Manjula Vijayakumar (4 July 1954 – 23 July 2013) was an Indian actress. She acted in more than 100 films in South Indian languages likeTelugu,Tamil,Kannada andMalayalam.

She and actorVijayakumar got married in 1976. The couple have three daughters,Vanitha,Preetha andSridevi.^[1]Arun Vijay, Anitha, and Kavitha are her husband's children from his first marriage.Sanjeev andSindhu are her nephew and niece respectively (elder sister's son and daughter respectively).

She first appeared in the filmShanthi Nilayam (1969) in a supporting role (as the teenaged niece ofGemini Ganesan's character).^[2] Her first lead role was inRickshawkaran (1971). She acted in lead roles in many films till the late seventies. Since the late 80's, she has appeared in supporting roles. Manjula has performed alongsideR. Muthuraman,Sivaji Ganesan,Gemini Ganesan,M. G. Ramachandran,Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao,Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Krishna,Shobhan Babu,Kamal Haasan,Vishnuvardhan andRajinikanth.^[3][4][5]

Manjula died on 23 July 2013 in SRMC at Chennai after falling down from bed and being admitted to hospital. Her death was caused bykidney failure and a blood clot in the stomach.^[6]

• Nandini (Deceased character in photograph)
• Unnai Paarkum Neram as Uma's aunty.
• Sundarakanda as Mahalakshmi
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• Manjula atIMDb

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• Actresses in Tamil cinema
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• Accidental deaths in India
• Actresses in Malayalam cinema
• Indian film actresses
• 20th-century Indian actresses
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• Vijayakumar family

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