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{{Short description|Indian actress}}
{{Infobox person
| name = B. Jayamma
| image =
| caption =
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1915|11|15|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Bangalore]], [[Kingdom of Mysore]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|1988|12|20|1915|11|15|df=y}}
| death_place = Bangalore, [[Karnataka]], India<ref>{{cite newspaper |title=Obituary: B. Jayamma |newspaper=The Indian Express |date=21 December 1988 |page=10}}</ref>
| nationality = Indian
| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|dramatist|singer|politician}}
| other_names = Gubbi Jayamma
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Gubbi Veeranna]]|1931|1972|reason=died}}
| children = 3<ref name="CM"/>
{{Infobox officeholder | embed = yes
| office = Member of the [[Karnataka Legislative Council]]
| term_start = 1980
| term_end = 1986
}}
}}

'''B. Jayamma''' (15 November 1915 – 20 December 1988)<ref name="CM">{{cite web |title=B. Jayamma |url=https://www.cinemaazi.com/people/b-jayamma |website=Cinemaazi.com |access-date=14 April 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210413061925/https://www.cinemaazi.com/people/b-jayamma |archive-date=13 April 2021}}</ref> was an Indian actress and singer. She began her career on [[theatre|stage]] as a 14-year-old when she joined a theatre group owned by [[Gubbi Veeranna]], her future husband. She went on to perform for 45 years on stage while also appearing in 45 [[Kannada cinema|Kannada]], [[Telugu cinema|Telugu]] and [[Tamil cinema|Tamil films]].<ref>{{cite web |title=B. Jayamma |url=http://www.kla.kar.nic.in/council/members/EXMEMBERS/JayammaB.htm |website=kla.kar.nic.in |access-date=13 April 2021}}</ref>

== Career ==
Jayamma's first acting role in films came in 1931 in Raphael Algoet's directorial, ''His Love Affair''. She starred as the lead in the film opposite [[Gubbi Veeranna]], who also produced the film.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/2001/10/18/stories/13181282.htm|title=Mylapore and movies|access-date=13 April 2021|date=18 October 2001|archive-date=7 December 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051207182932/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/2001/10/18/stories/13181282.htm|work=[[The Hindu]]|url-status=dead}}</ref> Jayamma starrted in many [[silent films]] before appearing in [[talkies]]. A popular actor in the 1930s and 1940s, she featured in many films alongside her husband. In the Telugu film ''[[Swarga Seema]]'' (1945), she played Kalyani, a neglected homemaker. She played the eponymous role in the Kannada film ''[[Hemareddy Mallamma]]'' (1946) that dealt with the hardships faced by her character. Jayamma often playback-sang for her films too.<ref>{{cite web |title=B Jayamma |url=https://www.karnataka.com/personalities/b-jayamma |website=Karnataka.com |access-date=13 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029045808/https://www.karnataka.com/personalities/b-jayamma/ |archive-date=29 October 2020 |date=7 November 2011}}</ref>

