# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/cuckoo-moray
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:24:30.305Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/cuckoo-moray"
name: "Cuckoo Moray"
slug: "cuckoo-moray"
description: "Cuckoo Moray, also credited as Cuckoo or Cukoo, was an Anglo-Indian dancer and actress in Indian cinema. She is widely regarded as the first dance star of Hindi cinema and a pioneering figure in Bollywood's dance number culture. Active during the 1940s and 1950s, she was known as the \"rubber girl\" because of her tremendous flexibility and dancing ability, and commanded high fees for her performances. She was also the mentor of cabaret dancer Helen and helped pave her way into Bollywood."
tagline: "Anglo-Indian dancer and actress"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1928"
deathDate: "1981-09-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.15
  momentum:             10.78740157480315
  historical:           9.805405333333335
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0191002/"
    handle:    "nm0191002"
sources:
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    title: "کوکو مورے"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuckoo_Moray"
    title: "Cuckoo Moray"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuckoo_Moray"
    title: "Cuckoo Moray"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuckoo_Moray"
    title: "Cuckoo Moray"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuckoo_Moray"
    title: "Cuckoo Moray"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%99%E1%83%A3%E1%83%99%E1%83%A3_%E1%83%9B%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A0%E1%83%94%E1%83%98"
    title: "კუკუ მორეი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%82_%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%87"
    title: "कुकू मोरे"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%95%E0%A9%81%E0%A9%B1%E0%A8%95%E0%A9%82_%E0%A8%AE%E0%A9%8B%E0%A8%B0%E0%A9%87"
    title: "ਕੁੱਕੂ ਮੋਰੇ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%88%DA%A9%D9%88_%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%92"
    title: "کوکو مورے"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sat.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%B1%A0%E1%B1%A9%E1%B1%A0%E1%B1%A9_%E1%B1%A2%E1%B1%B3%E1%B1%A8%E1%B1%AE"
    title: "ᱠᱩᱠᱩ ᱢᱳᱨᱮ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://skr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%88%DA%A9%D9%88_%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%92"
    title: "کوکو مورے"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%82_%E0%B0%AE%E0%B1%8B%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%87"
    title: "కుక్కూ మోరే"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15930747"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2050631"
    title: "Cuckoo Moray"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump