Padmini dead

Padmini, perhaps the greatest overactress in Tamil cinema, is dead. She was ___.

I am sure that would never be a lead line in any obit. But it would certainly be the truest.
I wasn't a big fan. I could hardly stand her. I hated her even more when she appeared in interviews some five years ago and interviewers would go "How come you haven't changed in 30 years?" Comeon guys, gimme a break.