Madhur Jaffrey

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Madhur Jaffrey

Born	August 13, 1933 (1933-08-13) (age 74) Delhi, British India

Madhur Jaffrey (Hindi: मधुर जाफरी madhur jāphrī; born August 13, 1933) is an Indian actress, who has also found fame as a food writer, introducing the Western world to the many cuisines of India.

1 Biography
2 References
3 External links

[edit] Biography

[edit] Personal life

She was born in Delhi, British India and was educated at Miranda House (Delhi) and in England. Originally Madhur Bahadur, she obtained her stage name when she married Indian actor Saeed Jaffrey, though they divorced in 1965. They have three daughters, Meera, Zia and Sakina Jaffrey. Madhur Jaffrey has long been married to the violinist Sanford Allen.

[edit] Merchant Ivory films

Madhur Jaffrey is said to have been responsible for introducing James Ivory and Ismail Merchant. Jaffrey appeared in a number of their earlier films: Shakespeare Wallah (1965, won Berlin Film Festival's Best Actress), The Guru (1969), Autobiography of a Princess, (1976) and Heat and Dust (1983) directed by Ivory. And also The Perfect Murder (1988) and Merchant's Cotton Mary (1999, title role).

[edit] Other films and TV

She has made guest appearances in Six Degrees of Separation (1993) with Stockard Channing (Le Divorce), Mary Beth Hurt (Slaves of New York) and Vanya on 42nd Street (1994) with Julianne Moore (Surviving Picasso), Larry Pine (Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures), Wallace Shawn (The Bostonians). She guest-starred in the Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episode "Name" as a psychiatrist, and in the Law & Order: Criminal Intent episode "The Healer" as a lecturer. She also acted in the Hindi film Saagar where she played the role of Rishi Kapoor's grandmother.

[edit] Broadway

In 2004, Jaffrey appeared in Bombay Dreams on Broadway where she played the main character's grandmother (Shanti).^[1]

[edit] Cooking

As well as acting, Jaffrey is the noted author of cookbooks of Indian, Asian, and world vegetarian cuisines, many of which have become bestsellers. She had her first cookery series on BBC television in 1989. She popularized authentic Indian home cooking. Jaffrey lives in the UK and the U.S.