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Somalatha Subasinghe

Kala SuriSomalatha Subasinghe (2 July 1936 – 30 May 2015 as සෝමලතා සුබසිංහ) was a Sri Lankan actress, playwright, theatre director and educator from Sri Lanka.[1] She received both the Kala Suri and the Kala Keerthi in recognition of her contribution to Sri Lankan theatre.

Biography

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Early life and education

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Somalatha Subasinghe was born in Gampaha on 2 July 1936. Her father was a principal and her mother was a teacher. She attended Musaeus College and later Buddhist Ladies College, Colombo.[2] After successfully life

Subasinghe joined the Education Department of Sri Lanka in 1962 as a graduate teacher.[3] She taught drama at Nalanda College, Colombo in the mid-1970s.[4]

Family

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In 1962, Somalatha was married to Lionel Fernando, who has acted as Sri Lanka's ambassador to Malaysia, the Netherlands and France.[2][5] They have two children, Kaushalya Fernando,[6]