Mumbai March 6 (IANS) Veteran character actress for nearly six decades Shammi Rabadi passed away at her home here late on Monday a family friend said. She was 87.
According to Bollywood personality Ashok Shekhar she had been ailing since some time. She breathed her last at her Juhu Circle home.
Her funeral shall be performed at the Oshiwara cemetery later in the day Shekhar told IANS.
Shammi whose real name was Nargis was a Parsi and the former wife of legendary Bollywood filmmaker the late Sultan Ahmed.
She became a popular character artist portraying supporting roles of aunt granny elder spinster in the family et al besides acting for television serials.
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