Born in the year 1940 in Trivandrum, the evergreen artiste of South India, started acting when she was 7 years old. She danced into films, first as a child artiste in Oru Iravu and continued her performance as a heroine, character artiste, comedian, vamp, mother and as a grandmother.

For the past 51 years she has created an unforgettable image by acting in more than 2000 films in Malayalam, Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Oriya and Bengali.

In fact, she has a unique distinction of having acted with many heroes of the past and their children at present - Kottarakkara and his son Saikumar, Sivaji Ganesan and his son Prabhu, Nageswara Rao and his son Nagarjuna, Prem Nazir and his son Shah Nawaz, Muthuraman and his son Karthik, Kunjako and his son Boban. She has also acted with veteran actors and actresses like M.G.R., Sivaji, Madhu, Gemini Ganesan, Sathyan, Savithri, Lalitha, Padmini, Ragini, Sarada and many others.

She has carved a niche for herself in the Southern Film & Television scene. She is a household name in all the four southern states. She is not only a film artiste but also a very good drama and stage artiste. She started dancing at the age of 7 and has given various performances all over India, Ceylon, Singapore, Malaysia along with the Travancore Sisters (Lalitha, Padmini, Ragini) and with Mrs.Rajasulochana (a film artiste). She has performed in more than 5000 shows in the troupe called "Pushpanjali" and in about 1000 shows with Kuchalakumari.

She is also and active stage and drama artiste for the last 40 years. She has acted with Mr.Y.G.Parthasarathy's troupe, Viveka Fine Arts directed by Mr. 'Cho' Ramaswamy and in other troupes. She has also performed for cultural shows in the U.S.A., Singapore, Malaysia, Dubai, Australia and Germany.

She has won many state awards in Kerala and Tamil Nadu for her performance in films such as Koodevide, Kariyam Nissaram, Arappata Kettiya Gramathil and Thuraimugam. The Tamil Nadu state government has conferred upon her the Kalai Mamani and Kalai Selvam awards.

Mrs.Sukumari continues with her performances on the silver screen and also acts in Malayalam and Tamil TV Shows

Has danced since the age of seven years till date all over India, U.S.A., Singapore, Malaysia, Ceylon etc.

Performed in the following troupes:

"Dances of India" along with "The Travancore Sisters" (Lalitha, Padmini, Ragini)

PUSHPANJALI: Along with Mrs. Raja Sulochana (Film artiste) did more than 5000 stage shows.

KUCHALA KUMARI TROUPE: Did about 1000 stage shows.

MR.Y.G. PARTHASARATHY TROUPE: 1000 Stage shows.

VIVEKA FINE ARTS CLUB: More than 5000 Stage Shows,
Directed by Cho. Ramaswamy. Continues to be in the troupe.

Mega and Mini serials in Malayalam and Tamil.

1974: BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS - CHATTAKKARI

1979: VARIOUS FILMS – SUPPORTING ACTRESS

1983: BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS – KOODEVEDE AND

KARIYAM NISSARAM

1985: BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: ARAPPUTA KETIYA

GRAMATIL

1967: BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS – VARIOUS FILMS

1974: SPECIAL AWARD – CHATTAKARI

1980: BEST CHARACTER AWARD

1981: BEST CHARACTER AWARD

1971: BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS – THORAIMUGAM

1974: BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS – CHATTAKARI

BY TRICHUR NAGAR SABHA

1998: BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS – SAMANDHARANGAL

2000: SPECIAL AWARD FOR CONTRIBUTION TO THE FILM INDUSTRY

2000: ALL ROUNDER OF THE MILLENNIUM