Bulathsinhalage Hubert de Silva (12 March 1926 – 3 November 1982 as
එඩී ජූනියර්)
inhala, popularly known by his stage name Eddie Junior, was an
actor
An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...
in
Sri Lankan cinema and theater as well as a music composer and singer.
Personal life
Junior was born on 12 March 1926 in
Negombo
Negombo (, ), also known as Punchi Romaya (Little Rome), is a major city in Sri Lanka, situated on the west coast and at the mouth of the Negombo Lagoon, in the Western Province, Sri Lanka, Western Province, from Colombo via the E03 expressway ...
. His father Eddie de Silva, who was popularly known as Eddie Master was a renowned music composer. In time, he joined his father's theater troupe as a composer and actor. There he met actress
Pearl Vasudevi; they married in 1940.
The couple has one daughter, Sujeewa Lalee. Sujeewa also acted in a few films including maiden acting in ''Sithijaya''. Vasudevi died on 19 June 1987 at the age of 72 following a brief illness.
Cinema career
Junior started his acting career with stage dramas conducted by
Sirisena Wimalaweera. In his plays, Junior provided both music and singing. One of the most popular theater song "Gowe Ganu Paradai" sung by Junior came in ''Samudra Devi'' stage drama.
After becoming a cinema actor, he was the music director of the 1949 film ''Amma'' whose music was composed by N. Pandurangan. He appeared as one of Pandurajan's supporting musicians with the name B.S. H. De Silva.
In the same film, Junior made his film debut with his wife Vasudevi.
They continued to act together in many popular films of the era, including, ''Surangani'', ''Ran Rasa'', ''Pancha'' and ''Me Desa Kumatada''.
Filmography
References
External links
තරු ජෝඩු
{{DEFAULTSORT:Junior, Eddie
1982 deaths
Sri Lankan male film actors
1926 births