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Ruby Myers
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<p>Ruby Myers (1907 – 10 October 1983), better known by her stage name Sulochana, was an <a href="/facts/Cinema_of_India/5RuW3fUU">Indian silent film</a> actress of Jewish ancestry, from the community of <a href="/facts/Baghdadi_Jews/wTVGwAWC">Baghdadi Jews</a> in India. </p><p>In her heyday she was one of the highest paid actresses of her time, when she was paired with <a href="/facts/Dinshaw_Bilimoria/WEswPfEl">Dinshaw Bilimoria</a> in Imperial Studios films. In the mid-1930 she opened Rubi Pics, a film production house. </p><p>Myers was awarded the 1973 <a href="/facts/Dada_Saheb_Phalke_Award/hocsBy8W">Dada Saheb Phalke Award</a>, India's highest award in cinema for lifetime achievement. She adopted a girl and named her Sarah Myers who after marriage was called Vijaylaxmi Shreshtha. Myers died in Mumbai in 1983. </p>