Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1924-10-12
Day of Death
1986-07-23
Place of Birth
Bandung, Indonesia
Sofia W.D.
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 (51)
Arie Hanggara
1985
For You, I'll Give Everything
1984The Moments You Lie on My Chest
1984
Treachery of G30S/PKI
1984
The Five Faces of Kadarwati
1983
Fatima
1983
Behind the Mosquito Net
1983
Lara jonggrang (Candi Prambanan)
1983
Wedding 83
1982
The White Crocodile
1982
Roro Mendut
1982Amalia, Bachelor of Law
1981Stain on a White Gown
1981
The Last Train
1981
