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 52
Movies 52
Director 4
Screenplay 1
Producer 1
Lara jonggrang (1983)
Wedding 83 (1982)
The White Crocodile (1982)
Roro Mendut (1982)
Mystics in Bali (1981)
Bukan Sandiwara (1980)
Lady in a Trap (1980)
Badai Pasti Berlalu (1977)
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 For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1924-10-12
Deathday
1986-07-22 (61 years old)
Birth Place
Bandung, Indonesia
Citizenships
Indonesia
Also Known As
Sofia Waldi, Sofia Waldy, Sofia WD, Sofia, Sofia (Sofia WD)
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