- Born
- Sheela was born as Clara Abraham in a Syro-Malabar Catholic Nasrani family in Thrissur, Kerala. She made her debut in Tamil film Paasom opposite M. G. Ramachandran. Her first Malayalam movie was Bhagyajathakam opposite Sathyan. She has acted in more than 400 films.
Sheela has won the Indian National Film Award for the Best Supporting Actress for her role in the Malayalam movie Akale. She has also won three Kerala State Film Awards in the Best Actress category. She along with Prem Nazir holds the Guinness World Record for acting together as heroine and hero respectively in 107 films.- IMDb mini biography by: Mathen Payyappilly Palakkappilly
- Holds the record for the most enduring screen team along with Malayalam superstar Prem Nazir. They played opposite each other in 130 movies by 1975.
- Noted for her unforgettable cult-status role in the film Chemmeen (1965).
- Prem Nazir and Sheela share a record of working together in 130 films between 1962 to 1981.
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