Karuna Banerjee

Karuna Banerjee () (25 December 1919 – 13 November 2001) was a Bengali actress best known for her role in Satyajit Ray's ''The Apu Trilogy'' (1955–1959) as the long suffering mother, Sarbajaya. She was nominated for Best Actress at the 1959 BAFTA Awards for her performance in ''Aparajito'' (1956), the second part of ''The Apu Trilogy''. She appeared in a number of other films after that, including Ray's ''Devi'' (1960) and ''Kanchenjungha'' (1962). Provided by Wikipedia