Roekiah (Perfected Spelling: Rukiah; 31 December 1917 – 2 September 1945), often credited as Miss Roekiah, was an Indonesian kroncong singer and actress...

success. Roekiah and Djoemala took leading roles in three more films before Tan's closed in 1942. Sorga Ka Toedjoe is now thought lost. Rasminah (Roekiah) is...

to Kartolo (died 1949) and Roekiah (1917–1945), two film actors active with Tan's Film, on 13 March 1938. After Roekiah's death, Kartolo brought the children...

Yogyakarta to a noble family, he entered the theatre and married the actress Roekiah around 1933. The two, living in Batavia (now Jakarta) acted in numerous...

Landouw; and the theatrically-trained husband and wife team Kartolo and Roekiah. Other members included Hugo Dumas, Atjep, and Miss Netty. Lief Java was...

and, musicians and composers such as Erwin Gutawa and singers such as Roekiah, Hetty Koes Endang, Vina Panduwinata, Nicky Astria, Nike Ardilla, Poppy...

1941 film from the Dutch East Indies produced by Tan's Film and starring Roekiah, Djoemala, and Kartolo. Two young men, Agoes and Badjoel, travel from Palembang...

Written by Saeroen, directed by Albert Balink, and starring Rd Mochtar, Roekiah and Eddie T. Effendi, Terang Boelan follows two lovers who elope after...

of still frames survive. 1937 Terang Boelan Albert Balink Rd. Mochtar, Roekiah Romance film from the Dutch East Indies; the colony's biggest commercial...

directed by Joshua and Othniel Wong for Tan's Film. Starring Rd Mochtar, Roekiah, and Eddy T. Effendi, it follows a masked man known only as "Gagak Item"...

was an Indonesian actor active in the 1940s. He was often cast alongside Roekiah as her romantic interest. Djoemala was born in Batavia (now Jakarta, Indonesia)...

Wayne Orson Welles Mae West Ed Wynn Loretta Young Devi Dja Ratna Asmara Roekiah Laurel & Hardy in their film "The Flying Deuces" (1939) Shirley Temple...

Tan Khoen Yauw. Starring Roekiah and Rd Mochtar, it follows a couple while the husband commits adultery. Siti Akbari (Roekiah) is living happily with her...

Othniel Wong, it was the last film featuring the romantic partnership of Roekiah and Djoemala. Koeda Sembrani was directed by brothers Joshua and Othniel...

Indonesian cinema Film classic Siti Akbari (1938) starring Rd Mochtar and Roekiah Years active 1926–1965 Location Indonesia Influences One Thousand and One...

Siti Rukiah Roekiah, c. 1955 Born Siti Rukiah 1927, April 25 Tabanan, West Java, Bali Died 1996, June 7 Purwakarta, West Java Occupation Writer Language...

she was inspired to become a movie star when she saw a movie starring Roekiah, at the age of 14. By the end of the 1990s, Nurnaningsih suffered from...

Indonesia) directed by Othniel and Joshua Wong. Written by Saeroen, it starred Roekiah, Rd Mochtar, and ET Effendi and followed two lovers who are disturbed by...

it was shot in black-and-white and starred Roekiah and Raden Djoemala. The village girl Roekihati (Roekiah) goes to the city to find money so she can...

migrated to Jakarta to join the Faroka troupe, whose members included Roekiah and her husband Kartolo. He transferred to the Sweet Java Opera in 1937...

Occupation Actress Years active 1955–2022 Spouse Idris Permana ​ ​ (m. 1959; died 1986)​ Children 7 Relatives Roekiah (paternal aunt) Rahmat Kartolo (cousin)...

protected against an unwanted suitor by her lover and her father. After Roekiah and Rd Mochtar of Tan's Film became the colony's first on-screen couple...

were promoted as a celebrity couple in competition with Raden Mochtar and Roekiah of Tan's Film. Other cast members included Bissoe and Said. Bissoe had...

Roekiah Siti Akbari's husband cheats on her, but eventually she finds happiness. Sorga Ka Toedjoe 1940 Joshua Wong, Othniel Wong Rd Djoemala, Roekiah...

Derived from the novelisation published by Kolff-Buning. This included Roekiah, Kartolo, Fifi Young, Astaman, Ratna Asmara, and Andjar Asmara. See Biran...

the lasting star power of Roekiah, who had been the main draw of Tan's Film; the advertisement included the line "Roekiah? No! But Sofia in a new Indonesian...

included the same screenwriter, the same stars, and the same musicians. Roekiah, the female lead of Terang Boelan, was given a 150 gulden monthly fee,...

popular among natives. The film, a love story starring Rd. Mochtar and Roekiah, was a commercial success, earning 200,000 Straits dollars in British Malaya;...

advertised based on her resemblance to Tan's star Roekiah, and Waldy bore a physical resemblance to Roekiah's husband, the comedian Kartolo. This was followed...

and crew into the film industry. Terang Boelan had used stage starlet Roekiah and her husband Kartolo to great effect, and the actors had brought similar...