Ananda Weerakoon

Ananda Weerakoon
Born 20 September 1934
ColomboSri Lanka
Nationality Sri Lanka Sri Lankan
Education Nalanda College Colombo
Known for Film Acting
Religion Buddhist

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


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