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词条 Ananda Weerakoon
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  1. Life and career

  2. General references

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}}Ananda Weerakoon (Sinhala:ආනන්ද වීරකෝන්) was one of the most handsome Sri Lankan film actors in the 1950s.[1]

Life and career

Early life

Ananda was born as only son in a family of five children to parents Don William Weerakoon and Amarawathi Kalansuriya. He was educated at Nalanda College Colombo and was also a Bachelor of Arts degree holder. Since school days he had been keenly interested in history and arts. He first participated in a dance to welcome the Queen Elizabeth II's visit to Ceylon together with Shesha Palihakkara and Titus Thotawatte at the Colombo Regal Hall.[2]

Film acting

He first started acting in a film as a young boy called "Harry" in one of the films directed by Sirisena Wimalaweera. Later on Ananda had been acting in many films directed by Sirisena Wimalaweera such as Asoka (1955 film) and Lester James Peries's Rekava film.[3][4]

Stay in England

In 1960, Ananda moved to the United Kingdom and since then he worked as an Insuarance agent in London for 29 years.[5]

General references

1. ^Theatre, his forte
2. ^පටාචාරා අත හැරියා - සේපාලි අමතක කළා
3. ^Rekava
4. ^Ananda Weerakoon
5. ^Kataragama Festival He’ll light up your life - Part II
  • {{cite web|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/110410/Plus/plus_01.html

|title=So much to look back on
|date=April 10, 2011
|publisher=Sunday Times
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  • {{cite web|url=http://www.ft.lk/2014/04/05/a-silver-line-after-five-decades/

|title=A silver line after five decades
|date=2014-04-05
|publisher=ft.lk
|accessdate=}}
  • {{cite web|url=http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2013/10/happy-bday-enchanting-duchess-of.html

|title=Happy B'day Enchanting Duchess of ‘Rekhawa’ – Mallika Pilapitiya!
|date=October 7, 2013
|publisher=srilankaguardian.org
|accessdate=}}
  • {{cite web

|url = http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2006/12/17/imp04.asp
|title = Fifty Years after Rekava...: Rekava - The Line of Density (1956)
|date = 2006-12-17
|publisher = Sunday Observer
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  • {{cite web|url=http://archives.dailynews.lk/2006/05/03/art01.asp

|title=An actor who shuns screen image
|date=2006-05-03
|publisher=Dailynews
|accessdate=}}{{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Weerakoon, Ananda}}

6 : Sinhalese people|Sri Lankan male film actors|Sri Lankan Buddhists|Alumni of Nalanda College, Colombo|1934 births|Living people

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