Fearless Nadia

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Role

Writer | Actress

Date of birth

01/08/1908

Date of death

01/09/1996

Place of birth

Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Fearless Nadia

Biography

Fearless Nadia was born Mary Evans in Perth, Australia. She accompanied her family to India as a child. She began working in the cirucs in the early 1930s, where she took the name Fearless Nadia. The tall, blue-eyed, blonde began her film career several years later in Hindi language films in India. She was best known for portraying the masked, cloaked adventuress "Hunterwali" (A.K.A. "The Lady Hunter") in 1935. She appeared in over 50 films in India. She married her long-time producer-director Homi Wadia in the early 1960s and retired from films.

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