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.
The Five Faces of Kadarwati
(Makiko)
Wedding 83
Amalia, Bachelor of Law
Yuyun, a Mental Hospital Patient
Yeah, Right...
For You, I'll Give Everything
Stain on a White Gown
Teenage Idol
The Moments You Lie on My Chest
The Queen of Black Magic
The Longest Dark
Malam Pengantin
Romansa
Samiun dan Dasima
(Hayati)
Lagu Untukmu
Tjita-Tjita Ajah
(Bu Slamet)
Pergaulan Metropolis
The Temptation of the Demon Woman
(Siluman)
The Lady
Antidote for Witchcraft
Queen of the South Coast
(Maryam)
The White Crocodile
The Midwife: Praji Magic
Roro Mendut
((as Sofia))
The Moon on the Graveyard
Max Havelaar
(Babu)
Greedy Appetite
(Nenek)
Fatima
River of Love
Golden Queen
((as Sofia))
Lady in a Trap
(Mrs. Prawiro)
Badai Pasti Berlalu
Christina
Mystics in Bali
(Old Leák Queen)
Arie Hanggara
The Earth Gets Hotter
Bulan Purnama
(Putri Amidra)
Dendang Sajang
(Halimah)
Kali Brantas (Melati Kali Brantas)
(Sunarti)
Gending Sriwidjaja
Biola
Behind the Mosquito Net
(Ibu Martini)
Djakarta di Waktu Malam
Treachery of G30S/PKI
