Jyotsna Bhole, a Marathi actress was born in the year 1914. Her birthplace was Goa. She was trained as a Hindustani or Indian classical vocalist and started a career as a concert artist at the age of 13. When her husband, music director Keshavrao Bhole, co-founded the theatre company Natyamanwantar Ltd in 1933, she acted in their productions. She was the first Marathi actress to come from a respectable family background. She created the innocent heroine in their inaugural Andhalyanchishala i.e. "School for the Blind" in 1933. After Natyamanwantar folded up, she joined M. G. Rangnekar`s Natyaniketan in 1941 and played the lead in his Kulavadhu i.e. "Family Bride" in 1942, of a film actress who walks out on her husband. She became one of the most respected singer-actresses in Marathi theatre, retiring in the 1960s. She also wrote a few plays and an autobiography.
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