date children birth_place nationality birth_date article_title name occupation
25 june 1927 roy jayawardena ambalangoda sri lanka sri lanka sri lankan 25 june 1927 dommie jayawardena
 dommie jayawardena film actor , singer
dommie jayawardena

dommie jayawardena -lrb- 1927 -- 1979 -rrb- was a sri lankan actor and singer .
he achieved fame playing villainous roles .
jayawardena was born in ambalangoda on june 25 , 1927 .
he first appeared on the silver screen in `` sujatha '' -lrb- 1953 -rrb- as the womanizer wickie .
jayawardena would go on to make over 50 films .
`` samiya birinda deviya '' featured one of his rare sympathetic performances .
jayawardena directed two films , `` daru duka '' and `` singapore charlie '' .
he died on december 28 , 1979 .
jayawardena 's son roy was also an actor .
he died in 2002 .
a dommie jayawardena commemoration day was held at the john de silva memorial hall colombo on january 8 , 2000 .
