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This is a list of notable actresses [1] who have starred in Hindi cinema, the commercial Hindi language film industry based chiefly in Maharashtra.
The following are some of the most popular Indian actresses of their decades:
| Year | Name | Debut film |
|---|---|---|
| 1920 | Patience Cooper | Damayanti |
| 1922 | Fatma Begum | Veer Abhimanyu |
| Sultana | Veer Abhimanyu | |
| 1923 | Zubeida | Kohinoor |
| 1925 | Seeta Devi | Prem Sanyas |
| Ruby Myers | Cinema Ki Rani | |
| 1926 | Gohar Mamajiwala | Baap Kamai |
| Year | Name | Debut film |
|---|---|---|
| 1930 | Sabita Devi | Kamaner Aagun |
| Mehtab | Kamaal-e-Shamsheer | |
| 1931 | Esther Victoria Abraham | Toofani Tiruni |
| Kajjanbai | Shirin Farhad | |
| Khursheed Bano | Eye for an eye | |
| Rattan Bai | ||
| 1932 | Firoza Begum | Bewafa Qatil |
| Lalita Pawar | Kailash | |
| Durga Khote | Maya Machhindra | |
| 1933 | Sardar Akhtar | Id Ka Chand |
| Bibbo | Rangila Rajput | |
| Devika Rani | Karma | |
| Umasashi | Puran Bhagat (film) | |
| 1934 | Umasashi | Chandidas (film) |
| Rattan Bai, Umasashi | Mohabbat Ki Kasauti | |
| 1935 | Fearless Nadia | Hunterwali |
| Shobhna Samarth | Nigahe Nafrat | |
| Jaddanbai | Talashe Haq | |
| Leela Chitnis | Shri Satyanarayan | |
| Naseem Banu | Khoon Ka Khoon | |
| 1936 | Jamuna Barua | Das |
| Shanta Apte | Amar Jyoti | |
| 1937 | Kanan Devi | Vidyapati |
| Mohini | Devdas | |
| 1938 | Sitara Devi | Watan |
| 1939 | Begum Khurshid Mirza | Bhakti |
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