Pearl Wasudevi

Biography

Personal life

Vasudevi was born as Pearl Peters in Galle on March 30, 1915 to a Burgher family. She studied at the Good Shepherd Convent, Colombo and became interested in theater at a young age.

She was married to fellow actor Eddie Junior. The couple has one daughter, Sujeewa Lalee. Sujeewa also acted in few films including maiden acting in Sithijaya. Vasudevi died 19 June 1987 at the age of 72 following a brief illness.

Cinema career

Vasudevi made her debut as an actress in 1930 playing the role of a princess in the play Aparikshakari Nadu Theenduwa at the age of 15. With her fluency in English, she also secured a leading role in an adaption of Merchant of Venice.[4] Vasudevi joined Eddie Master's troupe shortly after acting in the role of Seetha in Ramayanaya. The dramatist's son Eddie Junior composed the music for the play. Through their work together, Pearl and Eddie Junior would fall in love and got married in 1940.[4] She also served as a Radio Ceylon singer at Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC).

Vasudevi made her film debut with husband Eddie Junior in Sirisena Wimalaweera's 1949 movie Amma.[5] She would subsequently appear in over 150 films including Sithijaya with her daughter Sujeewa Lalee.

As a Cast

#	Film No	Year	Film	Role	Director
1	6	1949	Amma අම්මා	Main Actress	Sirisena Wimalaweera
2	26	1955	Suranganie සුරංගනී	Actress	Cyril P. Abeyratne, K.Wembu
3	32	1955	Podi Putha පොඩි පුතා	Actress	Sirisena Wimalaweera
4	96	1964	Kala Kala De Pala Pala De කල කල දේ පල පල දේ	Actress	Shanthi Kumar Seneviratne
5	124	1965	Sekaya සැකය	Actress	E. Rathnam
6	131	1966	Mahadena Muththa මහදැන මුත්තා	Actress	Robin Tampoe
7	144	1966	Sanasili Suvaya සැනසිලි සුවය	Actress	Robin Tampoe
8	161	1967	Ranrasa රන්රස	Actress	P. Ratnam
9	168	1968	Pinibindu පිනිබිඳු	Actress	Chula Palagolla
10	176	1968	Bicycle Hora බයිසිකල් හොරා	Actress	K.A.W. Perera
11	178	1968	Amathikama ඇමතිකම	Actress	Kithsiri Nihal Jayasinghe
12	199	1969	Pick Pocket පික්පොකට්	Actress	Robin Tampoe
13	200	1969	Uthum Sthri උතුම් ස්ත්‍රි	Actress	K. Venkat
14	201	1969	Pravesam Vanna ප්‍රවේසම්වන්න	Actress	M.S. Anandan
15	213	1970	Thevatha තෙවන	Actress	Titus Totawatte
16	224	1971	Dewena Pipasaya දැවෙන පිපාසය	Actress	Thimothy Weerarathna
17	227	1971	Kathuru Muwath කතුරු මුවාත්	Actress	K.A.W. Perera
18	228	1971	Hathara Denama Surayo හතර දෙනාම සූරයෝ	Actress	Neil Rupasinghe
19	231	1971	Seeye Nottuwa සීයේ නෝට්ටුව	Actress	K.A.W. Perera
20	240	1972	Sithijaya ක්ෂිතිජය	Actress	Sarathchandra Herath
21	241	1972	Edath Suraya Adath Suraya එදත් සූරයා අදත් සූරයා	Actress	Lenin Morais
22	249	1972	Lokuma Hinawa ලොකුම හිනාව	Actor	K.A.W. Perera
23	256	1973	Mathara Achchi මාතර ආච්චි	Actress	Sathischandra Edirisinghe
24	257	1973	Aparadaya saha Daduwama අපරාධය සහ දඬුවම	Actress	K.A.W. Perera
25	272	1974	Dinum Kanuwa දිනුම් කණුව	Actress	Ranjith Perera
26	276	1974	Hadawath Naththo හදවත් නැත්තෝ	Actor	Subayar Makeem
27	279	1974	Shanthi ශාන්ති	Actress	Vilfrad Silva
28	281	1974	Susi සුසී	Actress	Sena Samarasinghe
