Career
She began her singing career in 1964 from the "Nawaka Madala" song contest and became a stage actress in 1966. Her most famous play was a musical by Lushan Bulathsinhala, titled Tharavo Igilethi (Ducks fly). Composed by Gunadasa Kapuge, "Made Lagina Tharawan" from the soundtrack of the play became her most successful single.
She is also well known for her role in numerous comedic television shows and radio dramas, the most famous of which is a radio program titled "Vinoda Samaya", in which she acts alongside Annesly Dias, Berty Gunattileke and Samuel Rodrigo.
Mercy Edirisinghe was born to Grace Perera and Don Lorenzo Elvin Edirisinghe, a typesetter at the Department of Examinations. Mercy, a Catholic, was the third child in a family of nine.
The couple had no children. Her devotion to her fans was such that just after her wedding she acted in the stage drama "Muthu Kumari" at the Lumbini Theater on her way to her honeymoon.
In 1966, she first entered the world of stage drama in Welikala Ratne"s "Ugurata Hora Beheth".
She had acted in numerous other stage dramas including "Ran Kanda" and "Seelavathi". Over the years, she had built a solid reputation not only as a talented actress and singer but also as a comedian. Two years prior to her death, she underwent gynaecological surgery, and had been suffering from numerous hip/back pains since then
She died at a private hospital in Gampaha on 17 March 2014, aged 68.
Ugurata Hora Beheth Ran Kanda Seelavathi Vishwa Sundari Muthu Kumari Tharavo Igilethi Idama Dunna Dunu Gamuwe Allapu Gedara Dewlo Doni Mercy was a very popular voice in Sri Lankan radio drama. Muwanpelassa Vajira Samanala Bedda Handhiye Gedara Vinoda Samaya.
