Edna Kamala Yeromani (born 3 January 1946 – died 14 March 2018 as
එඩ්නා සුගතපාල)
inhala, popularly as Edna Sugathapala, 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. She is also a pianist, vocalist and astrologer. She is the only artiste in the Sri Lankan cinema who worked as a professional astrologer. She is best known for the roles in films ''Miringuwa'', ''Senehasa'' and ''Tharanaya''.
She died on 14 March 2018 while receiving treatments at Colombo
Nawaloka Hospital
Nawaloka Hospital traded as Nawaloka Hospitals PLC, was established in 1985 by Deshamanya H. K. Dharmadasa. Nawaloka Hospital is one of Sri Lanka's largest private hospitals and has created a chain of hospitals across the country. It was founded by ...
. According to her wish, the body was handed over to a Medical College.
Personal life
She was born on 3 January 1946 at Gorakana,
Panadura
Panadura ( si, පානදුර, translit=Pānadura; ta, பாணந்துறை, translit=Pāṇantuṟai) is a city in Kalutara District, Western Province in Sri Lanka. It is located approximately south of Colombo and is surrounded on a ...
.
She completed her education from
Good Shepherd Convent, Colombo __NOTOC__
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and then from
Holy Family Convent, Bambalapitiya
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. Her mother Swarna Mary Bernadeth was a film producer.
Edna married on 28 February 1973. She has one daughter, Veena.
Career
At very small age, Sugathapala acted with Late
Rukmani Devi
Daisy Rasammah Daniels, known popularly as Rukmani Devi (15 January 1923 – 28 October 1978: si, රුක්මණී දේවී) was a Sri Lankan film actress and singer, who was often acclaimed as "The Nightingale of Sri Lanka". She mad ...
for the song ''Doy Doyya Putha'' in the film ''Daiwayogaya''.
She started his acting career through the play ''Gehenu Hatana'' produced by Dick Dias in 1966.
Apart from acting, she played piano and accordion in the playback music for films ''Surayangeth Suraya'' and ''Me Desa Kumatada''.
She started musical career at the age of 6. She graduated from Trinity College London examinations in piano.
In 1978, Sugathapala released her first music album ''Veena''.
The songs were written by
Karunaratne Abeysekera
Karunaratne Abeysekera (3 June 1930 – 20 April 1983) was one of Sri Lanka's most famous Sinhala broadcasters. He was also a poet and songwriter and was widely admired for his excellent command of Sinhala.
Abeysekera wrote the lyrics to over 2, ...
and music directed by Mohamed Sally. She also involved for duets sang with
H.R. Jothipala
Hettiarachchige Reginald Jothipala ( si, එච්.ආර්. ජෝතිපාල; 12 February 1936 – 7 July 1987), popularly as H. R. Jothipala, was a Sri Lankan playback singer in the Sinhala cinema as well as a film actor. Considered as ...
. Sugathapala holds the record by being the only Sri Lankan actress to play as a professional musician in a musical orchestra in a film.
Her maiden cinematic experience came through 1966 film ''Senasuma Kothanada'' directed by K.A.W. Perera with a dance in song ''Sulan Kurullo''.
On 14 March 2015, she celebrated 50 years of artistic career by releasing CD with instrumental music titled ''Veena''.
The ceremony was held at Mahaweli Centre, Colombo. Sugathapala wrote a book ''Sugatha Chintha''.
In 2019, she returns to cinema after a break of a decade with the film ''Iskoleta Man Awa''.
She also acted in few television serials such as ''Sakura Mal'', ''Makara Vijithaya'', ''Rankira Soya'' and ''
Kindurangana''.
Filmography
References
External links
Some goodbyes are for remembering
Sri Lankan film actresses
1946 births
2018 deaths
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