Filmfare Award for Best Actress

Summary

Filmfare Award for Best Actress is a film award category^[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film_award_category entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (425 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Filmfare Award for Best Actress won the Meena Kumari^[3].
• Filmfare Award for Best Actress won the Meena Kumari^[4].
• Filmfare Award for Best Actress won the Kamini Kaushal^[5].
• Filmfare Award for Best Actress won the Nutan^[6].
• Filmfare Award for Best Actress won the Nargis^[7].
• Filmfare Award for Best Actress won the Vyjayanthimala^[8].
• Filmfare Award for Best Actress is in the country of India^[9].
• Filmfare Award for Best Actress's instance of is recorded as film award category^[10].
• Filmfare Award for Best Actress's instance of is recorded as award for best leading actress^[11].
• Filmfare Award for Best Actress's instance of is recorded as Filmfare Awards^[12].
• +1954-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Filmfare Award for Best Actress^[13].
• Filmfare Award for Best Actress's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03r8v_^[14].
• Filmfare Award for Best Actress's official website is recorded as http://www.filmfareawards.indiatimes.com/^[15].
• Filmfare Award for Best Actress's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Best Actress Filmfare Awards winners^[16].
• Filmfare Award for Best Actress's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Filmfare Award for Best Actress'}^[17].
• Filmfare Award for Best Actress's category for recipients of this award is recorded as Category:Best Actress Filmfare Awards winners^[18].

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Recognition

Wins include Meena Kumari^[3], an actor^[19], 1933–1972^[20], of British Raj^[21], awarded the Filmfare Award for Best Actress^[22], specialised in poetry^[23]; Kamini Kaushal^[5], a film actor^[24], 1927–2025^[25], of British Raj^[26], awarded the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award^[27]; Nutan^[6], a film actor^[28], 1936–1991^[29], of British Raj^[30], awarded the Padma Shri in arts^[31]; Nargis^[7], a film actor^[32], 1929–1981^[33], of British Raj^[34], awarded the Padma Shri in arts^[35]; Vyjayanthimala^[8], a film actor^[36], b. 1936^[37], of India^[38], awarded the Padma Shri in arts^[39]; and Bina Rai^[40], an actor^[41], 1931–2009^[42], of India^[43], awarded the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress^[44].

Why It Matters

Filmfare Award for Best Actress ranks in the top 3% of film_award_category entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (425 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[45] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[46]

FAQs

What awards did Filmfare Award for Best Actress receive?

Honors received include Meena Kumari^[3], Meena Kumari^[4], Kamini Kaushal^[5], and Nutan^[6].