Sofia W.D.
Known for: Acting
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
Film
The White Crocodile
1982
Djakarta di Waktu Malam
1954
Film
Mystics in Bali
Old Leák Queen
1981
Tikungan Maut
Sofie
1966
Film
Golden Queen
(as Sofia)
1955
Film
Greedy Appetite
Nenek
1977
Film
Wedding 83
1982
Biola
1957
Dendang Sajang
Halimah
1953
Film
River of Love
1971
Film
Bulan Purnama
Putri Amidra
1953
Film
Malam Pengantin
1975
Film
Lagu Untukmu
1973
Film
The Earth Gets Hotter
1973
Film
Treachery of G30S/PKI
1984
The Midwife: Praji Magic
1977
Film
The Temptation of the Demon Woman
Siluman
1978
Film
The Queen of Black Magic
Village Head's Wife
1981
Dilereng Gunung Kawi
1961
Film
Roro Mendut
(as Sofia)
1982
Gending Sriwidjaja
1958
Film
Timang-timang Anakku Sayang
Sofia
1973
Kali Brantas (Melati Kali Brantas)
Sunarti
1954
Antidote for Witchcraft
1979
Film
Teenage Bride
1971
Film
The Longest Dark
1970
Film
Fatima
1983
Badja Membara (Nila Meulila)
Istri Budiman
1961
Samiun dan Dasima
Hayati
1970
Film
The Last Train
1981
Film
Yuyun, a Mental Hospital Patient
1979
Film
Badai Pasti Berlalu
1977
Film
For You, I'll Give Everything
1984
Film
Behind the Mosquito Net
Ibu Martini
1983
Yeah, Right...
1979
Hatiku dalam Hatimu
1973
Film
Queen of the South Coast
Maryam
1980
The Moments You Lie on My Chest
1984
Film
Max Havelaar: or, The Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company
Inah
1976
Film
The Moon on the Graveyard
1973
Film
Lady in a Trap
Mrs. Prawiro
1980
Film
Arie Hanggara
1985
Film
Lara jonggrang (Candi Prambanan)
1983
Film
Teenage Idol
1979
Film
The Five Faces of Kadarwati
Makiko
1983
Film
Christina
1977
Film
The Lady
1973
Amalia, Bachelor of Law
1981
Stain on a White Gown
1981
Romansa
1970
Film
Tjita-Tjita Ajah
Bu Slamet
1960