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Sofia W.D.

Sofia W.D.

Actor · 1924–1986 · Bandung, Indonesia

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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.

Acted in 36

1980s

  1. 1985

    Arie Hanggara

    Movie

  2. 1984

    For You, I'll Give Everything

    Movie

  3. Treachery of G30S/PKI

    Movie

  4. 1983

    The Five Faces of Kadarwati

    Makiko

  5. Fatima

    Movie

  6. Behind the Mosquito Net

    Ibu Martini

  7. Lara jonggrang (Candi Prambanan)

    Movie

  8. 1982

    Wedding 83

    Movie

  9. The White Crocodile

    Movie · Fantasy · Horror

  10. Roro Mendut

    (as Sofia)

  11. 1981

    The Last Train

    Movie

  12. The Queen of Black Magic

    Village Head's Wife

  13. Mystics in Bali

    Old Leák Queen

  14. 1980

    Queen of the South Coast

    Maryam

  15. Lady in a Trap

    Mrs. Prawiro

1970s

  1. 1979

    Yuyun, a Mental Hospital Patient

    Movie

  2. Teenage Idol

    Movie

  3. Antidote for Witchcraft

    Movie

  4. 1978

    The Temptation of the Demon Woman

    Siluman

  5. 1977

    Badai Pasti Berlalu

    Movie

  6. Greedy Appetite

    Nenek

  7. Christina

    Movie

  8. 1976

    Max Havelaar: or, The Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company

    Inah

  9. 1975

    Malam Pengantin

    Movie

  10. 1973

    Timang-timang Anakku Sayang

    Sofia

  11. The Moon on the Graveyard

    Sahat's Sister in Jakarta

  12. Lagu Untukmu

    Movie

  13. The Lady

    Movie

  14. The Earth Gets Hotter

    Movie

  15. 1971

    River of Love

    Movie

  16. Teenage Bride

    Movie

  17. 1970

    Samiun dan Dasima

    Hayati

  18. The Longest Dark

    Movie

1960s

  1. 1960

    Tjita-Tjita Ajah

    Bu Slamet

1950s

  1. 1955

    Golden Queen

    (as Sofia)

  2. 1953

    Bulan Purnama

    Putri Amidra

Directed 3

1970s

  1. 1974

    Fighting the Storm

    Director

  2. 1971

    Lioness from Marunda

    Director

  3. River of Love

    Director

Produced 2

1980s

  1. 1986

    Hunting the Corpse Broker

    Producer

1970s

  1. 1974

    Fighting the Storm

    Producer

Wrote 1