Vijayasree was born to Vasu Pillai and Vijayamma, from Manacaud, Thiruvanathapuram. Her first appearance onscreen was the Tamil film Chitthi. Her first film in Malayalam was Poojapushpam directed by the patriarch Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair. She ended up being a part of 3 of the 6 movies Thikkurissy directed in his prolific season as a director.She also got to share screen space with the leading lady of the times, Sheela in her debut movie itself. was a Malayalam film actress and sex symbol from India in the 1970s. She acted in many movies opposite Prem Nazir and also acted in Tamil, Hindi and Telugu. She passed away in 17 March 1974