Portrait of Ruby Myers

Ruby Myers

Acting

Biography

Ruby Myers (1907 – 10 October 1983), better known by her stage name Sulochana, was an Indian silent film actress and producer of Jewish ancestry, from the community of Baghdadi Jews in India. Being the highest paid movie stars of the 1920s, she was among the early Eurasian female stars of Indian Cinema. In mid-1930s, she opened her own film production house called Rubi Pics. Her most popular films were Typist Girl (1926), Balidaan (1927), and Wildcat of Bombay (1927). She received the Dada Saheb Phalke Award in 1973 for her lifetime contribution to Indian cinema.

Place of Birth: Poona, Maharashtra, British India (now Pune, Maharashtra, India)

Filmography

1980
Dostana

as Nun

1978
Khatta Meetha

as Mrs. Perin Soli

1975
Julie

as Ruby Aunty

1974
Insaaniyat

as Mrs. Bhalu

1974
Aap Ki Kasam

as Girl's Hostel Superintendant

1973
Double Cross

as Ajay's Mother (as Sulochana)

1971
Sharmeelee

as Aunt Rosie

1970
Bombay Talkie

as Gopal Ma

1969
1969
Pyar Ka Sapna

as Mrs. Myers

1967
Badrinath Yatra

as Satyavati

1966
Amrapali

as Vaishali's Empress

1965
Teen Devian

as Mrs. Pinto

1962
1960
1959
1955
Abe Hayat

as Maharani (as Sulochana)

1953
The Falcon

as Raj Mata

1953
Anarkali

as Rani Joda Bai

1952
The Jungle

as Aunt Sumira

1949
Veer Ghatotkach

as Hidamba (as Sulochana)

1949
Shair

as Bina's mother

1947
1935
Do Ghadi Ki Mauj

as Lakshmi (as Sulochana)

1934
My Man

as Princess Chanda (as Sulochana)

1934
Gul Sanobar

as Meherangez, Princess of Sistan (as Sulochana)

1934
Indira M.A.

as Indira (as Sulochana)

1933
Saubhagya Sundari

as Sundari (as Sulochana)

1932
Madhuri

as Madhuri (as Sulochana)

1928
Madhuri

as Sulochana

1928
Anarkali

as Anarkali (as Sulochana)

1926
Wildcat of Bombay

as Wildcat / Usha