Силк Смита

Vijayalakshmi Vadlapati, better known by her stage name Silk Smitha, was an Indian film actress who worked predominantly in South Indian films. She entered the industry as an extra actress and first got noticed for her role as Silk in the 1979 Tamil film Vandichakkaram. She became a major sex symbol and the most sought-after erotic actress in the 1980s. In a career spanning 17 years, she appeared in over 450 films in Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Hindi languages. On 23 September 1996, she was found dead in her apartment in Chennai, apparently having committed suicide.