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.
Filmography
all 50
Movies 50
Director 4
Screenplay 1
Producer 1
Lara jonggrang (1983)
Wedding 83 (1982)
Roro Mendut (1982)
Mystics in Bali (1981)
Bukan Sandiwara (1980)
Lady in a Trap (1980)
Fighting the Storm (1974)
The Moon on the Graveyard (1973)
Pengantin Remaja (1971)
River of Love (1971)
Lioness from Marunda (1971)
Tjita-Tjita Ajah (1960)
Southern Storm (1960)
Golden Queen (1955)
Senen Raja (1954)
Dendang Sajang (1953)
Bulan Purnama (1953)
Hunting the Corpse Broker
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1924-10-12
Deathday1986-07-23 (61 years old)
Birth PlaceBandung, Indonesia
CitizenshipsIndonesia
Also Known AsSofia Waldi, Sofia Waldy, Sofia WD, Sofia, Sofia (Sofia WD)
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