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- Fiona Mollison was born on 9 January 1954 in Java, East Indies. She is an actress, known for The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015), Strangers (1978) and As Time Goes By (1992).
- Eric Beekes was born on 15 May 1949 in Soerabaja, East Java, Dutch East Indies. He was an actor, known for Goede tijden, slechte tijden (1990), Spetters (1980) and Lily Was Here (1989). He died on 10 June 2024 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.
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A prominent German film actress born on 30 September 1887 at Madiven, Java, the daughter of a forest ranger in the service of the Dutch authorities. Sent at the age of ten to Baden-Baden to study, she later entered the cinema thanks to her marriage in 1917 to the actor Fritz Dagover who was 25 years her senior. They divorced in 1919 but not before he had introduced her to director Robert Wiene and other notables of German cinema. She made her screen debut in Fritz Lang's Harakiri (1919). Immediately after she appeared in Wiene's classic expressionist film, "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" (aka The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)). Apart from three trips -- one to Sweden in 1927, another to France in 1928-9 and one to Hollywood in 1931 -- most of Lil Dagover's career and fate was linked to that of the German cinema, where her role was usually that of the frail, menaced heroine. She continued to star in a great number of films during the Nazi era. Among her best performances were her roles in Congress Dances (1931), in Gerhard Lamprecht's The Higher Command (1935) and in Veit Harlan's The Kreutzer Sonata (1937). She also acted in the Deutsches Theatre Berlin, the Salzburg Festival, at forces shows and at war theaters. At one time, she was reported to have been a close friend of Adolf Hitler. In 1944, she received the War Merits Cross. Dagover continued her career in post-war Germany, playing many supporting parts until the late 1970s.- Actor
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Born in Indonesia to Cantonese parents, Lo migrated to Hong Kong in his teens, where he attended acting school and in 1962 joined the Shaw Bros. film company. By 1969 he had become the first kungfu superstar, preceding the legendary Bruce Lee. He acted in more than 100 films, usually cast as villains, then turned to directing in the 1980s. For over a decade ending in 1999, Lo was involved in television work in Hong Kong, until failing health forced him into semi-retirement.- Erika Remberg was born on 15 February 1932 in Medan, Oostkust van Sumatra, Dutch East Indies [now Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia]. She was an actress, known for Sehnsucht hat mich verführt (1958), Saturday Night Out (1964) and So viel nackte Zärtlichkeit (1968). She was married to Sidney Hayers, Gustavo Rojo and Walther Reyer. She died on 10 November 2017 in Benidorm, Alicante, Valencia, Spain.
- Suzzanna was born on 14 October 1942 in Buitenzorg, Buitenzorg, Dutch East Indies [now Bogor, West Java, Indonesia]. She was an actress, known for Samson and Delilah (1987), Tuan Tanah Kedawung (1971) and The Earth Gets Hotter (1973). She was married to Clift Sangra and Dicky Suprapto. She died on 15 October 2008 in Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia.
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Ilse Werner was born in Batavia (present-day Djakarta), the daughter of the Dutch merchant O.E.G. Still and his German wife, Lilly Werner. She spent her early childhood in Batavia, before the family moved her to Frankfurt to attend secondary school. In 1936, Ilse enrolled at the Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna to study elocution and drama. Following her graduation, she was offered a contract with a prestigious theatre in Josefstadt and made her stage debut in 1938. 'Discovered' by the director 'Geza von Bolvary' during a performance, she first acted on screen in Finale (1938). Her career then took off at lightning speed and she became one of the most popular stars at Ufa for the next seven years.
An attractive, tomboyish brunette, Ilse had a considerable aptitude for singing, which producers brought to the fore by frequently casting her in films like Request Concert (1940), the pop musical Wir machen Musik (1942), and (as 19th century Swedish opera star Jenny Lind) in the biopic Die schwedische Nachtigall (1941). Ilse could also be called upon to handle dramatic material and gave creditable performances in Bel Ami (1939) and Great Freedom No. 7 (1944), opposite Hans Albers. She cleverly alternated her film career with appearances in cabaret and on radio.
