Eddie Junior
Encyclopedia
Eddie Junior was a Sri Lankan
actor.
Junior was born in Negombo
to musician Eddie Master. In time, he joined his father's theater troupe as a composer and actor. There he met actress Pearl Vasudevi
; they married in 1940.
Junior made his film debut with Vasudevi in Sirisena Wimalaweera
's 1949 movie Amma
foregoing a fee.
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
actor.
Junior was born in Negombo
Negombo
Negombo is a town of about 121,933, approximately 37 km north of Colombo, in Sri Lanka. It is located at the mouth of the Negombo Lagoon, about 7 km from the Bandaranaike International Airport...
to musician Eddie Master. In time, he joined his father's theater troupe as a composer and actor. There he met actress Pearl Vasudevi
Pearl Vasudevi
Pearl Vasudevi was an early Sri Lankan actress.Vasudevi was born Pearl Peries in Galle on March 30, 1915 to a Burgher family. She studied at the Good Sheperd Convent in Kotahena and became interested in theatre at a young age. Vasudevi made her debut as an actress in 1930 playing the role of a...
; they married in 1940.
Junior made his film debut with Vasudevi in Sirisena Wimalaweera
Sirisena Wimalaweera
Sirisena Wimalaweera was an early Sri Lankan director. He made some of the first Sinhala films after the industry was begun by B. A. W. Jayamanne's Kadawunu Poronduwa....
's 1949 movie Amma
Amma (film)
Amma is a 1949 Sri Lankan film directed by Sirisena Wimalaweera. It was adapted from one of his plays that bore the same name. The cast included Eddie Junior, Pearl Vasudevi, D. R. Nanayakkara and N. R. Dias and was filmed at the Neptune Studio in Madras....
foregoing a fee.
Film
| Year | Film | Role | Other notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | Amma | Tilaka | film debut |
| 1960 | Suranganie | ||
| 1974 | Susie | ||
| 1975 | Sangeetha | ||
| 1978 | Kundala Keshi | ||
| 1979 | Nuwan Renu | ||
| 1980 | Raja Dawasak | ||
| 1984 | Bambara Patikki | ||
| 1984 | Kokila | ||
| 1984 | Hithawathiya | ||