[3] Third daughter Sabeetha Perera is a popular actress in Sinhala cinema, who acted in more than 70 films.
[3] As a result of Prema Tharagaya, Gunawardana was selected for S. M. Nayagam's next production Puduma Leli in 1953 along with Prem Jayanth and Nanda Leelanayake.
[3][9] She learned a lot from Sirisena Wimalaweera as her acting master during the shooting of popular film Saradiel in 1953.
[3][9] After the secret marriage, Stanley and Girley acted as lovers in the 1956 film Duppathage Dukka.
[3] After the film Duppathage Dukka, she acted in several commercially successful films such as Ganthera, Suba Sarana Sepa Sithe, Sasaraka Hati, Laa Dalu, Hathara Maha Nidhanaya, Iwasana Danaa, Davena Pipasaya, Tom Pachaya and Rasa Rahasak.
[2] In 1984, Girley acted together with her own daughter Sabeetha in the film Deweni Gamana, which marked her second journey in the cinema with an adult role for the first time.
[3] In the 1967 film Iwasana Danaa, Girley starring with her husband Stanley Perera and her daughter Sabeetha.