- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- October 12, 1924
- Place of Birth
- Bandung, Indonesia
- Died
- July 23, 1986
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.
Filmography
movieHunting the Corpse Broker
1986 · Producer
movieArie Hanggara
1985
movieFor You, I'll Give Everything
1984
The Moments You Lie on My Chest
movieThe Moments You Lie on My Chest
1984
movieTreachery of G30S/PKI
1984
movieThe Five Faces of Kadarwati
1983 · Makiko
movieFatima
1983
movieBehind the Mosquito Net
1983 · Ibu Martini
movieLara jonggrang (Candi Prambanan)
1983
movieWedding 83
1982
movieThe White Crocodile
1982
movieRoro Mendut
1982 · (as Sofia)
Amalia, Bachelor of Law
movieAmalia, Bachelor of Law
1981
Stain on a White Gown
movieStain on a White Gown
1981
movieThe Last Train
1981
movieThe Queen of Black Magic
1981 · Village Head's Wife
movieMystics in Bali
1981 · Old Leák Queen
movieQueen of the South Coast
1980 · Maryam
movieLady in a Trap
1980 · Mrs. Prawiro
movieYuyun, a Mental Hospital Patient
1979
movieTeenage Idol
1979
Yeah, Right...
movieYeah, Right...
1979
Antidote for Witchcraft
movieAntidote for Witchcraft
1979
movieThe Temptation of the Demon Woman
1978 · Siluman
movieBadai Pasti Berlalu
1977
The Midwife: Praji Magic
movieThe Midwife: Praji Magic
1977
movieGreedy Appetite
1977 · Nenek
movieChristina
1977
movieMax Havelaar: or, The Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company
1976 · Inah
movieMalam Pengantin
1975
movieFighting the Storm
1974 · Director, Producer
Hatiku dalam Hatimu
movieHatiku dalam Hatimu
1973
movieTimang-timang Anakku Sayang
1973 · Sofia
movieThe Moon on the Graveyard
1973
movieLagu Untukmu
1973
movieThe Lady
1973
movieThe Earth Gets Hotter
1973
movieRiver of Love
1971 · , Director
movieTeenage Bride
1971
movieLioness from Marunda
1971 · Director
Romansa
movieRomansa
1970
Samiun dan Dasima
movieSamiun dan Dasima
1970 · Hayati
Si Bego Menumpas Kutjing Hitam
movieSi Bego Menumpas Kutjing Hitam
1970 · Screenplay, Producer
movieThe Longest Dark
1970
Tikungan Maut
movieTikungan Maut
1966 · Sofie
Dilereng Gunung Kawi
movieDilereng Gunung Kawi
1961
Badja Membara (Nila Meulila)
movieBadja Membara (Nila Meulila)
1961 · Istri Budiman
movieTjita-Tjita Ajah
1960 · Bu Slamet
Southern Storm
movieSouthern Storm
1960 · Director
Gending Sriwidjaja
movieGending Sriwidjaja
1958
Biola
movieBiola
1957
movieGolden Queen
1955 · (as Sofia)
movieSenen Raja
1954 · Screenplay
Kali Brantas (Melati Kali Brantas)
movieKali Brantas (Melati Kali Brantas)
1954 · Sunarti
Djakarta di Waktu Malam
movieDjakarta di Waktu Malam
1954 · , Story
Dendang Sajang
movieDendang Sajang
1953 · Halimah
movieBulan Purnama
1953 · Putri Amidra