== Filmography ==
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
! scope="col"|Year
! scope="col"|Film
! scope="col"|Role
! scope="col"|Language
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference(s)}}
|-
| 1931
!scope="row" | ''His Love Affair''
|
|
| [[Silent film]]
| style="text-align: center;" | {{sfn|Rajadhyaksha|Willemen|1998|p=114}}
|-
| 1932
!scope="row" | ''[[Hari Maya]]''
|
|
| Silent film
| style="text-align: center;" | {{sfn|Rajadhyaksha|Willemen|1998|p=114}}
|-
| 1935
!scope="row" | ''[[Sadarame]]''
| [[Draupadi]]
| [[Kannada language|Kannada]]
|
| style="text-align: center;" | {{sfn|Rajadhyaksha|Willemen|1998|p=114}}
|-
| 1938
!scope="row" | ''[[Gul-E-Bakawali (film)|Gul-E-Bakawali]]''
|
| [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]
|
| style="text-align: center;" | {{sfn|Rajadhyaksha|Willemen|1998|p=114}}
|-
| 1941
!scope="row" | ''[[Subhadra (film)|Subhadra]]''
|
| Kannada
|
| style="text-align: center;" | {{sfn|Rajadhyaksha|Willemen|1998|p=114}}
|-
| 1942
!scope="row" | ''[[Jeevana Nataka]]''
| Padma
| Kannada
|
| style="text-align: center;" | {{sfn|Rajadhyaksha|Willemen|1998|p=294}}
|-
| 1944
!scope="row" | ''[[Barthruhari]]''
| Pingala
| [[Tamil language|Tamil]]
|
| style="text-align: center;" | {{sfn|Rajadhyaksha|Willemen|1998|p=114}}
|-
| 1945
!scope="row" | ''[[Hemareddy Mallamma]]''
| Mallamma
| Kannada
|
| style="text-align: center;" | {{sfn|Rajadhyaksha|Willemen|1998|p=114}}
|-
| 1945
!scope="row" | ''[[Swarga Seema]]''
| Kalyani
| [[Telugu language|Telugu]]
|
| style="text-align: center;" | {{sfn|Rajadhyaksha|Willemen|1998|p=304}}
|-
| 1946
!scope="row" | ''[[Lavangi]]''
| [[Mumtaz Mahal]]
| Tamil
|
| style="text-align: center;" | <ref>{{cite web |last1=Guy |first1=Randor |title=Lavangi (1946) |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-columns/lavangi-1946/article4750082.ece |website=The Hindu |access-date=14 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130919093249/https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-columns/lavangi-1946/article4750082.ece |archive-date=19 September 2013 |language=en-IN |date=25 May 2013}}</ref>
|-
| 1946
!scope="row" | ''[[Thyagaiah (1946 film)|Thyagaiah]]''
| Dharmamba
| Telugu
| Credited as Gubbi Jayamma
| style="text-align: center;" | {{sfn|Rajadhyaksha|Willemen|1998|p=307}}
|-
| 1947
!scope="row" | ''[[Brahma Ratham]]''
|
| Telugu
|
| style="text-align: center;" | {{sfn|Rajadhyaksha|Willemen|1998|p=114}}
|-
| 1949
!scope="row" | ''[[Natyarani]]''
|
| Tamil
|
| style="text-align: center;" | {{sfn|Rajadhyaksha|Willemen|1998|p=114}}
|-
| 1949
!scope="row" | ''[[Mangayarkarasi]]''
|
| Tamil
|
| style="text-align: center;" | {{sfn|Rajadhyaksha|Willemen|1998|p=114}}
|-
| 1950
!scope="row" | ''[[Raja Vikrama]]''
| Prabhavathi
| Tamil
|
| style="text-align: center;" | <ref>{{cite web |last1=Guy |first1=Randor |title=Raja Vikrama (1950) |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/Raja-Vikrama-1950/article16366596.ece |website=The Hindu |access-date=14 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191213202140/https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/Raja-Vikrama-1950/article16366596.ece |archive-date=13 December 2019 |language=en-IN |date=15 April 2010}}</ref>
|-
| 1951
!scope="row" | ''[[Mantra Dandam]]''
| Yogini
| Telugu
|
| style="text-align: center;" | {{sfn|Rajadhyaksha|Willemen|1998|p=114}}
|-
| 1953
!scope="row" | ''[[Gunasagari]]''
| Gangavva
| Kannada
|
| style="text-align: center;" | {{sfn|Rajadhyaksha|Willemen|1998|p=114}}
|-
| 1953
!scope="row" | ''[[Gumastha (1953 film)|Gumastha]]''
| Seetha
| Tamil
|
| style="text-align: center;" | {{sfn|Rajadhyaksha|Willemen|1998|p=332}}
|-
| 1954
!scope="row" | ''[[Karkottai]]''
|
| Tamil
|
| style="text-align: center;" | {{sfn|Rajadhyaksha|Willemen|1998|p=114}}
|-
| 1958
!scope="row" | ''[[Anna Thangi (1958 film)|Anna Thangi]]''
|
| Kannada
|
| style="text-align: center;" | {{sfn|Rajadhyaksha|Willemen|1998|p=114}}
|-
| 1965
!scope="row" | ''Balarajana Kathe''
|
| Kannada
|
| style="text-align: center;" |
|-
| 1965
!scope="row" | ''[[Mavana Magalu]]''
|
| Kannada
|
| style="text-align: center;" | {{sfn|Rajadhyaksha|Willemen|1998|p=114}}
|-
| 1966
!scope="row" | ''[[Premamayi]]''
|
| Kannada
|
| style="text-align: center;" | {{sfn|Rajadhyaksha|Willemen|1998|p=114}}
|-
| 1967
!scope="row" | ''[[Immadi Pulikeshi (film)|Immadi Pulikeshi]]''
| Pulikeshi's mother
| Kannada
|
| style="text-align: center;" | {{sfn|Rajadhyaksha|Willemen|1998|p=114}}
|-
| 1968
!scope="row" | ''[[Anna Thamma]]''
|
| Kannada
|
| style="text-align: center;" | {{sfn|Rajadhyaksha|Willemen|1998|p=114}}
|-
| 1968
!scope="row" | ''[[Bedi Bandavalu]]''
|
| Kannada
|
| style="text-align: center;" | {{sfn|Rajadhyaksha|Willemen|1998|p=114}}
|-
| 1970
!scope="row" | ''Mukti''
| Sarojini's mother
| Kannada
|
| style="text-align: center;" | {{sfn|Rajadhyaksha|Willemen|1998|p=404}}
|-
| 1970
!scope="row" | ''[[Nanna Thamma]]''
|
| Kannada
| Cameo
| style="text-align: center;" |
|-
| 1971
!scope="row" | ''[[Sakshatkara]]''
| Thaayamma
| Kannada
|
| style="text-align: center;" | {{sfn|Rajadhyaksha|Willemen|1998|p=114}}
|-
| 1977
!scope="row" | ''Punarmilana''
|
| Kannada
|
| style="text-align: center;" |
|-
| 1980
!scope="row" | ''Mithuna''
|
| Kannada
| Special appearance
| style="text-align: center;" |
|-
| 2006
!scope="row" | ''Saavira Mettilu''
|
| Kannada
| Special appearance<br/>Posthumous release
| style="text-align: center;" |
|}

