Farida Arriany
Farida Arriany | |
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Born | Frieda Thenu 24 November 1938 |
Died | 15 October 1977 Jakarta, Indonesia | (aged 38)
Nationality | Indonesian |
Occupation | Actress, singer |
Frieda Thenu (24 November 1938 – 15 October 1977), better known by the stage name Farida Arriany, was an Indonesian actress and singer.
Biography[]
Farida Arriany was born Frieda Thenu in Bandung, West Java, on 24 November 1938. She completed a junior high school education.[1]
She made her feature film debut in 1955, taking the role of Sari in Golden Arrow's Kasih Ibu (A Mother's Love).[1][2] She was credited as Farida Shagniarty in this film, only taking the stage name Farida Arriany some time later.[1] She appeared in eighteen further films in the following six years. These included the role of Atikah in Air Mata Ibu (A Mother's Tears, 1957),[2] a remake of the 1941 film of the same name;[3] Lastri in (My Dear Child, 1957),[2] for which she won Best Leading Actress at the 1960 Indonesian Film Week; and a role in Pedjuang (Warriors for Freedom, 1961),[1] which was screened in competition at the 2nd Moscow International Film Festival in 1961.[4]
In the early 1960s, Arriany established her own film company, the Farida Arriany Film Corporation. JB Kristanto's Indonesian film catalogue lists the company as only producing a single film, CinemaScope.[5] In his encyclopedia of film figures, however, Misbach Yusa Biran writes that the company completed two films, as well as Road to Bali (1968), a collaborative project with Japan.[1]
(We Wake Tomorrow, 1963); this was the first Indonesian film shot withDuring the mid-1960s Arriany was inactive from film acting. She made her return in 1969, taking two roles that year: as a singer in Sjumandjaja's (What Are You Seeking, Palupi?) and in Wim Umboh's Laki-Laki Tak Bernama (Man Without a Name). Over the next eight years she took numerous supporting roles, including in Lewat Tengah Malam (After Midnight, 1971), Salah Asuhan (Wrong Upbringing, 1972), and Menanti Kelahiran (Awaiting Birth, 1977).[1][2]
Personal life[]
Arriany was an active promoter of tourism. She was also involved in an organisation supporting older actors. In 1975 she was appointed Second Treasurer for the [1]
. Her term would have ended in 1978, but Arriany died in Jakarta on 15 October 1977.Filmography[]
During her twenty-two-year career, Arriany appeared in more than forty films.[2]
- (1955)
- (1955)
- (1955)
- (1956)
- (1956)
- Air Mata Ibu (1957)
- (1957)
- (1957)
- (1958)
- (1958)
- (1958)
- (1958)
- Laki-laki Tak Bernama (1969)
- (1969)
- (1960)
- (1960)
- Pedjuang (1960)
- (1960)
- (1961)
- (1961)
- (1961)
- (1970)
- (1970)
- (1970)
- Lewat Tengah Malam (1971)
- (1971)
- (1971)
- (1971)
- (1972)
- Salah Asuhan (1972)
- (1973)
- (1973)
- (1973)
- (1974)
- (1974)
- (1975)
- (1975)
- (1976)
- (1977)
- (1977)
- (1977)
References[]
Footnotes[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g Biran 1979, p. 174.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e filmindonesia.or.id, Filmography.
- ^ Filmindonesia.or.id, Air Mata Ibu.
- ^ MIFF.
- ^ Kristanto 2007, p. 64.
Works cited[]
- "1961 year". moscowfilmfestival.ru. Moscow International Film Festival. Archived from the original on 28 August 2016. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
- "Air Mata Ibu". filmindonesia.or.id (in Indonesian). Jakarta: Konfiden Foundation. Archived from the original on 19 May 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
- Biran, Misbach Yusa, ed. (1979). Apa Siapa Orang Film Indonesia 1926–1978 [What and Who: Film Figures in Indonesia, 1926–1978]. Jakarta: Sinematek Indonesia. OCLC 6655859.
- "Filmografi Frieda Thenu" [Frieda Thenu Filmography]. filmindonesia.or.id (in Indonesian). Konfiden Foundation. Archived from the original on 25 June 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
- Kristanto, JB, ed. (2007). Katalog Film Indonesia 1926–2007. Jakarta: Nalar. ISBN 978-979-26-9006-4.
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