Zeba

Born

1945-09-06

Birthplace

Ambala, Punjab, British India [now Haryana, India]

Biography

Shaheen Bano (born September 10, 1945), professionally known as Zeba, is a retired Pakistani actress whose works predominantly consist of Urdu films. Often billed among the top stars of the Pakistani film industry in the 1960s and the early 1970s, she appeared in numerous commercially successful as well as critically appreciated films and enjoyed a career that spanned almost three decades. She retired and distanced herself from the industry in 1981 and was given the Hilal-i-Imtiaz, the second-highest civilian honour, by the Pakistani government for her contribution in the field of cinema in 2016.