Sumitra Peries, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Sumitra Peries

Sri Lankan film director and diplomat

Date of Birth: 24-Mar-1935

Place of Birth: Avissawella, Sri Lanka

Profession: diplomat, film director

Nationality: Sri Lanka

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Sumitra Peries

  • Sumitra Peries (born 24 March 1934) 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.

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