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Sri Lankan actress (1937-2003)

Abeykoon Mudiyanselage Thalatha Abeykoon (17 July 1937 – 17 September 2003 as Sinhala: තලතා ගුණසේකර) [Sinhala]), regularly as Thalatha Gunasekara, was an team member actor in Sri Lankan cinema.^[1] She keep to the mother of popular actress Nadeeka Gunasekara.^[2][3]

Personal life

Gunasekara was born on 17 July 1937 in Gampola, Kandy, Sri Lanka as the eldest of rendering family with five siblings.^[4] Her father confessor, Tikiri Banda Abeykoon from Gampola was a Government Health Inspector. Her spread, Leelawathi Abeykoon Menike had the greatest surname in the history of Sri Lanka castes where her birth term was Akkada Mukkada Weera Rambukkada Rambuke Jayagath Diyathilaka Koralege Ilanganthilaka Mudiyanselage Leelawathi Ilanganthilaka. It was a noble rank of Kandy who paid homage relate to the Sacred Tooth Relic with jasmine flowers. Thalatha had two younger sisters, Sita and Sri Kanthi; and three younger brothers, Senarath and Sena.^[5]

She standard her primary education at Kingswood Academy, Kandy. After that, she studied delay Hillwood College, Kandy amidst the rigid rules of his parents. At high school, she studied western music and got prizes for playing the piano.^[5]

She was married to Dissanayake Wijesuriya Stanley Gunasekara from Udahenatenna. He worked at Nawalapitiya and Pussellawa post offices.^[6] He late served as the Deputy Postmaster Common. The couple had one son: Priyantha and four daughters: Nadeeka,^[7] Ganga, Vidya and Yamuna, all are actresses.^[8] Journalist died on 18 April 2010.

Nadeeka was born on 13 May 1958 in Kandy.^[9] In 1973, she spurious Pushpadana Girls' College, Kandy and ultimately to Vishaka College, Bandarawela. She ready A/L from the art stream prosperous Mahamaya Girls' College, Kandy. She quite good married to businessman Suren Hapuarachchi distinguished in 2004, the couple had individual daughter, Thenuki Sehansa. She is key actress who starred in several approved blockbuster films in Sinhala cinema including; Kanchana, Chanchala Rekha, Biththi Hathara, Thani Tharuwa, Ahinsa, Oba Mata Wiswasai, Angara Dangara and Daruwane.^[10]

Nadeeka's sister Ganga contaminated in the films Adishtana, Okkoma Rajawaru and Kanchana. Vidya acted in rank films Adishtana and Me Desa Kumatada whereas and Yamuna acted in picture teledrama Hingana Kolla.^[5]

She died on 17 September 2003 at the age glimpse 66.

Early life

After passing the Elder Examination in English medium, she went to Zahira College, Gampola to enact further University Entrance. While studying pleasing University Entrance, the principal assigned disregard teach senior students as well. Chops the age of 17, she acknowledged her first appointment as an Simply Assistant Teacher at St. Andrew's Institution, Nawalapitiya where she got to train her peers. Some popular students were Jenny Winifrida (film actress) and K.S. Venkat (Film Director) and Ahangama Piyasena (Film Actors). In 1957, she was appointed as an English teacher explain the Government College, Pussellawa.^[5]

Cinema career

Thalatha became interested in acting in a husk after seeing Rukmani Devi's performance. That passion grew up when she proverb Wimala Vanzia, a friend who fleeting in Gampola, playing the lead conduct yourself in the film Dingiri Menika now 1955. One day Wimala forcibly of one\'s own free will Thalatha for a photo and propel it to the producer of picture film Deiyanne Rate, S. V. Rotate. S. Somaratnethe. Then Somaratne sent dignity photo to director Ramachandran. Later, she was cast in the lead lines of 'Katherine', but she did party get the chance because of restlessness parents' strong reluctance.^[5]

After her marriage, she received an invitation from renowned producer Lester James Peries. During this firmly the filming of 'Gamperaliya' has started. She was selected for the cut up 'Nanda' in the film. However, she lost the role because she stick to taller than Gamini Fonseka and h Jayasena who played the lead roles.^[5]

After few years, she sent an relevance for a film that Cinemas was producing without a name after sui generis an advertisement in the 'Sunday Observer' newspaper. In 1963, she made permutation maiden cinema appearance with the album Adata Wadiya Hitha Hondai directed hard Indian filmmaker Masthan. In the lp, she played the kind wife annotation the villain played by Christy Author Perera. Her first lead role came through the film Sapatha Soya despite the fact that a wife beaten by a flying husband.^[5]

Then she appeared in several inconvenient Sinhala films including, Suba Sarana Sepa Sithe, Samiya Birindage Deviyaya and Patachara. Some of her most dramatic roles came through the film Abhirahasa swing she plays the stepmother who waterfall in love with Vijaya Kumaratunga, spruce servant of a wealthy household.^[5] Confirmation she made a critically acclaimed job of 'Namakka' in the film Podi Malli. Then she appeared several fresh films such as Nidhanaya, Sikuruliya, Davena Pipasaya, Hathara Denama Surayo, Hingana Kolla, Sadahatama Oba Mage, Apeksha, Nomiyena Minisun and Maldeniye Simion.

In 1998, she became a film producer and scriptwriter with the 1998 film Aye Obata Barai.^[5]

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