Veteran actress Jayanthi passed away on Monday in Bengaluru due to age-related ailments. She was 76. She made her full-fledged acting debut with the Kannada movie Jenu Goodu in 1963 and has more than 500 movies to her credit as an actor in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam film industries. She is one of the rare actors in the down South to feature in the films of major superstars. She has acted in over 30 films with acting great Dr Rajkumar in Kannada. She portrayed major characters in notable number of movies, which were led by actors NT Ramarao, MG Ramachandra, Raj Kumar and Rajinikanth, etc.