After the war, she married an American journalist and spent several years in California. After her divorce in 1953, she returned to Germany, but a successful movie comeback eluded her. Nonetheless, she remained in the public eye after releasing several top-selling albums. Her pop song "Baciare" became a major hit across Europe in 1960. In 1970, Ilse acted in a German stage version of the musical "The King and I", and, thereafter, continued to make further sporadic appearances on stage and on television until her eventual retirement in 2000.- Actress
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Xaviera Hollander was born on 15 June 1943 in Soerabaja, Soerabaja, Dutch East Indies [now Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia]. She is an actress and writer, known for My Pleasure Is My Business (1975), The Happy Hooker (1975) and Transit (1992).- Peter Kuiper was born on 30 March 1929 in Langsa, Atjeh en Onderhoorigheden, Dutch East Indies [now Langsa, Aceh, Indonesia]. He was an actor, known for Holly - The Movie (1984), Liebling Kreuzberg (1986) and Troilus und Cressida (1969). He died on 28 September 2007 in Berlin, Germany.
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Marty Rhone was born Karel Lawrence van Rhoon in Soerabaja, East Java, Dutch East Indies. He is a multi-award-winning actor and singer who has accumulated a distinguished six decade career on the stage, in television and on film. Marty's theatre credits include both West End London & Australian appearances in The King and I (LunTha) alongside Yul Brynner, Lou Diamond Phillips, Lisa McCune, and Teddy Tahu Rhodes. As the Kralahome in the Opera Australia production he was nominated for a Helpmann Award as Best Supporting Actor. He appeared in the original Sydney production of Godspell with John Waters and appeared with Jackie Weaver in God Save the Queen. He wrote the music for the Machiavellian farce La Mandragola and played the medieval storyteller and was on stage throughout . On television he was a regular cast member of No 96 and Class of 75 and more recently has appeared in American series Bull and Preacher as well as Harrow, Wentworth, Under the Milky Way and Doctor Blake Murder Mysteries. He has had lead roles in two internationally released films Rise and The Comet Kids. His ethnic diversity (Australian, Asian, Dutch, British heritage) and an ability with various accents, including several US dialects, has him in demand to play many nationalities: European, Asian and American. He is also an in-demand voice over artist and has worked both in Australia and the US in this capacity. As a vocalist and recording artist he has achieved 5 x #1 hits that has seen him perform in the UK, Asia and the US. He has performed for members of the British Royal family, the late Princess Grace of Monaco , the late King Hussein of Jordon and Queen Noor.- Actress
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Devi Dja was born in 1914 on the island of Java. From the time she very small, she was taught to perform the temple dances called the "Legong." Legong dancers generally retire at puberty, but she continued to dance to the delight of her villagers and would eventually grow to elevate the dances into elaborate performances. When she was 16 she met symphony conductor Leopold Stokowski when he visited her island. He saw her perform and invited her to come to England. She did and brought the finest musicians and dancers from the Dutch East Indies with her.
Devi Dja soon began to tour the world and soon became known as the "Pavlova of the Orient," after the Russian ballet dancer Anna Pavlova, who performed around the world earlier in the century. Reviews poured in from around the globe. One news reporter saying "Devi Dja attracts the gaze of the audience like a cobra unwinding from a basket."
As World War II approached, she settled in Hollywood where she began choreographing, consulting, and appearing in films which had scenes set in Indo-China. Her most famous role was the 1945 film "The Picture of Dorian Gray," where she played a temple dancer. After the war, she fell in love with a well-known, Native-American artist named Acee Blue Eagle. After a whirlwind romance, they married. Each was an international figure and they traveled extensively, unfortunately, not together. Their careers would eventually break them apart. She then met a gentleman named Ali Assan. They would marry and produce a beautiful daughter Ratna, who would grow to become a fine film actress in her own right.
