Rita Philomina Ratnayake was an actress in Sri Lankan cinema.
10 Facts About Rita Ratnayake
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Rita Ratnayake became very popular in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s early Sinhala cinema particularly with the role 'Daisy Attanayake' in the blockbuster Kele Handa in 1953.
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Rita Ratnayake was born in 1934 in Matale, Sri Lanka.
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Rita Ratnayake grew up in her mother's hometown of Matale and studied at St Agnes' College, Matale.
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Rita Ratnayake died on 6 November 2006 at the Jayewardenepura Hospital on the same day she received an honorary gift from the Silumina 'Rasaduna' newspaper.
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Rita Ratnayake was 72 years old at the age of demise.
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Rita Ratnayake was a die-hard fan of Rukmani Devi and watched all her movies since she was a child, wanted to see Rukmani Devi.
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Rita Ratnayake acted a lot with the fellow actor Asoka Ponnamperuma, mostly as his wife.
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Rita Ratnayake won the Best Actress award for the film Sithaka Mahima at the 2nd United Lanka Fans Society Award in 1966.
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Rita Ratnayake later appeared in the television serial Kahala Nadaya.