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Frieda Thenu (November 24, 1938 – October 15, 1977), better known by the stage name Farida Arriany, was an Indonesian actress, model, and singer. She was named the most successful Indonesian film star in 1960s.[1]

Farida Arriany
Arriany, c. 1960
Born	Frieda Thenu (1938-11-24)24 November 1938 Bandung, Dutch East Indies
Died	15 October 1977(1977-10-15) (aged 38) Jakarta, Indonesia
Nationality	Indonesian
Other names	Farida Shagniarty
Occupation	Actress model singer
Years active	1955–1977
Spouse	Sri Budoyo ​ (before 1977)​
Children	4

Biography

Farida Arriany was born Frieda Thenu on 24 November 1938 in Bandung, West Java. She completed a junior high school education.[2]

She made her feature film debut in 1955, taking the role of Sari in Golden Arrow's Kasih Ibu (A Mother's Love).[2][3] She was credited as Farida Shagniarty in this film, only taking the stage name Farida Arriany some time later.[2] She appeared in eighteen further films in the following six years. These included the role of Atikah in Air Mata Ibu [id] (A Mother's Tears, 1957),[3] a remake of the 1941 film of the same name;[4] Lastri in Anakku Sajang [id] (My Dear Child, 1957),[3] for which she won Best Leading Actress at the 1960 Indonesian Film Week; and a role in Pedjuang (Warriors for Freedom, 1961),[2] which was screened in competition at the 2nd Moscow International Film Festival in 1961.[5]

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 [id] (We Wake Tomorrow, 1963); this was the first Indonesian film shot with CinemaScope.[6] 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.[2]

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).[2][3]

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 [id]. Her term would have ended in 1978, but Arriany died in Jakarta on 15 October 1977.[2]

Filmography

During her twenty-two-year career, Arriany appeared in more than forty films.[3]

References

Footnotes

Works cited

External links

• Farida Arriany at IMDb

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