Kumari Thankam was born on June 13, 1933 in India. She was an actress, known for Manthravadi (1956), C.I.D (1955) and Atmasakhi (1953). She died on March 8, 2011 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
She was a lead actress during the late 1950s and 1960s in Malayalam.
She was also considered for the main role of the first CID ( Crime Investigation Department) genre film named as 'CID' (1955) itself, and this was a directional debut of M. Krishnan Nair.
She was undoubtedly the charming and beautiful actress who ruled the heart of audiences during 50's.
Actress Sreelatha Namboothiri was her niece.
She has acted as the heroine of Sathyan and Premnaseer and has also acted in the Tamil films Nalvar and Meri Magdala.