Sumitra Peries
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Gender | Female |
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Age | 90 |
Date of birth | March 24,1934 |
Zodiac sign | Aries |
Born | Sri Lanka |
Spouse | Lester James Peries |
Parents | Harriette Wickramasinghe |
Henry Gunawardena | |
Movies/Shows | Vaishnavee |
Yahaluvo | |
Sakman Maluwa | |
Sagara Jalaya Madi Handuwa Oba Handa | |
Maya | |
Ganga Addara | |
Gehenu Lamai | |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 809601 |
Sumitra Peries Life story
Sumitra Peries is the first Sri Lankan female filmmaker and is known by all as the "Poetess of Sinhala Cinema". She also held the post of Sri Lanka's ambassador to France, Spain and the United Nations in the late 1990s. Of her films the more popular ones are Gehenu Lamai, Ganga Addara and Yahaluvo.