Chandra Kankanamage Kaluarachchi (April 6, 1943 – November 1, 2019), popularly known as Chandra Kaluarachchi, was an
actress
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a Character (arts), character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek ...
in
Sri Lankan cinema, theater and television. Kaluarachchi is best known for performances in ''Welikathara'' (1971), ''Ira Madiyama'' (2003) and ''Nisala Gira'' (2007).
Personal life
Chandra Kaluarachchi was born on 6 April 1943 and grew up in
Narahenpita
Narahenpita is a municipal ward of Colombo. Located at the South-Eastern corner and served by the Kelani Valley Railway Line
The Kelani Valley railway line in Sri Lanka, covering the breadth of Colombo District. The line is owned, maintained, ...
, near Colombo.
She died on 1 November 2019 at the age of 76. She was married to musician and actor Lakshman Wijesekara. They had one daughter: Ama and one son: Vihanga.
Career
In the meantime the program named Lamapitiya was encouraged to pursue acting in radio. After leaving college she played the leading role in several Sri Lankan stage productions such as ''Wahalak Neti Geyak'' produced by dramatist Premaranjit Tilakaratne. It got recognition at the State Drama Festival 1964, where she won the Best Actress Award.
Chandra Kaluarachchi played a grandmother in the S. Karunaratne play ''Erabadu Mal Pottu Pipila'' in 1967.
Dayananda Gunawardena's ''Gajaman Puwatha'', first in the genre of "docudrama", which he introduced to the Sinhala stage on 14 October 1975.
Since her debut role as a 19-year-old woman in ''Raththaran putha'' by Arnold Wickramasuriya in 1962,
Chandra was recognized for playing motherly and other figures on stage, film, radio and television serials.
Theatergraphy
Radiography
Filmography
References
External links
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1943 births
2019 deaths
20th-century Sri Lankan actresses
Radio actresses
Sinhalese actresses
Sri Lankan film actresses
Sri Lankan stage actresses
Sri Lankan television actresses