| Original Name | Paapa |
| Nick names | Aachi, Manorama Female Shivaji |
| Place of birth | Mannarkudi |
| Brought up in | Pallathur near Karaikudi |
| Son | Boopathy |
| Career | Stage actress(has own troupe) ,film actress, TV actress |
| Started acting at the age of | 12yrs |
| Career as stage actress | ‘Neethipathi’ (1955) a number of Kalaignar Karunanidhi’s plays Manimakudam(1958) |
| First film | Konjum kumari-as heroine(1963) ‘Maalayitta Mangai-as comedy actress(1958) |
| Other films as heroine | Alangari, Periya Manithan |
| No of films acted | About 1200 films (from 1958 onwards) Completed 1000 films in 1985 |
| Hit films | Thillana Mohanambal, Patti Sollai Thattathe |
| Other languages she has acted in | Telugu , Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi |
| Important roles played by her | Role of ‘Jil Jil’ Sundari of ‘Thillana Mohanambal’ or as Andal of ‘Samsaram athu Minsaram’ or as the mother of Rajnikant in ‘Annamallai’ |
| Awards | Padma Sri Award-2002 National award for the Best Supporting Actress for Puthiya Pathai-1988 Kalaimamani award. |
| Hit pairs in films | Have paired with comedians like Chandrababu, Cho Ramaswamy, Thangavelu, Thengai Srinivasan, M.R.Ratha and Nagesh |
| Unique distinction | Annadurai- in plays like ‘Naan Kanda Hindu Rajyam’ Karunanidhi-in plays like ‘Udaya Sooryan’ M.G. Ramachandran, and Jayalalithaa-in films ‘Nidhi,’ ‘Galata Kalyanam’ |
| Interesting news | JJayalalithaa as “AMMU” |
| Quotes by her | “I am so used to the arc lights that I cannot think of a life without films.” |
| Dream Role | Role of an eunuch |
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