Firoza Begum
Firoza Begum was a Jewish Indian actress. Firoza starred in several Bollywood and Mollywood films. She was very popular in the 1920s and 1930s.
Firoza Begum
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Although there were other Jewish actresses at the time, she stands out along with other notables like Ruby Myers and Esther Victoria Abraham (Pramila). Born Susan Solomon, she is of Bene Israel heritage. She used the Muslim name Firoza Begum to hide her Jewish ancestry (see History of the Jews in India). She was one of five famous Jewish Indian actresses featured in the documentary Shalom Bollywood: The Untold Story of Jews and Bollywood by Danny Ben-Moshe released in 2017.
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• Name — Firoza Begum • Years Active — 1920s and 1930s
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• Bewafa Qatil • Prem Veer • Din Raat • Raigad • Bhagta Bhoot • Circus Girl • Noor-E-Yaman (1935) • Ansuon Ki Duniya (1936) • Bharat Ka Lal (1936)
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- 1.Ginsburg, Aimee. From Bollywood to the Sands of Jerusalem. The Jerusalem Report. 17 April 2006.
- 2.IndiaGlitz - Jews, the lost tribe of Indian Cinema (SPECIAL) - Bollywood Movie News
- 3.Jewish women were Indian cinema's first actresses. thenewsminute.com. 30 January 2016.
- 4.Dev, Atul. The untold story of Jews in Indian cinema. The Sunday Guardian. 21 September 2013.
- 5.Somaaya, Bhawana. Mother Maiden Mistress Women in Hindi Cinema, 1950-2010. Harper Collins. 2013. 9789350294857.
- 6.Examiner.com Entertainment. Shalom Bollywood file at Library of Congress Apr 18 shows Jews' key roles. examiner.com. December 2019.
- 7.Kirshner. Bollywood's Untold Story. 30 August 2013.
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