Sofia W.D.
Acting
Born 1924-10-12 · Bandung, Indonesia
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
The White Crocodile
1982 · Movie
Lady in a Trap
1980 · Movie
The Longest Dark
1970 · Movie
Roro Mendut
1982 · Movie
Badai Pasti Berlalu
1977 · Movie
Behind the Mosquito Net
1983 · Movie
The Queen of Black Magic
1981 · Movie
The Five Faces of Kadarwati
1983 · Movie
Treachery of G30S/PKI
1984 · Movie
Max Havelaar: or, The Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company
1976 · Movie
The Temptation of the Demon Woman
1978 · Movie
Mystics in Bali
1981 · Movie
Fatima
1983 · Movie
The Moon on the Graveyard
1973 · Movie
Lara jonggrang (Candi Prambanan)
1983 · Movie
Christina
1977 · Movie
Queen of the South Coast
1980 · Movie
Arie Hanggara
1985 · Movie
The Lady
1973 · Movie
The Last Train
1981 · Movie
Wedding 83
1982 · Movie
River of Love
1971 · Movie
Tjita-Tjita Ajah
1960 · Movie
For You, I'll Give Everything
1984 · Movie
Malam Pengantin
1975 · Movie
The Earth Gets Hotter
1973 · Movie
Greedy Appetite
1977 · Movie
Lagu Untukmu
1973 · Movie
Golden Queen
1955 · Movie
Yuyun, a Mental Hospital Patient
1979 · Movie
Teenage Bride
1971 · Movie
Timang-timang Anakku Sayang
1973 · Movie
Bulan Purnama
1953 · Movie