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Sofia W.D.
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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,…
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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.
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Sofia W.D.'s Filmography
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Arie Hanggara
For You, I'll Give Everything
No Poster
The Moments You Lie on My Chest
Treachery of G30S/PKI
Fatima
Behind the Mosquito Net
as Ibu Martini
Lara jonggrang (Candi Prambanan)
The Five Faces of Kadarwati
as Makiko
Wedding 83
The White Crocodile
Roro Mendut
as (as Sofia)
No Poster
Amalia, Bachelor of Law
No Poster
Stain on a White Gown
The Last Train
Mystics in Bali
as Old Leák Queen
The Queen of Black Magic
as Village Head's Wife
Queen of the South Coast
as Maryam
Lady in a Trap
as Mrs. Prawiro
Yuyun, a Mental Hospital Patient
Teenage Idol
No Poster
Yeah, Right...
No Poster
Antidote for Witchcraft
The Temptation of the Demon Woman
as Siluman
Badai Pasti Berlalu
Greedy Appetite
as Nenek
No Poster
The Midwife: Praji Magic
Christina
Max Havelaar: or, The Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company
as Inah
Malam Pengantin
No Poster
Ratapan dan Rintihan
as Mak Zaenab
No Poster
Hatiku dalam Hatimu
Timang-timang Anakku Sayang
as Sofia
The Moon on the Graveyard
as Sahat's Sister in Jakarta
Lagu Untukmu
The Earth Gets Hotter
The Lady
River of Love
Teenage Bride
No Poster
Romansa
Samiun dan Dasima
as Hayati
The Longest Dark
No Poster
Tikungan Maut
as Sofie
No Poster
Dilereng Gunung Kawi
No Poster
Badja Membara (Nila Meulila)
as Istri Budiman
Tjita-Tjita Ajah
as Bu Slamet
No Poster
Gending Sriwidjaja
No Poster
Biola
Golden Queen
as (as Sofia)
No Poster
Kali Brantas (Melati Kali Brantas)
as Sunarti
No Poster
Djakarta di Waktu Malam
No Poster
Dendang Sajang
as Halimah
Bulan Purnama
as Putri Amidra