In 1954, Devi Dja became a naturalized American citizen, the first Indonesian woman to do so. Raymond D. Bowman was her manager for over a dozen years. In 1960 she teamed with him and the great dance legend Ruth St. Denis, to present the first Wayang Kulit or Balinese shadow puppet play, in the United States. It took them 2 years to produce it, but the play was finally performed at St. Denis Theater in September 1962. They decided on the short, condensed version of the Wayang, which would only last 8 hours. Her epitaph reads "May you dance in God's light forever." The short documentary film "I Remember Devi Dja" (2017) is dedicated to her memory.- Director
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Indonesian action cinema specialist Arizal was born on January 11, 1943 in Airmolek, Riau, Indonesia. His parents Ibriham Sidi Mangkuto and Matayam bt. M. Yasin were of Minangkabau descent. Following graduation from high school, Arizal went on to study at both the Faculty of Economics at the University of Indonesia and the West Coast Institute of Management & Technology in Perth, Australia. He began his career in the entertainment industry as a caricaturist for the magazine Selecta. Arizal subsequently went on to join the editorial staff for the magazines Panorama and Mayapada. He started his film career as an artistic assistant for Walt Disney cartoons at Universal Studios in Los Angeles, California. Arizal directed his first movie in 1974 and directed over fifty movies altogether. He displayed a definite knack for wild over-the-top action fare. Moreover, his film High School Serenade (1979) was a considerable box office hit -- it was the third most viewed Indonesian film in Jakarta in 1979, with 162,050 in ticket sales -- and has been widely hailed as one of the top 25 best Indonesian films of all time. Arizal died at age 71 on May 18, 2014 in Jakarta, Indonesia.- Huib Broos was born on 29 August 1941 in Soerabaja, Soerabaja, Dutch East Indies [now Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia]. He was an actor, known for Duel in de diepte (1979), The Family (1973) and Soldier of Orange (1977). He died on 11 September 2011 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.
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Willem Nijholt was born on 19 July 1934 in Gombong, Kedoe, Dutch East Indies [now Gombong, Central Java, Indonesia]. He was an actor and director, known for Oebele (1968), Havinck (1987) and Rouw past Electra (1980). He died on 23 June 2023 in Amsterdam, Netherlands.- Director
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Dirk Sanders was born on 24 December 1933 in Buitenzorg, Buitenzorg, Dutch East Indies [now Bogor, West Java, Indonesia]. He was a director and actor, known for You Only Love Once (1968), Castle Keep (1969) and Ainsi font font font (1990). He was married to Annie Fargue and Karen Blanguernon. He died on 26 July 2002 in Paris, France.- Actor
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Slamet Rahardjo Djarot born in 1949, Serang. West Java. Studied art direction at the Indonesian National Theatre Academy. In 1968, together with Teguh Karya, one of the best stage and film directors in Indonesia, Djarot formed Theatre Popular, which emerged to be a very leading theatre group in the country. Djarot, who started his film career in 1971 in Karya's debut Wajah Seorang Laki-Laki (Ballad of a Man) has played major roles in plays by Gogol, Lorca, Buchner, Brecht and several other productions - both stage and television. His stage direction of The false Hair, based on a Czechoslovakian play by Peter Karvas, was adjudged the best play in a student theatre festival in Jakarta. An Indonesian play and Djarot's latest directorial venture Dag Dig Dug has made many critics and audiences aware of richness of contemporary Indonesian theatre. Djarot made his debut film Rembulan dan Matahari (1980) (The Sun and the Moon) in 1980. A decade later, his Langitku Rumahku (1990) (My Sky My Home) fetched him a number of international awards for the best children's film.- Cinematographer
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Hugo Van Lawick was born on 10 April 1937 in Soerabaja, Soerabaja, Dutch East Indies [now Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia]. He was a cinematographer and producer, known for People of the Forest: The Chimps of Gombe (1988), Jane (2017) and The Leopard Son (1996). He was married to Jane Goodall. He died on 2 June 2002 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.- Mimi Mariani was a Belgian-Indonesian actress, model, and singer. She was born Troely Callebaut in Malang, Dutch East Indies, to Petrus Fransiskus and Fien Callebaut. She began her career as a child actress by joined Bintang Soerabaja troupe, and later joined Warnasari troupe as a singer and actress. After the Indonesian National Revolution, she starred in her first film role, Inspektur Rachman (1950), and later starred in Rodrigo de Villa (1952), as a supporting role. She made her lead role debut in Fred Young's musical film Lenggang Djakarta (1953), where she drew critics' attention and launched her as a rising star. That year, she starred in another three more films such as Machluk Raksasa (1953), Belenggu Masjarakat (1953), and Kassan (1953).
