Vivienne de Silva Boralessa (original) (raw)

Vivienne De Silva Boralessa (Sinhala: විවියන් ද සිල්වා බොරලැස්ස) (24 November 1930 - 2 April 2017) was a Sri Lankan singer known particularly for her Buddhist devotional music. Her fame peaked in the 1950s, in what is known as Sri Lanka's 'gramophone era'. She was one of the most popular entertainers of the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s in Sri Lanka.