👤 Zubeida

Acting 1911-01-01 Surat, Gujarat, India

Zubeida was a pioneering Indian actress who became a star of the silent film era and is best known for being the leading lady in Alam Ara (1931), the first Indian talkie film.

Born in 1911 in Surat, Zubeida was the daughter of Nawab Sidi Ibrahim Muhammad Yakut Khan III and Fatima Begum, an actress who would later become one of India's first female film directors. Zubeida's two sisters, Sultana an…

Known For

12 titles
  1. 1
    Heer Ranjha as Heer's mother
    1970 Movie
  2. 2
    Alam Ara as Alam Ara
    1931 Movie
  3. 3
    Devdas
    1936 Movie
  4. 4
    Bulbul-e-Paristan
    1926 Movie
  5. 5
    Indrasabha
    1925 Movie
  6. 6
    Zarina
    1932 Movie
  7. 7
    Gul-e-Bakavali as Bakavali
    1924 Movie
  8. 8
    The Black Thief
    1925 Movie
  9. 9
    The Divine Punishment
    1925 Movie
  10. 10
    Gul Sanobar
    1934 Movie
  11. 11
    Rashk-e-Laila as Laila
    1934 Movie
  12. 12
    Fairy of Punjab as Sassi
    1933 Movie