Farida Arriany

Frieda Thenu (24 November 1938 – 15 October 1977), better known by the stage name Farida Arriany, was an Indonesian actress and singer.

Farida Arriany
Arriany, c. 1960
Born
Frieda Thenu

24 November 1938
Bandung, West Java, Dutch East Indies
Died15 October 1977(1977-10-15) (aged 38)
Jakarta, Indonesia
NationalityIndonesian
OccupationActress, 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 Anakku Sajang (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, Kami Bangun Hari Esok (We Wake Tomorrow, 1963); this was the first Indonesian film shot with 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]

During 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 Apa Jang Kau Tjari, Palupi? (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 Indonesian Film Actors Union. Her term would have ended in 1978, but Arriany died in Jakarta on 15 October 1977.[1]

Filmography

During her twenty-two-year career, Arriany appeared in more than forty films.[2]

  • Kasih Ibu (1955)
  • Gambang Semarang (1955)
  • Sampai Berdjumpa Kembali (1955)
  • Melati Sendja (1956)
  • Tudjuan (1956)
  • Air Mata Ibu (1957)
  • Anakku Sajang (1957)
  • Bermain Api (1957)
  • Arriany (1958)
  • Bunga dan Samurai (1958)
  • Titi-Tito (1958)
  • Wanita Indonesia (1958)
  • Laki-laki Tak Bernama (1969)
  • Apa jang Kau Tjari, Palupi? (1969)
  • Ajam den Lapeh (1960)
  • Istana yang Hilang (1960)
  • Pedjuang (1960)
  • Tugas Baru Inspektur Rachman (1960)
  • Badja Membara (Nila Meulila) (1961)
  • Seribu Langkah (1000 Langkah) (1961)
  • Sungai Ular (1961)
  • Dendam Berdarah (1970)
  • Djalang (1970)
  • Hidup, Tjinta dan Air Mata (1970)
  • Lewat Tengah Malam (1971)
  • Impas (0 x 0) (1971)
  • Sanrego (1971)
  • Tjisadane (1971)
  • Njanjian Air Mata (1972)
  • Salah Asuhan (1972)
  • Anak Yatim (1973)
  • Pelarian (1973)
  • Sebatang Kara (1973)
  • Benyamin Si Abunawas (1974)
  • Melawan Badai (1974)
  • Fajar Menyingsing (1975)
  • Aladin Agen Rahasia (1975)
  • Menanti Kelahiran (1976)
  • Noda dan Asmara (1977)
  • Senyum Nona Anna (1977)
  • Yoan (1977)

References

Footnotes
  1. Biran 1979, p. 174.
  2. filmindonesia.or.id, Filmography.
  3. Filmindonesia.or.id, Air Mata Ibu.
  4. MIFF.
  5. 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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • "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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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