Kanchana is a noted Telugu actress of the 1960s and 1970s. She acted in Tamil movies too.
Kanchana was working as a Air Hostess before she entered the film industry.
She was introduced to film by director Sridhar. Subsequently she acted in over 150 Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi movies. In 2005, she was presented with the MGR award and in 2007 the ANR Swarna Kankanam award.
