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.
Known For
Credits
- 1994 · Pergaulan Metropolis as
- 1985 · Arie Hanggara as
- 1984 · For You, I'll Give Everything as
- 1984 · The Moments You Lie on My Chest as
- 1984 · Treachery of G30S/PKI as
- 1983 · Fatima as
- 1983 · Behind the Mosquito Net as Ibu Martini
- 1983 · The Five Faces of Kadarwati as Makiko
- 1982 · Wedding 83 as
- 1982 · The White Crocodile as
- 1982 · Roro Mendut as (as Sofia)
- 1981 · Amalia, Bachelor of Law as
- 1981 · Stain on a White Gown as
- 1981 · Mystics in Bali as Old Leák Queen
- 1981 · The Queen of Black Magic as
- 1980 · Queen of the South Coast as Maryam
- 1980 · Lady in a Trap as Mrs. Prawiro
- 1979 · Yuyun, a Mental Hospital Patient as
- 1979 · Teenage Idol as
- 1979 · Yeah, Right... as
- 1979 · Antidote for Witchcraft as
- 1978 · The Temptation of the Demon Woman as Siluman
- 1977 · The Midwife: Praji Magic as
- 1977 · Badai Pasti Berlalu as
- 1977 · Greedy Appetite as Nenek
- 1977 · Christina as
- 1976 · Max Havelaar as Babu
- 1975 · Malam Pengantin as
- 1973 · The Moon on the Graveyard as
- 1973 · Lagu Untukmu as
- 1973 · The Earth Gets Hotter as
- 1973 · The Lady as
- 1971 · River of Love as
- 1970 · Romansa as
- 1970 · Samiun dan Dasima as Hayati
- 1970 · The Longest Dark as
- 1960 · Tjita-Tjita Ajah as Bu Slamet
- 1958 · Gending Sriwidjaja as
- 1957 · Biola as
- 1955 · Golden Queen as (as Sofia)
- 1954 · Kali Brantas (Melati Kali Brantas) as Sunarti
- 1954 · Djakarta di Waktu Malam as
- 1953 · Dendang Sajang as Halimah
- 1953 · Bulan Purnama as Putri Amidra