Jayasuriya Arachchige Dona Mary Yvonne Perera, better known as Sandhya Kumari (born 6 January 1945 – died 2 June 1994) was a popular Sri Lankan actress who frequently played
femme fatale roles in early Sinhala cinema.
Personal life
She was born on 6 January 1945 in Colombo. Kumari was married to Upali Perera.
Career
Kumari's first film role was in the 1963 film ''
Adata Wadiya Heta Hondai''. Starring alongside
Gamini Fonseka
Kala Keerthi Sembuge Gamini Shelton Fonseka () (21 March 1936 - 30 September 2004 as ගාමිණී ෆොන්සේකා), was a Sri Lankan film actor, film director and politician. Often considered as the Greatest Actor in the Sinha ...
, Jeevarani Kurukulasooriya, Ananda Jayaratne, Nelson Karunagama and Vijitha Mallika, Kumari gained fame with the performance. She then appeared as the heroine in the tale of fisher folk, ''
Dheewarayo'', released in 1964. In 1965, she acted in ''Allapu Gedera''.
Her other films include "Patachara",''Ipadunay Aiye?'', ''Ran Rasa'', ''Sura Chowraya'' (1967), ''
Akka Nago'', ''
Amathikama'', ''
Ataweni Pudumaya
''Ataweni Pudumaya'' is a 1968 Sri Lankan film directed by S. Mastan and produced by K. Gunaratnam. The film stars Joe Abeywickrama and Sandhya Kumari in lead roles whereas Clarice de Silva, Senadheera Rupasinghe and Thalatha Gunasekara made ...
'', ''
Bicycle Hora'', ''Hangi Hora'', ''Pini Bindu'' (1968), ''Kawda Hari'', ''Sooraygeth Sooraya'' (1969; which featured a fight sequence between her and
Sonia Dissanayake) and ''Sakuntala'' (1977).
Filmography
References
External links
Sandhya Kumari's Biography in Sinhala Cinema Database*
1945 births
1994 deaths
Sri Lankan film actresses
20th-century Sri Lankan actresses
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