Nationality Sri Lankan Role Actor Name Wijeratne Warakagoda | Years active 1960 to present Ethnicity Sinhalese | |
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Born 1933 Rangama, Kurunegala, Sri Lanka Other names Rajakaruna Navaratne Atapattu Mudiyanselage Wijeratne Banda Warakagoda Education St. Anne’s College Kurunegala, Ananda College Colombo Occupation Actor, Voice Artist, Singer Spouse Chithra Warakagoda (m. 1970) Movies The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo, The Treasure Children Vindya Warakagoda, Jananath Warakagoda Similar People Lester James Peries, Premasiri Khemadasa, Dee McLachlan | ||
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Wijeratne Warakagoda is an award winning veteran Sri Lankan actor in stage, movie and tele-drama. Also he is a singer and a voice artist in Radio Ceylon which is now known as Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation.
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- Mihiri sihinayaka dewatunu original wijeratne warakagoda 1970s
- Menike hinahenawa wijeratne warakagoda
- Early life and career
- Family
- Theatre works
- Filmography
- TV
- Awards
- References
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Early life and career
On 1933, Rajakaruna Navaratne Atapattu Mudiyanselage Wijeratne Banda Warakagoda was born in a small village in Kurunegala although his father's ancestry home town was Warakagoda in Harispattuwa, Kandy. He studied at St. Anne’s College Kurunegala and ended up at Ananda College, Colombo. He joined the Sri Lanka Police Service in 1956 and I served it for eight years as a Sub Inspector. In 1960 Warakagoda was selected as an A-Grade singer in Radio Ceylon. In 1963 he acted in his first stage drama in Ajasaththa produced by Wimal Nawagamuwa. And continued acting in major stage plays of Henry Jayasena and Professor Ediriweera Sarachchandra. Warakagoda is a voice artist for the radio drama Muwan Pelessa one of the longest running Radio Dramas in the recorded history of Sri Lanka's Radio. Warakagoda served as Deputy Director General in Tower Hall Theatre Foundation until 1990.
Family
In 1970, Warakagoda got married with Chithra, who was also a co-actor in Henry Jayasena's stage play Kuveni. They had a son and a daughter; Jananath Warakagoda(musician) and Vindya(dancer).