T. S. Balaiah
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1914-08-22
Day of Death
1972-07-22 (57 years old)
Place of Birth
Sundankottai, Thoothukudi District, British Raj
T. S. Balaiah
Biography
Tirunelveli S. Balaiah (August 22, 1914 – July 22, 1972) was a Tamil film actor best known for playing supporting roles in the Tamil film industry. He was introduced to the cine field by directorEllis R. Dungan in Sathi Leelavathi (1936), along with MGR, N.S.Krishnan and M.K. Radha. He was one of the very few actors who excelled as a villain, as well as in character roles and comic roles. Among his villain roles, Ambikapathy (1937), Madurai Veeran (1956), Hello Mr. Zamindar, andThiruvilayadal (1965) were classics. Balaiah also excelled in comedy roles in movies such asKavalai Illatha Manithan (1960), Kaadhalika Neramillai (1964), Bama Vijayam (1967) and Thillana Mohanambal (1968). Actor Sivaji Ganesan had once mentioned that Balaiah was his most admired actor.
Acting
(1972)
(1971)
(1970)
Vilaiyaattu Pillai
as Muthaiah's uncle
(1968)
Thillana Mohanambal
as Muthurakku
(1968)
(1967)
Bama Vijayam
as Ethiaraj
(1967)
Ooty Varai Uravu
as Vedachalam
(1967)
(1966)
(1965)
Thiruvilayadal
as Hemanatha Bagavathar
(1965)
Pazhani
as Chokkalingam Pannaiyar
(1965)
(1965)
(1965)
(1964)
Kadhalikka Neramillai
as Vishwanathan
(1963)
Arivaali
as Nallamuthu Naicker
(1961)
Paava Mannippu
as Manickam Pillai
(1961)
(1961)
Ellam Unakkaga
as Venkatachalam
(1960)
Kalathur Kannamma
as Ramalingam
(1960)
Parthiban Kanavu
as Marappa Bhupathi
(1959)
(1959)
(1958)
(1958)
(1958)
(1958)
(1958)
Crafty Thief
as Minister Neelakalakantam
(1957)
(1957)
(1957)
(1957)
(1956)
(1956)
(1956)
(1956)
Madurai Veeran
as Narasappan
(1955)
(1954)
Ratha Paasam
as Madhu
(1954)
Thookku Thookki
as Seth Namakharam
(1953)
Anbu
as Thirumalai
(1952)
(1951)
(1950)
Prasanna
as Ayyappan
(1950)
(1950)
Chandrika
as Shankar
(1948)
(1947)
(1946)
(1945)
Meera
as Vikram
(1941)
Aryamala
as Balarayan
(1940)
Uthama Puthiran
as Naganathan
(1936)
Sathi Leelavathi
as Ramanathan
(1936)