Rukmani Devi
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Rukmani Devi (January 15, 1923 – September 25, 1978) was a Sri Lankan singer and actress, who was often acclaimed as "The Nightingale of Sri Lanka". She made it to the silver screen via the stage and had acted in close to 100 films, at the time of her death. Having an equal passion for singing as well as a melodious voice, she was Sri Lanka's foremost female singer in the gramophone era. After her death, she was awarded the Sarasaviya 'Rana Thisara'- Life Time Achievement Award at the 1979 Saras
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Sri Lanka
- Place of birth
- Nuwara Eliya
- Place of death
- Ja-Ela
- Occupation
- actor
- Instrument
- voice
- Image
- Rukmani Devi sings.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1923-01-15
- date of death
- 1978-10-28
- cause of death
- traffic collision
- start of work period
- 1936-00-00
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