Karuna Banerjee
Karuna Banerjee | |
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Karuna Banerjee in Pather Panchali (1955) | |
| Born | Karuna Sen 25 December 1919 |
| Died | 13 November 2001 (aged 81) Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
| Alma mater | University of Calcutta |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Spouse | Subrata Bandyopadhyay |
| Awards | Nominated Best Actress 1958 Aparajito |
Karuna Banerjee (Bengali: করুণা ব্যানার্জী) (25 December 1919 – 13 November 2001) was a Bengali actress best known for her role in Satyajit Ray's The Apu Trilogy (1955–1959) as the long suffering mother, Sarbajaya. She was nominated for Best Actress at the 1959 BAFTA Awards for her performance in Aparajito (1956), the second part of The Apu Trilogy. She appeared in a number of other films after that, including Ray's Devi (1960) and Kanchenjungha (1962).