# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/usha-ganguly
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:54:23.834Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/usha-ganguly"
name: "Usha Ganguly"
slug: "usha-ganguly"
description: "Usha Ganguli was an Indian theatre director-actor and activist, most known for her work in Hindi theatre in Kolkata in the 1970s and 1980s. She founded Rangakarmee theatre group in 1976, known for its productions like Mahabhoj, Rudali, Court Martial, and Antaryatra. Apart from thespian Shyamanand Jalan of Padatik, she was the only other theatre director to practise Hindi theatre in Kolkata, which is largely Bengali speaking."
tagline: "Indian actress"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/95/Usha_Ganguly.jpg"
gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1945"
deathDate: "2020-04-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.541577333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm2084881"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "Usha Ganguly"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump