What is Neelo?
{{Infobox person | name = Neelo | image = | caption = | birth_name = Cynthia Alexander Fernandes | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1940|06|30}} | birth_place = [[Bhera]], [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab]], [[British India]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2021|01|30|1940|06|30|df=y}} | death_place = [[Abbottabad]], [[Pakistan]] | othername = Abida Riaz | occupation = [[Movie]] [[actor|actress]] | years active = 1955–2005 | spouse = [[Riaz Shahid]] (died in October 1972) | family = [[Shaan Shahid]] (son) | website = }} '''Neelo''' (born '''Abida Riaz'''; 30 June 1940 &ndash; 30 January 2021) was an [[actress]] from [[Lahore City]]. She was the mother of the [[movie]] actor [[Shaan]]. She was born June 29, 1945 in [[Bhera]], near [[Sargodha]]. Later, when she got married to [[Riaz Shahid]] she changed her name to Abida Riaz, and also became a [[Muslim]]. Shahid died in 1972, but Riaz has kept her name the same. Neelo died of [[cancer]] on 30 January 2021 in [[Abbottabad]] at the age of 80.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-01-30|title=Veteran actress Neelo Begum dies of cancer|url=https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2021/01/31/veteran-actress-neelo-begum-dies-of-cancer/|access-date=2021-01-31|website=Pakistan Today|language=en-US}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{actor-stub}} [[Category:2021 deaths]] [[Category:1941 births]] [[Category:Cancer deaths in Pakistan]] [[Category:Pakistani movie actors]]