
Ruby de Mel
Known for
Acting
Born
December 4, 1917
Died
November 8, 2004 (aged 86)
Biography
Ruby Jasmine de Mel was a popular Sri Lankan actress. She often played bullying motherly characters. de Mel was born in Moratuwa to an anglicized Sinhala family and attended Princess of Wales College, Moratuwa and Newstead Balika, Negombo. She was an announcer for Radio Ceylon at its inception. de Mel broke into acting with a role in the theatrical play Handahana directed by T. B. Ilangaratne. This performance drew the attention of leading playwright and filmmaker B. A. W. Jayamanne who asked her to play a part in his film Mathabedaya to be shot in India. Under the pretense of a vacation with friends, de Mel travelled to India and made her film debut in the film under the alias Vinodha Rasan...
Best known work
Filmography
1991
1984
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doomas Village Woman
1978
Bambaru Awithas Helen's Mother
1975
1960
Kawata Andareas Consort




