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Sumitra Peries is the first Sri Lankan female filmmaker and is known by all as the "Poetess of Sinhala Cinema". She also held the post of Sri Lanka's ambassador to France, Spain and the United Nations in the late 1990s. Of her films the more popular ones are Gehenu Lamai, Ganga Addara and Yahaluvo. She is married to the most prolific Sri Lankan film director Dr. Lester James Peries.
Birth Name
Sumitra Gunawardena
Born
Saturday, 24 March 1934
Died
Thursday, 19 January 2023
Director Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Mother Alone | 1997 |
| Loku Duwa | 1994 |
| Ganga Addara | 1980 |
| The Girls | 1978 |
