Irving Thalberg as a Chinese peasant, she was required to act totally subservient to her husband, being perpetually huddled in submission, and barely spoke a word of dialogue during the entire film. Rainer recalls that Mayer did not approve of the film being produced or her part in it: "He was horrified at Irving Thalberg's insistence for me to play O-lan, the poor uncomely little Chinese peasant." However, she again won the Oscar for Best Actress, becoming the first actress to win two consecutive Oscars, a feat not matched until Katharine Hepburn's two Oscar wins thirty years later. Besides bringing a distinctive
Sujatha (actress) Ajith Kumar's Grandmother. "Varalaru" (2006) was her last film. While undergoing treatment for a heart ailment, Sujatha died of cardiac arrest in Chennai on 6 April 2011. Sujatha (actress) Sujatha (10 December 1952 – 6 April 2011) was an Indian actress who performed in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Hindi films, and was best known for restraint and subtlety in portrayal of varied emotions. Sujatha was introduced to the Tamil film industry by veteran director K. Balachander as a protagonist in "Aval Oru Thodar Kathai" (1974). She paired with Kamal Haasan in many of her films. She also acted with