Name
Sofia W.D.
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1924-10-12
Deathday
1986-07-23 (62 years old)
Place of Birth
Bandung, Indonesia
Biography
During the Japanese occupation, she attended Andjar Asmara's theater school. In 1948, she made her film debut in Air Mata Mengalir di Tjitaroem, using the name Sofia Waldy. After a divorce from first husband S. Waldy, she married actor W.D. Mochtar and began professionally using the name Sofia W.D., starting in 1964. Not just an award-winning actress of both stage and screen who appeared in well over 100 films, Sofia also became one of Indonesia's first female directors with 1962's Badai-Selatan ("Southern Storm"), a horror tale that was nominated for the Golden Berlin Bear Award at the Berlin International Film Festival. She produced, wrote and even operated the camera on a number of films, and was the director of the production companies Film Capital, Libra Film and Dirgahayu Jaya Film over the course of her busy and prolific career.
Known For
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An anthropologist named Cathy travels to Bali with her lover to conduct research on black ...
An idealistic Dutch colonial officer posted to Indonesia in the 19th century is cohvinced ...
- 1983 The Five Faces of Kadarwati as Makiko
- 1982 Wedding 83
- 1981 Amalia, Bachelor of Law
- 1979 Yuyun, a Mental Hospital Patient
- 1979 Yeah, Right...
- 1984 For You, I'll Give Everything
- 1981 Stain on a White Gown
- 1979 Teenage Idol
- 1984 The Moments You Lie on My Chest
- 1981 The Queen of Black Magic as Village Head's Wife
- 1970 The Longest Dark
- 1975 Malam Pengantin
- 1970 Romansa
- 1970 Samiun dan Dasima as Hayati
- 1973 Lagu Untukmu
- 1960 Tjita-Tjita Ajah as Bu Slamet
- 1978 The Temptation of the Demon Woman as Siluman
- 1973 The Lady
- 1979 Antidote for Witchcraft
- 1980 Queen of the South Coast as Maryam
- 1982 The White Crocodile
- 1977 The Midwife: Praji Magic
- 1982 Roro Mendut as (as Sofia)
- 1973 The Moon on the Graveyard
- 1976 Max Havelaar: or, The Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company as Inah
- 1977 Greedy Appetite as Nenek
- 1983 Fatima
- 1971 River of Love
- 1955 Golden Queen as (as Sofia)
- 1980 Lady in a Trap as Mrs. Prawiro
- 1977 Badai Pasti Berlalu
- 1977 Christina
- 1981 Mystics in Bali as Old Leák Queen
- 1985 Arie Hanggara
- 1973 The Earth Gets Hotter
- 1953 Bulan Purnama as Putri Amidra
- 1953 Dendang Sajang as Halimah
- 1954 Kali Brantas (Melati Kali Brantas) as Sunarti
- 1958 Gending Sriwidjaja
- 1957 Biola
- 1983 Behind the Mosquito Net as Ibu Martini
- 1954 Djakarta di Waktu Malam
- 1984 Treachery of G30S/PKI
- 1966 Tikungan Maut as Sofie
- 1981 The Last Train
- 1973 Hatiku dalam Hatimu
- 1973 Timang-timang Anakku Sayang as Sofia
- 1961 Badja Membara (Nila Meulila) as Istri Budiman
- 1961 Dilereng Gunung Kawi
- 1983 Lara jonggrang (Candi Prambanan)
- 1971 Teenage Bride
