Sumitra Peries
(1935-2023)
Sri Lankan film director and diplomat
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Kala Keerthi Sumitra Peries (24 March 1935 – 19 January 2023) was a Sri Lankan filmmaker. She was the first female film director from Sri Lanka, and was known 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 was married to the most prolific Sri Lankan film director Dr. Lester James Peries.
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24 March 1935 Avissawella , Sri Lanka
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19 January 2023 (aged 87)
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