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.

Most Known For

Malam Pengantin

Fatima

Wedding 83

River of Love

Behind the Mosquito Net

as Ibu Martini

The Queen of Black Magic

as Village Head's Wife

Mystics in Bali

as Old Leák Queen

Tikungan Maut

as Sofie

The White Crocodile

Queen of the South Coast

as Maryam

Greedy Appetite

as Nenek

The Midwife: Praji Magic

Pergaulan Metropolis

Treachery of G30S/PKI

Max Havelaar: or, The Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company

as Inah

Roro Mendut

as (as Sofia)

Gending Sriwidjaja

Lagu Untukmu

Biola

Lady in a Trap

as Mrs. Prawiro