Tamanna (actress)
Tamanna Begum (1944 – 20 February 2012) was a Pakistani film and television actress. Early life 
Tamanna was born in 1944 in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, British India. Career 
Tamanna started her media career from Radio Pakistan, Lahore in 1960 as a presenter and later performed in theater plays before joining films. She ventured into films in 1962 with the film Daaman and in 1977 she won Nigar Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in film Bharosa. She continued to work in the Pakistani film industry until the late 1990s. She had performed in over 263 films and in hundreds of TV drama serials. She often appeared in negative roles but also performed some entertaining and comedy roles also. After over a decade of a career in films, she joined television and appeared in many character roles in Pakistani TV drama serials. Personal life 
Tamanna was married and she had one daughter. Illness and death 
Tamanna Begum died after a protracted illness in Karachi on 20 February 2012 at the age of 68. She had a heart attack some time ago and was under treatment in a private hospital. The heart attack had led to kidneys' failure and she used to have dialysis treatment twice a week. She could not fully recover, though, and finally died. Among the survivors are a daughter, son-in-law and many grandchildren. Filmography

Television series

Film 
Tamanna did a total of 263 films. Some of her popular films are:

Awards and recognition

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1944 births
Pakistani film actresses
2012 deaths
Pakistani radio presenters
Pakistani television actresses
Nigar Award winners
Pakistani stage actresses
Actresses from Karachi
Radio personalities from Karachi
20th-century Pakistani actresses
Actresses in Urdu cinema
Actresses in Pashto cinema
Pakistani women radio presenters
21st-century Pakistani actresses
Actresses in Punjabi cinema
Pakistani radio personalities
Radio personalities from Lahore
Muhajir people