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Jul 01, 1929 Kalutara, Western Province, Sri Lanka Died on 11 May 2009 (aged 79)

Sri Lankan actress

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About Shanthi Lekha

  • Rita Irene Quyn (July 1, 1929 – May 11, 2009), better known as Shanthi Lekha, was a Sri Lankan Film actress.
  • She played the role of mother in more films than any other actress in Sinhala cinema. Lekha was born in Kalutara on July 1, 1929.
  • She received her stage name from her first husband Shanthi Viraj.
  • They had first met while she was attending Holy Family Convent in Kalutara and starred in composer D.
  • T.
  • Fernando's play Shantha Prabha (1942).
  • She subsequently made a mark as a dancer in plays starring Dommie Jayawardena and Nona Subeda.With Jayawardena, Lekha had her first film role in Sujatha (1953).
  • Wearing a bathing suit, she danced along with Jayawardena to the song "Pem Rella Nagi." The role came with a payment of Rs.
  • 500 and a contract prohibiting her from doing films for other production companies.
  • The producer K.
  • Gunaratnam would subsequently offer her roles in Warada Kageda, Radala Piliruwa and Dostara.Lekha first played a mother in Sandesaya (1960).
  • She would play this role in over 350 films.Lekha won Best Supporting Actress Awards at the Sarasaviya Film Festival for Gamini Fonseka's Parasathu Mal (1968) and Mudalinayaka Somaratne's Binaramali (1969).
  • She also won Presidential Awards for Mayurige Kathawa and Ridi Nimnaya.Shanthi Lekha, the oldest and renowned actress of Sri Lankan cinema, died in France May 11, 2009.

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