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Sofia W.D.

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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Born:
Oct 12, 1924 In Bandung, Indonesia
Movie/TV Credits:
43
First Appeared:
In the movie Bulan Purnama 1953-02-04
Latest Project:
Movie Pergaulan Metropolis 1994-05-12
Known For
Filmography
Movie Pergaulan Metropolis 1994-05-12
Movie Arie Hanggara 1985-04-15
Movie Treachery of G30S/PKI 1984-11-01
Movie For You, I'll Give Everything 1984-12-27
Movie The Five Faces of Kadarwati Makiko 1983-01-01
Movie Behind the Mosquito Net Ibu Martini 1983-01-01
Movie Fatima 1983-01-01
Movie Roro Mendut (as Sofia) 1982-01-02
Movie The White Crocodile 1982-02-01
Movie Wedding 83 1982-12-30
Movie Mystics in Bali Old Leák Queen 1981-01-01
Movie The Queen of Black Magic 1981-01-01
Movie Stain on a White Gown 1981-05-07
Movie Amalia, Bachelor of Law 1981-12-31
Movie Queen of the South Coast Maryam 1980-01-01
Movie Lady in a Trap Mrs. Prawiro 1980-01-01
Movie Antidote for Witchcraft 1979-01-01
Movie Yeah, Right... 1979-03-01
Movie Teenage Idol 1979-11-01
Movie Yuyun, a Mental Hospital Patient 1979-12-27
Movie The Temptation of the Demon Woman Siluman 1978-03-31
Movie The Midwife: Praji Magic 1977-01-01
Movie Greedy Appetite Nenek 1977-01-01
Movie Badai Pasti Berlalu 1977-01-01
Movie Christina 1977-01-01
Movie Max Havelaar Babu 1976-09-09
Movie Malam Pengantin 1975-05-08
Movie The Earth Gets Hotter 1973-01-01
Movie The Lady 1973-01-01
Movie Lagu Untukmu 1973-03-22
Movie The Moon on the Graveyard 1973-03-31
Movie River of Love 1971-01-01
Movie The Longest Dark 1970-01-01
Movie Samiun dan Dasima Hayati 1970-05-05
Movie Romansa 1970-08-04
Movie Tjita-Tjita Ajah Bu Slamet 1960-03-08
Movie Gending Sriwidjaja 1958-03-23
Movie Biola 1957-08-12
Movie Golden Queen (as Sofia) 1955-01-01
Movie Kali Brantas (Melati Kali Brantas) Sunarti 1954-10-15
Movie Djakarta di Waktu Malam 1954-07-06
Movie Bulan Purnama Putri Amidra 1953-02-04
Movie Dendang Sajang Halimah 1953-10-14