Durga Bai was born in 1879 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. She was an actress, known for Babanchi Bayko (1927) and Gulami Janjir (1931). She was married to Raghunath Gokhle. She died on May 17, 1997 in Pune, Maharashtra, India.
Grandmother of stage/film/TV actor Vikram Gokhle (Vikram Gokhale).
Her daughter Kamlabai Gokhale, was the first female child actress of Indian cinema; as she and her mother Durga Bai (the first adult female actress of Indian cinema) both debut in Mohini Bhasmasur (1913).