{"id":94279,"date":"2022-06-24T18:46:55","date_gmt":"2022-06-24T18:46:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=94279"},"modified":"2022-06-24T18:46:55","modified_gmt":"2022-06-24T18:46:55","slug":"veteran-actress-leonie-kotelawala-passes-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/veteran-actress-leonie-kotelawala-passes-away\/","title":{"rendered":"Veteran actress Leonie Kotelawala passes away"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 id=\"page-title\" class=\"title\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">Veteran actress Leonie Kotelawala passes away<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94280\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Veteran-e1656096244362.jpg\" alt=\"Veteran\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #800080;\">Source:<\/span><\/strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynews.lk\/2022\/06\/20\/local\/281241\/veteran-actress-leonie-kotelawala-passes-away\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dailynews<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Veteran actress Leonie Kotelawala passed away yesterday. She was 78.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">In 1962, she participated in a drama competition organized by the Sri Lanka Arts Council and won accolades for her role in the drama \u2018Sama\u2019. She later acted in the film produced under the same name and entered the field of cinema.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">She has acted in films like Chandali, Pipena Kumudu and Vajira.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"block-inject-1\" class=\"block-inject block-inject-1\">\n<div id=\"block-block-38\" class=\"block block-block clearfix\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1581733867833-0\" data-google-query-id=\"CI_6noLfxvgCFRT0jwodxlYNpg\">\n<div class=\"field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">She contributed to many popular teledramas such as Tara Devi, Kumarihami, Charitha Thunak Charulatha, Hiruta Muwawen and Nadayo to name a few.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span id=\"da2a_1\" class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_32 a2a_target addtoany_list\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Veteran actress Leonie Kotelawala passes away Source:Dailynews Veteran actress Leonie Kotelawala passed away yesterday. She was 78. In 1962, she participated in a drama competition organized by the Sri Lanka Arts Council and won accolades for her role in the drama \u2018Sama\u2019. She later acted in the film produced under the same name and entered [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":94280,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"aside","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[45278,45279],"class_list":{"0":"post-94279","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-aside","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-articles","8":"tag-leonie-kotelawala","9":"tag-sri-lanka-arts-council","10":"post_format-post-format-aside"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.7.1 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Veteran actress Leonie Kotelawala passes away<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Veteran actress Leonie Kotelawala passed away yesterday. 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