1. Kala Suri Somalatha Subasinghe was a Sri Lankan actress, playwright, theatre director and educator from Sri Lanka.
14 Facts About Somalatha Subasinghe
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Somalatha Subasinghe received both the Kala Suri and the Kala Keerthi in recognition of her contribution to Sri Lankan theatre.
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Somalatha Subasinghe was born in Gampaha on 2 July 1936.
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Somalatha Subasinghe's father was a principal and her mother was a teacher.
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Somalatha Subasinghe attended Musaeus College and later Buddhist Ladies College, Colombo.
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Somalatha Subasinghe taught drama at Nalanda College, Colombo in the mid-1970s.
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In 1962, Somalatha Subasinghe was married to Lionel Fernando, who was Sri Lanka's ambassador to Malaysia, the Netherlands and France.
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Somalatha Subasinghe died on 30 May 2015 in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
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Somalatha Subasinghe founded the Lanka Children's and Youth Theatre Foundation in 1981.
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Somalatha Subasinghe acted in films including Viragaya, Madol Duwa, Mahagedera, Thilaka Saha Thilaka, Me Mage Sandai, Sudu Kaluwara and Siribo Aiya.
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Somalatha Subasinghe acted in several television dramas including Ella Langa Walawwa, Gamperaliya and Suba Anagathayak.
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Somalatha Subasinghe won Best Director and Best Translated Production awards for the stage play Yadam and the Best Director award for the play Antigone, at State Drama Festivals.
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Somalatha Subasinghe has been recognised with the national Kala Suri award.
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Somalatha Subasinghe was given the Kala Keerthi awards for her contribution to theatre on 15 November 2005.