1955).
[1][4] She worked with all the famous film music directors of the time including Ghulam Ahmed Chishti, Rasheed Attre, Safdar Hussain, Salim Iqbal, Khwaja Khurshid Anwar and A.
[4] Zubaida Khanum was born in Amritsar, British India, in 1935, in a Muslim family.
[1][2] Zubaida Khanum died on 19 October 2013 due to cardiac arrest at her home in Lahore at age 78.