She was 98 and is survived by son Sandip Ray who is a well-known Bengali film director.
Long suffering from a lung-related illness, Bijoya was admitted to super-speciality hospital Belle Vue clinic on the evening of June 1 with acute pneumonia.
After her condition deteriorated, she was put on ventilation support.
"Doctors tried their best to save her life, but she passed away at around 6 pm," Belle Vue CEO Dr P Tandon said.
Born in 1917, Bijoya got married on October 20, 1948.
She had acted in a few films and had penned her days with her famous husband in an autobiography Amader Katha which was later translated into English as Manik and I.
Her husband, the Oscar-winning master director, best known for the Apu trilogy, had died in April, 1992.
Hearing the news, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee went to the hospital and offered her condolence to the
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