Kavya Madhavan

Photo Gallery of Kavya Madhavan (http://movies.bizhat.com/actress/kavya_madhavan_gallery.php). She died in London from respiratory failure. Official Home Page of Kavya Madhavan (http://www.kavyamadhavanonline.com). During a tribute in 1992 at the London Palladium the actor John Mills described her as "the fairest prima donna this side of heaven".
. Her acting career ranks as one of the longest in British theatre. Greetings - Jayasurya, Kavya, Innocent (http://movies.bizhat.com/review_greetings.php) Aparichithan Kadha Two Wheeler Runway Pookalam Varavayi Chandranudhikkunna Dikkil Kochu Kochu Santhoshanghal Madhuranombarakkattu Sahayathrikayku Snehapoorvam Darling Darling Thenkasi Pattanam Dosth Mazhamegha Pravugal Raakshasa Raajavu Jeevan Mashayi Onnaman Oomapenninu Uriyadapayan Meesha Madhavan Thillakkam Sadhanandhante Samayam Vellithira Gowri Sankaram Mizhirandillum Pulival Kalyanam Kasi (Tamil) Enmanavanil (Tamil). Awarded an OBE in 1973, Laye continued acting well into her nineties.

Films by Kavya Madhavan. Her other stage successes included Silver Wedding (1957) with Lawton, and The Amorous Prawn (1959) and Phil the Fluter (1969). She is noted for having retained her rural Neeleswaram dialect, and for investing a large portion of her time and wealth in charitable pursuits via the Kavya Madhavan Foundation. She acted several times opposite her second husband, the actor Frank Lawton. Born in the village of Neeleswaram in Kasargod district, Kerala, India, Madhavan entered the cinema as a child actor in the late 1980s; since then, she has made over 25 films in Malayalam. She continued acting in such productions as The Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella. Kavya Madhavan is an Indian film star. Married to the actor Sonnie Hale from 1926, Laye received widespread public sympathy when Hale left her for the actress Jessie Matthews in 1930.

She made her Broadway debut in 1929 in Noel Coward's Bitter Sweet. Among her sucesses during the 1920s were Madame Pompadour, The Dollar Princess and Lilac Time. Born Elsie Evelyn Lay in Bloomsbury, London, England, Laye made her first stage appearance in 1915, and for the first few years of her career played mainly in musical comedy. Evelyn Laye (July 10 - 1900 - February 17, 1996) was a British theatre actress.