29	282	1977	Chandi Putha චන්ඩි පුතා	Actress	-
30	286	1974	Sahayata Dani සහයට ඩැනී	Actress	Yasapalitha Nanayakkara
31	291	1974	Rodi Gama රොඩී ගම	Actress	B.S. Perera
32	299	1975	Tharanga තරංගා	Actress	Vimal Waidyasekara
33	303	1975	Siril Malli සිරිල් මල්ලි	Actor	Joe Micheal
34	306	1975	Lassana Kella ලස්සන කෙල්ල	Actress	Neil Rupasinghe
35	307	1975	Kokilayo කෝකිලයෝ	Actor	Tissa Hewawitharana
36	310	1975	Rajagedara Paraviyo රජගෙදර පරවියෝ	Actress	Sathischandra Edirisinghe, W.A.B. De Silva
37	318	1975	Sangeetha සංගීතා	Actress	Thimothy Weerarathna
38	337	1976	Hariyata Hari හරියට හරි	Actress	William Holmes
39	338	1976	Hulavali හුලවාලී	Actress	W.A.B. De Silva
40	339	1976	Onna Maame Kella Panapi ඔන්න මාමේ කෙල්ල පැනපි	Actress	Lenin Morais
41	344	1976	Adarei Man Adarei ආදරෙයි මං ආදරෙයි	Actress	Lenin Morais
42	359	1977	Honda Hitha හොඳ හිත	Actress	Danny Mariyadasan
43	364	1977	Ege Adara Kathawa ඇගේ ආදර කතාව	Actress	Yasapalitha Nanayakkara
44	370	1978	Sithaka Suwanda සිතක සුවඳ	Actress	S.V. Chandran
45	376	1978	Maduwanthi මධුවන්තී	Actress	Milton Jayawardhana
46	379	1978	Hitha Mithura හිත මිතුරා	Actress	Lenin Morais
47	381	1978	Sara සරා	Actress	T. Arjuna
48	382	1978	Kundala Keshi කුණ්ඩල කේශී	Actress	Wimalanath Dissanayaka
49	386	1978	Sally සැලි	Actress	Cyril P. Abeyratne
50	391	1978	Kumara Kumariyo කුමර කුමරියෝ	Actress	Sudas Maskorala
51	396	1979	Samanmalee සමන්මලී	Actress	Dayananda Jayawardena
52	401	1979	Amal Biso අමල් බිසෝ	Actress	Neil Rupasinghe
53	403	1979	Palagatiyo පළගැටියෝ	Actress	Wasantha Obeysekara
54	420	1979	Podi Malli පොඩි මල්ලි	Actress	Sunil Ariyaratne
55	421	1979	Nuwan Renu නුවන් රේණු	Actress	Milton Jayawardhana
56	422	1979	Handaya හඳයා	Actress	Titus Totawatte
57	423	1979	Visihathara Peya විසිහතර පැය	Actress	Densil P.Abewardana
58	432	1980	Anuhasa අනුහස	Actress	H.E. Jayasinghe
59	446	1980	Raja Dawasak රජ දවසක්	Actor	Thimothy Weerarathna
60	457	1981	Kolamkarayo කෝලම්කාරයෝ	Actor	Sunil Ariyaratne, Tissa Nagodavithana
61	459	1981	Thavalama තවලම	Actor	Lal Perera
62	499	1982	Bycikale බයිසිකලේ	Actor	Danny W. Pathirana
63	509	1982	Jeevithayen Jeevithayak ජීවිතයෙන් ජීවිතයක්	Actor	Sunil Ariyaratne
64	520	1982	Chathu Madhura චතු මධුර	Actress	Somapala Lanarole
65	541	1983	Chandi Siriya චන්ඩි සිරියා	Actress	Rohini Jayakodi
66	577	1984	Bambara Patikki බඹර පැටික්කී	Actress	Somapala Leelananda
67	591	1984	Sahodariyakage Kathava සහෝදරියකගේ කතාව	Actor	Ashoka Dharmarathna
68	593	1984	Ara Soysa ඇර සොයිසා	Actor	Herbert Ranjith Peiris
69	626	1986	Peralikarayo පෙරළිකාරයෝ	Actress	Dinesh Priyasad
70	638	1987	Yugayen Yugayata යුගයෙන් යුගයට	Actress	Lenin Morais
71	639	1987	Hitha Honda Chandiya හිත හොඳ චන්ඩියා	Actress	Ranjith Siriwardhana
72	648	1987	Nommara Ekai නොම්මර එකයි	Actress	Dinesh Priyasad
73	665	1988	Newatha Api Ekwemu නැවත අපි එක්වෙමු	Actress	Anura De Silva, Milton Jayawardhana
74	675	1989	Varadata Daduvam වරදට දඬුවම්	Actress	Dinesh Priyasad

Film No	Year	Film	Song	Role
6	1949	Amma අම්මා Sinhala	Jeevitha yathraජීවිත යාත්‍	Vocalists

Husband Eddie Junior එඩි ජුනියර් 1940-1982

Summary

Biography

Awards

National Awards

As a Cast