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Ruby Myers (1907 – 10 October 1983), better known by her stage name Sulochana, was an Indian silent film actress of Jewish ancestry, from the community of Baghdadi Jews in India.
Feb 14, 2020 · Ruby Myers was discovered by Mohan Bhavnani of Kohinoor Film Company while she was working her job. She initially rejected the offer, bound by the patriarchal constraints that disallowed women from participating in certain fields, terming them as ‘immoral’ or ‘unfit’ for women.
Nov 5, 2017 · It was a Jewish telephone operator, Ruby Myers, who rose to become the first superstar of Indian silent cinema. Renamed Sulochana, she was presented as a glamorous icon on Hollywood lines, billed above the title like Garbo and Dietrich.
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Mar 14, 2022 · The first woman to act in an Indian silent film was Ruby Myers, a Baghdadi Jew born in 1907 in Pune. She belonged to a community of immigrants from Baghdad, Basra, and Aleppo, who moved to India at the end of the 18 th century and settled in Calcutta, Bombay, and Puna.
May 7, 2016 · Sulochana, born Ruby Meyers, was a Baghdadi Jew from Pune who became a popular actress in the silent era of Indian cinema. She starred in films like Typist Girl, Madhuri, Anarkali and Indira, and received the Dada Saheb Phalke Award in 1973.
Aug 10, 2018 · Ruby Myers was a Jewish-Baghdadi actress who became a star in Indian cinema as Sulochana. She acted in silent and talkie films, paired with D. Billimoria, and received the Dada Saheb Phalke Award in 1973.
Feb 17, 2015 · Ruby Myers’ (1907-1983) screen name was Sulochana (and later also Sulochana Sr.). Myers’ standing as the biggest star of the 1920s is now part of urban lore. Apparently, she was the highest paid actor of the period, and her salary was higher than the Governor of Bombay. [1]
