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Iranganie Roxanna Serasinghe
අයිරාංගනී සේරසිංහ
Born
(1927-06-21) 21 June 1927 (age 91)
Mudungomuwa, Ruwanwella, Sri Lanka

Nationality Sri Lankan
Other names Iranganie Roxanna Meedeniya
Education

  • St. Bridget's Convent

  • Bishops' College

  • Girls' High School, Kandy


  • University of Ceylon in Art[1]

Occupation Teacher(Musaeus college)
Journalist(Times, SLBC)[1]
Film, Television and Stage actress
Years active 1950-present
Spouse(s)

  • Prof. S.B. Dissanayake (Div.)

  • Winston Serasinghe

Children Ravi & Ranjit
Awards Kala Keerthi, Sri Lankan of the year

Kala Keerthi[2]Iranganie Roxanna Serasinghe (née Meedeniya) (born 21 June 1927) is a Sri Lankan actress. Since her debut in Rekava, Serasinghe has become recognized for playing motherly figures in various films and television serials.[3] She is the aunt of Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe.




Contents






  • 1 Biography


    • 1.1 Early life and education


    • 1.2 Theater and film




  • 2 National Awards


  • 3 Biography


  • 4 Filmography


    • 4.1 Film[8]


    • 4.2 Television




  • 5 References


  • 6 External links





Biography



Early life and education


Iranganie Meedeniya grew up in Moodugomuwa, near Ruwanwella in a tranquil village setting. Her early touches with nature would later lead her to become an environmental activist. While attending Bishop's College she played in several end-of-term plays; at Girls' High School, Kandy whilst pursuing a HSC; Meedeniya took a leading role in Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion.


Against her father a Rate Mahatthaya's wishes, Meedeniya entered the University of Ceylon in 1947 with the support of her cousins. He died in her first year away at a time when Marxist ideas were the norm. She immersed herself in the Ceylon theater scene while there under the guidance of Professor E. F. C. Ludowyk; she also became a proficient dancer with lessons from Chitrasena.


She eventually graduated with an Arts degree and travelled to London with letters of recommendation from Ludowyk following a marriage to Professor Dissanayake (they divorced some time later). There with the help of actresses Flora Robson and Sybil Thorndyke, Meedeniya attended Bristol Old Vic Theatre School for a year and the London School of Speech Training and Dramatic Art for two years.[4]



Theater and film


Returning to Sri Lanka, Meedeniya met up with Ludowyk and Austrian Jew director Neuman Jubal and got back into theater.The Lionel Wendt Art Centre theater portion of the center opened on 12 December 1953 with the production of Maxim Gorky's "The Lower Depths", starring Iranganie Serasinghe and produced by Neuman Jubal. Doing mainly English roles at first, she started playing in Sinhala theater in Henry Jayasena's Apata Puthe Magak Nethe and followed with roles in Damma Jagoda's Sinhala version of A Streetcar Named Desire, Ves Muhunu, and Porisadaya. The following years saw Meedeniya in constantly changing settings–teaching briefly at Musaeus College, working for The Times of Ceylon after returning from London, doing a stint at the SLBC and handling a post in the tourist trade working as a junior executive and guide of Walkers Tours and Travels (Pvt)Ltd.


Meedeniya started her career in cinema in Lester James Peries "Be Safe or Be Sorry" for the Government Film Unit . Peries subsequently cast her in his debut feature film Rekava as a mother . It has since achieved an iconic status in Sri Lanka.


In 1960 Meedeniya married Winston Serasinghe who had appeared in Rekava and some other productions with her. With the new surname, Iranganie Serasinghe achieved fame as an actress appearing in many of Peries' early works.[5]



National Awards



  • Kala Keerthi - Sri Lankan Government

  • Sri Lankan of the Year (2017) - Entertainment Distinguished Achievement - Ada Derana [6]



Biography




  • Irangani as Told to Kumar de Silva - by Kumar de Silva


  • අයිරාංගනී - Sinhala version by same author.[7]



Filmography



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Year
Show
Role
Notes
1950

Rekava (රේඛාව)
Karthina

1960

Sandesaya (සංදේශය)
Female Spy

1966

Delovak Athara (දෙලොවක් අතර)
Nissanka's mother

1967

The Yellow Dress,"Ran salu" (original title) (රන් සළු)


