What is Sharmila Tagore?
{{Infobox person | name = Sharmila Tagore | image = Sharmila Tagore 3.jpg | imagesize = | caption = Tagore in 2018 | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1944|12|8|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Hyderabad]], British India<br>(now [[Telangana]], India)<ref>{{cite web|title=Birthday special: Things you may not know about Sharmila Tagore|url=http://www.mid-day.com/photos/birthday-special-things-you-may-not-know-about-sharmila-tagore/4288|website=[[Mid Day]]|access-date=25 April 2016}}</ref> | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1959–1984<br />1991–2010 | spouse = {{marriage|[[Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi|Mansoor Ali Khan]]|27 December 1969|22 September 2011|end=died}} | children = 3 ([[Saif Ali Khan|Saif]], [[Saba Ali Khan|Saba]] and [[Soha Ali Khan|Soha]]) | family = {{hlist |[[Tagore family]]|[[Pataudi family]]}} | awards = }} '''Sharmila Tagore''' (born 8 December 1944), also known by her married name '''Ayesha Begum''', is a retired Indian actress. She is known for her roles in ''[[Mausam (1975 movie)|Mausam]]'' (1975) and ''[[Abar Aranye]]'' (2003), and ''[[Viruddh]]'' (2006). In December 2005 she was chosen as a [[UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador]].<ref name=UNICEF>{{cite web|url=http://in.rediff.com/movies/2005/dec/08sharmila.htm|title=Sharmila Tagore, for UNICEF|date=8 December 2005|work=rediff.com}}</ref> She was one of the International Competition's Jury Members at the 2009 [[Cannes Film Festival]]. In 2013, she was awarded [[Padma Bhushan]] by the [[Government of India]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Sharmila-Tagore-Indias-emblem-at-Cannes/articleshow/4513271.cms|title=Sharmila Tagore, India's emblem at Cannes – Times of India}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Tagore, Sharmila}} [[Category:1944 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Indian movie actors]] [[Category:Indian television ac