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Mary Ann Evans
Acting · 1908–1996 · Perth, Australia
Biography
Mary Ann Evans, also known by her stage name Fearless Nadia, was an Indian actress and stuntwoman of Australian origin who is most remembered as the masked, cloaked adventurer in Hunterwali, released in 1935, which was one of the earliest female-lead Indian films. She is often referred to as a sex symbol.
Known for
Desh Deepak
Partisan Disguided as Dancer (as Fearless Nadia)
Comet
Shanti (as Fearless Nadia)
Muqabala
Madhuri/Rani (as Fearless Nadia)
Diamond Queen
Madhurika (as Fearless Nadia)
Fighting Queen
1956
The Jungle Princess
Maya (as Fearless Nadia)
Hurricane Hansa
Hansa (as Fearless Nadia)
Fearless: The Hunterwali Story
self (aka Fearless Nadia)
Hunterwali Ki Beti
Miss Frontier Mail
Savita / Miss 1936 (as Fearless Nadia)
Filmography
- 1994Fearless: The Hunterwali Storyself (aka Fearless Nadia)
- 1968Khilari
- 1959Circus Queen
- 1956Fighting Queen
- 1953Jungle Ka JawaharMala (as Fearless Nadia)
- 1949CometShanti (as Fearless Nadia)
- 1949Delhi Express
- 1946Lion of BaghdadZubeida
- 1946Flying Prince
- 1942MuqabalaMadhuri/Rani (as Fearless Nadia)
- 1942The Jungle PrincessMaya (as Fearless Nadia)
- 1940Diamond QueenMadhurika (as Fearless Nadia)
- 1937Hurricane HansaHansa (as Fearless Nadia)
- 1936Miss Frontier MailSavita / Miss 1936 (as Fearless Nadia)
- 1935Desh DeepakPartisan Disguided as Dancer (as Fearless Nadia)
- 1935HunterwaliPrincess Madhuri aka Hunterwali (as Fearless Nadia)
- —11 O'ClockLakshmi
- —Tigress
- —Hunterwali Ki Beti
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