Mumbai: Veteran Bollywood and Marathi film actress Seema R. Deo passed away here following a prolonged illness, family sources said on Thursday.
Seema Deo (81) was suffering from Alzheimer's disease and other disorders and breathed her last at a private hospital this morning.
Her husband, well-known actor Ramesh Deo died in February last year.
She is survived by her two sons, actor Ajinkya and director Abhinay. She was born in Mumbai as Nalini Saraf and has acted in nearly 90 Hindi and Marathi movies in a career spanning over six decades from the black-and-white to the colour era of the Indian film industry.
She is hugely remembered for her major role in the musical blockbuster "Anand" (1971), along with her husband Ramesh, Rajesh Khanna and Amitabh Bachchan, among other actors. (UNI)