Rose Musleah

Rose Musleah (also known as Miss Rose; born: January 1, 1911 Calcutta, India - died: December 8, 1985, California, United States) was an Indian theater and film actress of Jewish origin who acted in Bollywood and Tollywood. She acted in silent films at first and later in talkies. Remembered as the "dancer actress" of silent cinema. Her films dealt with conflicts between tradition and individual choice. Her only known film to have survived is Nai Kahani.

Biography Rose Musleah was born in 1911 in Calcutta (now Kolkata) in British India, the only child of a Jewish family of Baghdadi origin. Her father was the secretary of the Costa Rican consul in India. Rose had two cousins who were also actresses: Pramila (Esther Victoria Abraham) and Ramula (Sophie Abraham). Because of her attractive appearance, friends suggested she start acting and she started acting on the stages, for Agha Ashhar.

A back injury from which she never recovered, ended her acting career.

Personal life At the age of 16 she got married, changed her name to that of her husband and became Rose Ezra. The couple had two daughters Marjorie and Cynthia.

In an interview she had in 1941, she said that she still loved to dance and taught her two daughters to dance and that her favorite author was Somerset Maugham.

Filmography

Pati Bakhti - 1922 Aladdin aur jaadui chirag - 1933 Hamari Betiyan - 1936 - as Radha Mr. X. - 1938 Hum Tum Aur Woh - 1938 - as Leela Adhuri Kahani - 1939 - as Neelam Mala - 1941 Nayi Kahaani - 1943 Ramayani - 1945