Denipitiya Vithanage Sumana Amarasinghe was an actress in Sri Lankan cinema and television.
14 Facts About Sumana Amarasinghe
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Sumana Amarasinghe worked as an assistant director, production manager, costume designer and as a producer.
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Sumana Amarasinghe was the only actress to contribute to the production, singing, co-directing, and co-editing of Sri Lankan cinema.
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Sumana Amarasinghe first went to the Mount Lavinia Buddhist Girls' College and later to Kalubowila Buddhaghosha Maha Vidyalaya.
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Sumana Amarasinghe was married to Roy de Silva, who was a renowned actor and director.
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Sumana Amarasinghe met de Silva during the 1969 film Hathara Peraliya.
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Sumana Amarasinghe's remains were buried on 2 July 2018 at Borella Cemetery.
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In 2014, Sumana Amarasinghe was admitted to the hospital due to sudden illness.
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Sumana Amarasinghe worked at her own beauty shop, Salon Sumana.
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Sumana Amarasinghe died on 5 June 2022 at the age of 74 while receiving treatment at the Sri Jayewardenepura Hospital due to a sudden illness.
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Sumana Amarasinghe contested the beauty pageant "Lassana Muhuna", while she was in school times and won the title.
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Sumana Amarasinghe's father allowed Sumana to go only for that movie due to Ruby de Mel.
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Sumana Amarasinghe acted in a few films with her real husband, which made a cult in Sinhala cinema.
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Sumana Amarasinghe excelled in her artistic career and was one of the pioneers in founding the corporation "Hela Nalu Nili Coalition" in 1969 and fought for the establishment of a state corporation for the film industry for the manifesto of Sirimavo Bandaranaike's policies in the 1970 general election.