== Discography ==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! Year
! Track
! Album
! class="unsortable" |{{Tooltip|Ref(s)|Reference}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |1942
| "Suma Maale"
| rowspan="2" | ''[[Jeevana Nataka]]''
| rowspan="2" | <ref>{{cite web |title=Jeevana Naataka (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - EP by Rama Iyer & H. Seshagiri Rao |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/meenanka-roopana/1349995432 |website=iTunes |access-date=14 April 2021 |language=en-us}}</ref>
|-
| "Meenanka Roopana"
|-
| rowspan="2" |1944
| "Neere Neere Maaran"
| rowspan="2" | ''[[Barthruhari#Soundtrack|Barthruhari]]''
| rowspan="2" | <ref>{{cite web |last1=Guy |first1=Randor |title=Bharthruhari 1944 |url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/bharthruhari-1944/article3339493.ece |website=The Hindu |access-date=14 April 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170531091613/http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/bharthruhari-1944/article3339493.ece |archive-date=31 May 2017 |language=en-IN |date=21 April 2012}}</ref>
|-
| "Umaiyodu"
|-
| rowspan="2" |1945
| "Mallikaarjuna Paalisu"
| rowspan="2" | ''[[Hemareddy Mallamma#Soundtrack|Hemareddy Mallamma]]''
| rowspan="2" | <ref>{{cite web |title=Hemareddy Mallamma (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - EP by Addepalli Rama Rao & Diwakar |url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/hemareddy-mallamma-original-motion-picture-soundtrack-ep/1330413106 |website=iTunes |access-date=14 April 2021 |language=en-au}}</ref>
|-
| "Shubhadathe Gomaathe"
|-
| rowspan="4" |1945
| "Chalo Chalo Cycle"
| rowspan="4" | ''[[Swarga Seema#Songs|Swarga Seema]]''
| rowspan="4" | <ref>{{cite web |title=Swargaseema (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) by Balantrapu Rajanikanta Rao, Chittor V. Nagaiah & Ogirala Ramachandra Rao |url=https://music.apple.com/tr/album/swargaseema-original-motion-picture-soundtrack/1386074761 |website=iTunes |access-date=14 April 2021 |language=en-gb}}</ref>
|-
| "Grihame Kada Swarga Seema"
|-
| "Jo Achutananda Jojo Mukunda"
|-
| "Rara Radha Manoramana"
|-
| rowspan="3" |1946
| "Neel Kanjavizhik"
| rowspan="3" | ''[[Lavangi#Soundtrack|Lavangi]]''
| rowspan="3" |
|-
| "Aa Aa Paaduvom Ellorum"
|-
| "Aha Inre Peranantam"
|-
| rowspan="8" |1946
| "Aaragimpave"
| rowspan="8" | ''[[Thyagaiah (1946 film)#Music|Thyagaiah]]''
| rowspan="8" | <ref>{{cite web |title=Thyagiah (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) by Chittoor V. Nagaiah & J. A. Rehman |url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/raare-raare-pillalara/1383181927 |website=iTunes |access-date=14 April 2021 |language=en-au}}</ref>
|-
| "Ennadu Sevincha Ledhu"
|-
| "Ennagu Manasuku Raani"
|-
| "Jo Jo Sri Rama"
|-
| "Raare Raare Pillalara"
|-
| "Sri Kalyana Gunaathmaka Ram"
|-
| "Sri Seetha Rama Kalyanam"
|-
| "Srikaram Bainatti"
|-
| rowspan="2" |1953
| "Aadhari Jegadheeswari Amba"
| rowspan="2" | ''[[Gumastha (1953 film)#Soundtrack|Gumastha]]''
| rowspan="2" |
|-
| "Theeradha Varumaiyudan"
|-
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== Bibliography ==
* {{Cite book |last=Rajadhyaksha |first=Ashish |title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema |last2=Willemen |first2=Paul |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |year=1998 |isbn=0-19-563579-5 |orig-year=1994}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb name|0419673}}

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[[Category:Actresses in Kannada cinema]]
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[[Category:Actresses in Tamil cinema]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian actresses]]

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