Firoza Begum was a Jewish Indian actress. Firoza starred in several Bollywood and Mollywood films.Template:R She was "hugely" popular in the 1920s and 1930s.Template:R Although there were many Jewish actresses at the time, she stands out along with other notables like Ruby Myers and Esther Victoria Abraham (Pramila).Template:RTemplate:RTemplate:R
She is of Bene Israel heritage. Born Susan Solomon, she used the Muslim name Firoza Begum to hide her Jewish ancestryTemplate:R (see History of the Jews in India). She was one of five famous Jewish Indian actresses featured in the documentary Shalom Bollywood: The Untold Story of Jews and Bollywood by Danny Ben-Moshe released in 2013.Template:R
Filmography
- Bewafa Qatil
- Prem Veer
- Din Raat
- Raigad
- Bhagta Bhoot
- Circus Girl
- Noor-E-Yaman (1935)
- Ansuon Ki Duniya (1936)
- Bharat Ka Lal (1936)