Lissy (actress)

Early life and education

Lissy was born in a Syro-Malabar Catholic family as the only child to Nellikaattil Pappachan (Varkey) and Aleyamma at Pukkattupadi, Kochi. Her parents divorced when she was very young, and she was brought up by her mother. She was educated at St. Teresa’s Convent Girls' School in Kochi and at St. Teresa's College, Kochi.

Lissy was a bright student and scored excellent marks during her schooling. She started her career at the age of 15 when she was studying for pre-university degree. She had to discontinue her studies to concentrate on her career. Later, she resumed academics and earned a postgraduate degree in Psychology from Annamalai University through distance education.

Career

Her debut into films happened in the early '80s. Along with Malayalam films, Lissy also had appeared in several Tamil, and Telugu films. Lissy is most remembered for her roles in Chithram, Thalavattom, Odaruthammava Alariyam, Mutharamkunnu P.O. and Boeing Boeing. As she stated in an interview with manam magazine she was introduced to Tamil films by Kamal Haasan as his heroine in his home production, Vikram.

Personal life

After having a relationship with the reputed movie director Priyadarshan, she was married to him on 13 December 1990. After marriage, she gave up acting and adopted the name Lakshmi for religious reasons. After the birth of their son Siddharth, she converted to Hinduism from Catholicism.

Lissy filed a divorce petition on 1 December 2014 in a family court at Chennai and was divorced on 1 September 2016, after 26 years of marriage.

Filmography

Malayalam

Telugu

Tamil

Kannada

Hindi

References

References

1. "നടി ലിസി പിതാവിന്‌ 5500 രൂപ വീതം നല്‍കണം". mangalam.com.
2. "ലിസി എന്റെ മകള്‍". Mangalam Publications.
3. link. (10 April 2016 , [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7Zx2DhMVU4 2] {{Webarchive). link. (16 April 2016 , [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URpzw7Xzyck 3] {{Webarchive). link. (15 April 2016 , [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBO4_2_2pVM 4] {{Webarchive). link. (11 February 2017 , [http://www.asianetnews.tv/programmes/69-life/119-kannadi Kannadi, Asianet News] {{Webarchive). link. (14 December 2014 . Lissy talks about her schooling, her introduction into film industry in aged 15, how she met Priyadarshan, her faith and religion, her current life etc.)
4. "തല ഉയര്‍ത്തിപ്പിടിക്കാന്‍ വീടുവിട്ടിറങ്ങി". mathrubhumi.com.
5. http://manam.online/Special-Interviews/2016-JUN-30/Lissy-Open-talk {{Dead link. (March 2022)
6. (26 March 2012). "Lissy Priyadarshan, on her husband". [[The New Indian Express]].
7. (18 April 2011). "Lissy Priyadarshan-ON Record (Ep 2, Part 2)". [[Asianet News]].
8. {{cite interview. Lissy. link. Mathrubhumi Eves
9. (30 March 2016). "Priyadarshan opens up about life, love for cars and reasons for his divorce with Lissy". The News Minute.
10. (16 September 2016). "Lissy gets divorce, says it was fierce battle – ChennaiVision".
11. (2012-01-26). "'Nothing lasts forever'".