In 1954, Mariani made starred role in the first Indonesian superhero film, Sri Asih, which nicknamed her as the first Sri Asih. She later married her co-star, Turino Djunaedy, in 1955. She was most productive in that year, when she appeared in four more films: Rahasia Sukudomas (1954), Putri Gunung (1954), Djubah Hitam (1954), and Debu Revolusi (1954). She also starred in Oh, Ibuku (1955) and Ibu dan Putri (1955), a movie from Gadis Tiga Djaman series directed by Ali Yugo.
After Indonesian film industry crisis, Mariani left the industry and went to theatre. She returned to film in two years later, where she starred in Nina (1960) and Limapuluh Megaton (1961). Her two last film, a minor role in Cheque AA (1966) and B-29 (1968).
After her last marriage, she changed her name to Sumiarto Suharto. In 1969, she was diagnosed with lymphoma which required her to underwent surgery twice. But due to the cancer already spreading to her spleen, the doctor forbid her from going through with the third operation, and she later went into bed rest for five months. She later slipped into coma and died at her house in Kebon Kelapa, Gambir, on May 1, 1971, a month before her 43th birthday. Her funeral was held at Karet Bivak Cemetery on the next day, and was attended by several film figures such as Fifi Young, Sofia W.D., W.D. Mochtar, S. Poniman, Aminah Banowati, and Wolly Sutinah. - Director
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Fritz G. Schadt was born on 21 May 1940 in Medan, Sumatera Utara, Dutch East Indies. He was a director and actor, known for Jaka geledek (1983), Pembalasan naga sakti (1976) and Balada dua jagoan (1979). He died on 5 March 2001 in Indonesia.- Talitha Pol was born on 18 October 1940 in Java, Dutch East Indies [now Indonesia]. She was an actress, known for Return from the Ashes (1965), Village of Daughters (1962) and We Shall See (1964). She was married to Paul Getty. She died on 11 July 1971 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
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Benyamin S. was born on 5 March 1939 in Batavia, Batavia, Dutch East Indies [now Jakarta, Indonesia]. He was an actor and director, known for Betty bencong slebor (1978), Duyung ajaib (1978) and Hippies lokal (1976). He died on 5 September 1995 in Jakarta, Indonesia.- Ruth Pelupessi was born on 27 April 1938 in Bangka Island, North Sulawesi, Dutch East Indies. She was an actress, known for Perempuan Bergairah (1982), Membakar Matahari (1983) and Satan's Slave (1980). She was married to Richard Turangan. She died on 21 October 1996 in Jakarta, Indonesia.
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Rima Melati was born on 22 August 1939 in Tondano, Celebes, Netherlands, East Indies. She was an actress, known for Purple and Violet (2005), Rectoverso (2013) and Ada Cinta Di SMA (2016). She was married to Frans Tumbuan. She died on 23 June 2022 in Jakarta, Indonesia.- Director
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Son of a Russian father and a Mexican mother, Sergio Olhovich Greene (1941) studied in the All-Union State Institute of Cinematography in Russia (VGIK, by its Russian acronym), the world's first film school, where he obtained a bachelor's degree in Film Direction and a master's degree in Fine Arts. During his career he has filmed 15 feature films, several short films, documentaries and hundreds of television episodes.
Personally, he has obtained numerous awards and honors both in Mexico and abroad, including 4 Arieles (Mexican Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences), the Salvador Toscano Medal (National Cinematheque of Mexico) and the Pushkin Medal (Russian Federation).
He has been a jury member at many national and international film festivals, such as the ones of Guadalajara, Moscow, Havana and Bogotá.- Rein Edzard de Vries was born on 7 June 1942 in Madioen, Central Java, Netherlands East Indies. He was an actor, known for Medisch Centrum West (1988), Goudkust (1996) and Op hoop van zegen (1986). He died on 4 January 2017.