1969

Bakmaha Deege (බක්මහ දීගේ)
Kumarihami

1970

Thewatha(තේවත්ත)


1970

Priyanga (ප්‍රියන්ගා)


1974

The God King (ද ගෝඩ් කිං)
Varuni

1981

Sagarayak Meda (සාගරයක් මැද)


1982

Deveni Gamana (දෙවැනි ගමන)
Saman's mother

1984

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom,Hollywood (ඉන්දියානා ජෝන්ස්)
Village Woman

1984

Dadayama (දඩයම)


1984

Avurududa (අවිරැදූ දා)
Malani's Mother

1985

Adara Kathawa (ආදර කතාව)
Kanthi's mother

1990

Awaragira (අවරගිර)
Dingiri Menike

1993

Poronduwa (පොරොන්දුව)
Mrs. Rambukwella

1996

Loku Duwa (ලොකු දුව)
Punna's Mother

1998

Iqbal (Italy) (ඉක්බාල්)
Nonna

2001

Kinihiriya Mal
Sylvia

2002

Sudu Sevanali (සුදු සෙවනැලි)


2002

Mansion by the Lake (වෑකන්ද වලව්ව)
Aunt Catherine

2003

Sakman Maluwa (සක්මන් මළුව)


2003

Irasma (ඉරැස්මා)


2005

Pawana Ralu Viya (පවන රළු විය)
Mrs. Weerasinghe

2005

Sudu Kalu Saha Alu (සුදු කළු සහ අළු)
Nogo Nonna

2005

Water(වෝටර්)
Mother in Law

2007

Nisala Gira (නිසලගිර)


2007

Samaara(සමාරා)


2008

Heart FM (හාර්ට් එෆ් එම්)


2008

Rosa Kale (රෝස කැලේ)


2013

Abhinikmana
Buddhadasa's mother

2013

It's A Matter of Love[9]


2017

Paha Samath[10]


2018

Vaishnavee


2018

Kalu Hima[11]
Chunda's granny



Television





















































Year
Show
Role
1980s

Yashorawaya(යශෝරාවය)
Suduhamine
1990–1995

Doo Daruwo(දූ දරුවෝ)
Dulsey/Sudu aachchi
1988

Village by the Sea-Gamperaliya()

1996–1997

Nadayo

1997

Ammai Thaththai(අම්මයි තාත්තයි)

1999–2001

Sathpuravesiyo(සත්පුරවැසියෝ)

2008–2009

Muthu Kirilli(මුතු) කිරිල්ලී

2010–2011

Amanda (අමන්දා)
granny
2018
Thaththa (තාත්තා)
Prison officer's step mother


References





  1. ^ ab http://www.lankadeepa.lk/index.php/articles/176554


  2. ^ Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)


  3. ^ "A Shining Star striving to protect Planet Earth". Daily News(Sri Lanka). 23 May 2007..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  4. ^ "Iranganie Serasinghe: Mischievous young girl who turned a brilliant actress". Daily News (Sri Lanka). 29 April 2006.


  5. ^ "Fascinating facet of genuine original art". Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka). 16 December 2007.


  6. ^ http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=43262


  7. ^ "සිනමාවේ අද්විතීය මාතාව අයිරාංගනීගේ ජීවිත කතාව එළි දකී". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 11 March 2017.


  8. ^ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0784854/?ref_=tt_cl_t8


  9. ^ "'ඉට්ස් අ මැටර් ඔෆ් ලව්'". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 1 November 2017.


  10. ^ "Tear falling cinema about a village boy". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 26 August 2017.


  11. ^ "කළුහිම". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 24 August 2018.






External links



  • Iranganie Serasinghe's SLMDb

  • Iranganie Serasinghe's Biography in Sinhala Cinema Database


  • Iranganie Serasinghe on IMDb

  • Iranganie Serasinghe – personal website

  • National Film Corporation of Sri Lanka – official website

  • Irangani Serasinghe's childhood photographs

  • රංගන විජිතයේ කිරුළු පළන් ආදරණීය මිත්තණිය අයිරාංගනී සේරසිංහ කියයි

  • යථාර්ථවාදී රංගනයක පුරෝගාමී නිළිය




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