Veteran actress Miyuri Samarasinghe has passed away today.
She was born on 15 March 1939 in Moratuwa. She first attended to Holy Rosary Catholic School, Moratuwa and then went to Musaeus College.
She started drama career with the stage play Aluth Dawasak produced by Weikala Rathne. Then she received many opportunities for acting in stage plays such as Ran Kanda, Umathusan Warusawa, Bammanno, Uruvisi, Hitha Honda Ammandi, Nattukkarayo, Nekatha, Othello, Sivamma Dhanapala, Lora and Nawasiya Anu Nawaya.
She has acted in over 300 stage plays and produced and directed 10 plays.
In 1981, she won the Award for Best Actress at Presidential Festival for the play Nawasiya Anu Nawaya. At the same year, her production Hima Kurullo received four awards at the Golden Design Awards for Best Actor, Actress, Script and Production. In 1983, she written and directed the short drama Loka Dekak Athara, where she won the Best actress award. Then she directed the play ''Parasakwala Peyak. It also won awards for the Best Actress and Best Production.
She entered television dramas with the New Year teledrama Erabadu Mal directed by Bandula Vithanage. After that she appeared in many motherly roles in over 500 tele serials such as Irata Handana Mal, Ira Paya, Ganga saha Nissanka, Sannaliyane, Nedeyo, Sihina Nimnaya, Sura Asura, Damini, Passe Gena Manamali and Sudo Sudu.
She was also awarded the actress who acted in the most number of teledramas. She won Presidential Awards for Best Performance in 1976 and then Best Actress Award for drama Kemmura in 2002.
As she passed the 50th anniversary of her drama career, she wrote her life story and published a book titled Kala Lowe Mama Ipadunemi.
She as directed and produced nine stage dramas - Loka Dekak Athara, Parasakwala Peyak, Ammai Puthai, Hima Kurullo, Paara, Anna Karonina, Sapatheru Hamine, Abarthuwak, Miyuri Rangamala - and produced one play Muthu Aete.
She has awarded the honorary title of Maanava Hithavadee Keerthi Sri Veeraputra Deshabandu in June, 2019 for the service towards drama in Sri Lanka
Veteran singer Dayan Vitarana had added a special note to her official Facebook account regarding her demise.
She was born on 15 March 1939 in Moratuwa. She first attended to Holy Rosary Catholic School, Moratuwa and then went to Musaeus College.
She started drama career with the stage play Aluth Dawasak produced by Weikala Rathne. Then she received many opportunities for acting in stage plays such as Ran Kanda, Umathusan Warusawa, Bammanno, Uruvisi, Hitha Honda Ammandi, Nattukkarayo, Nekatha, Othello, Sivamma Dhanapala, Lora and Nawasiya Anu Nawaya.
She has acted in over 300 stage plays and produced and directed 10 plays.
In 1981, she won the Award for Best Actress at Presidential Festival for the play Nawasiya Anu Nawaya. At the same year, her production Hima Kurullo received four awards at the Golden Design Awards for Best Actor, Actress, Script and Production. In 1983, she written and directed the short drama Loka Dekak Athara, where she won the Best actress award. Then she directed the play ''Parasakwala Peyak. It also won awards for the Best Actress and Best Production.
She entered television dramas with the New Year teledrama Erabadu Mal directed by Bandula Vithanage. After that she appeared in many motherly roles in over 500 tele serials such as Irata Handana Mal, Ira Paya, Ganga saha Nissanka, Sannaliyane, Nedeyo, Sihina Nimnaya, Sura Asura, Damini, Passe Gena Manamali and Sudo Sudu.
She was also awarded the actress who acted in the most number of teledramas. She won Presidential Awards for Best Performance in 1976 and then Best Actress Award for drama Kemmura in 2002.
As she passed the 50th anniversary of her drama career, she wrote her life story and published a book titled Kala Lowe Mama Ipadunemi.
She as directed and produced nine stage dramas - Loka Dekak Athara, Parasakwala Peyak, Ammai Puthai, Hima Kurullo, Paara, Anna Karonina, Sapatheru Hamine, Abarthuwak, Miyuri Rangamala - and produced one play Muthu Aete.
She has awarded the honorary title of Maanava Hithavadee Keerthi Sri Veeraputra Deshabandu in June, 2019 for the service towards drama in Sri Lanka
Veteran singer Dayan Vitarana had added a special note to her official Facebook account regarding her demise.
