
In 1950, she song Malse Dileva for a feature program in SLBC. Due to the huge fan demand, she performed a series of successful concerts titled Jeevana Vila Meda in 2012. Īfter his son's death, she left Sri Lanka for America in 1992. Since his death, Aththanayaka quit from singing and start to wear white sarees. Her second son Captain Chanaka Sanjeewa died on Septemin Pooneryn during Eelam War II. The couple has three sons - Hely Sajeewa, Chanaka, Samin.

She met Navaratne at the State College of Music. She is married to Navaratne Aththanayaka. Her sister Ranjani Perera is a renowned dance teacher and younger brother Susil Perera is a popular comedian and a musician. She started education in 1947 from Wedamulla Maha Vidyalaya, Kelaniya.

Her mother Gertrude Margaret Wolboff aka Vimala Kantha was a tower hall actress and singer. Her father Mudunkotuwa Munasinghe Arachchige Dharmadasa Perera was a police sergeant. She was born on in Kelaniya as the third of the family with five siblings.
