Madhur Jaffrey

Indian-American actress, food and travel writer, and television personality

August 13, 1933 (90 years old)

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A Late Quartet

U.S. 2012. Dramatic comedy by Yaron Zilberman with Christopher Walken, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener. A cellist creates a stir within his string quartet by announcing that he has Parkinson's disease and will have to be replaced.

Runtime: 106 min.

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Partition

Can. 2007. Drama by Vic Sarin with Jimi Mistry, Kristin Kreuk, Neve Campbell. In 1947, after the separation of India and Pakistan, a Sikh soldier falls in love with a young Muslim woman, in defiance of the clashes that tear their communities apart.

Runtime: 116 min.

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Cotton Mary

G.-B. 1999. Psychological drama by Ismail Merchant, Madhur Jaffrey with Madhur Jaffrey, Greta Scacchi, James Wilby. In 1954, an Indian nanny takes advantage of her boss's emotional instability to manipulate her to improve her social situation.

Runtime: 125 min.

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Autobiography of a Princess

G.-B. 1975. Mores drama by James Ivory with Madhur Jaffrey, James Mason. Exiled to London, the daughter of a deceased maharaja recalls her youth by watching old movies with an English friend.