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Siti Zainab

Siti Zainab

Acting

Biography

Siti Zainab binti Kimpal (31 December 1935 – 21 August 2014) was a Malaysian-born Indonesian actress, singer, and dancer. She was born in Sabak Bernam, Selangor, as the eldest daughter and child of the three children of Siti Khadijah and Kimpal. She had a younger sister, Hindun binti Kimpal, a housewife, and a younger brother, Kamaruddin bin Kimpal, a farmer. She completed her education at junior school and religious school, and started to taking a course at cooking school in West Sumatera. She later graduated from Sekolah Kepandaian Putri (SKP). Zainab started her career by joined Dardanella troupe as an actress, she also joined Bintang Berlian troupe in Palembang, South Sumatra, in 1947 as an actress and dancer. She later joined Sri Budaya troupe in Lubuklinggau and moved to Jambi during Operation Product and joined Dian troupe. She later moved to Singapore and signed a contract with Shaw Brothers Studio, and later made her film debut in Nasib (1949) as a singer and dancer. She later starred in Nilam (1949) as a child actress which also starred P. Ramlee and Siput Sarawak. Zainab appeared in numerous Singapore production films as a singer and dancer along with several actress such as: Kasma Booty, Siput Sarawak, and etc. She appeared in four more films such as: Rachun Dunia (1950), Bakti (1950), Takdir Ilahi (1950), and Dewi Murni (1950). She returned to Palembang in 1950 along with her parents and later joined Ratu Asia troupe as a dancer and singer before later moved to Jakarta. She released two songs titled "Sayang di Sayang" and "Hari Raya", and later received a positive response from music fans in Jakarta. Zainab then made her Indonesian film debut by starring in Taufan (1952). Apart from dancing, she started to work as a cooking teacher in the early 1950s. Zainab was an active dancer who was known for her role in drama film, such as Timuriana (1953) and Belenggu Masjarakat (1953). She made her last appearance in Asrama Dara (1958) as a dancer and later retired to became a housewife. Zainab was married to Zakaria bin Muhammad Amin, an ulama, in Bengkalis, Riau, in 1956. They had seven children: Zulkarnain (b. 17 August 1957), a civil servant, Nukman, a civil servant, Rinie Yuslina Fairuz, a civil servant, Gamal Abdul Nasir, a lecturer and writer, Rita Puspa, a civil servant, Nida Suryani, a Biology teacher, and Sri Purnama, an English teacher. Their marriage lasted until Zakaria's death in 2006. She died at her residence in Kelapapati, Bengkalis, on 21 August 2014 at 8.00 WIB (UTC+07:00), due to heart attack at the age of 78, and was buried at Taman Makam Islam Harapan.

Known For

Three Came Home
6.7

Borneo, 1941, during World War II. When the Japanese occupy the island, American writer Agnes Newton Keith is separated from her husband and imprisoned with her son in a prison camp run by the enigmatic Colonel Suga.

Three Came Home

1950
The Planter's Wife
6.6

The wife of a rubber plantation owner must put her marriage problems on hold when her family is forced to defend themselves during a native uprising.

The Planter's Wife

1952
Poison of the World
N/A

Jamal the son of Kamal a woodsman owner is married to Aminah. Their marriage is blessed even more with Mardiana their new born. But their happiness was short lived when Jamal started to mix around with Harun and his bad influenced friends. Harun is an insurance representative who also works for Aishah the stunning beauty. Jamal is attracted to Aishah so much that he starts to abandon his family. Jamal had to spend a lot of his money to accompany Aishah who is used to the lifestyle of a rich person. Will Jamal ever repent and come back to his originally family and be the father figure he has been all these while?

Poison of the World

1950
The Three Maidens
8.0

Three sisters—Nunung, Nana and Nenny—are being raised by their grandmother in Jakarta after their mother's death. Though the sisters' father Sukandar lives with them, he is too involved in his own work to pay them heed.

The Three Maidens

1956
Sapphire
N/A

The film tells the story of a young Javanese man, Ahmad, who leaves his village with a magic protective dagger given to him by his mother. He takes to the seas, eager to discover the world. He reaches the exotic Arabian coast, and travels all the way to Egypt, encountering belly dancers, harem women, etc. He meets Princess Nilam and falls in love. Nilam's father will allow Ahmad to marry her only if he brings back a blue diamond guarded by monsters at a faraway location.

Sapphire

1949
Girl's Dormitory
8.0

The residents of a dormitory led by Bu Siti each have their own personal issues. Tari, a dance student, falls in love with a man old enough to be her father. Rahimah, a medical student, is about to be forced into marriage in her village but is rescued by Nasrul. Maria, a flight attendant, gets entangled in a love quadrangle. She is loved by Imansyah, a co-pilot, but Maria is more attracted to Broto, a wealthy merchant. However, Broto himself is more interested in Sita, a dance instructor. Additionally, two teenagers, Ani and Ina, are placed under Bu Siti's care because their parents are preoccupied with politics. All these problems are resolved in a comedic manner.

Girl's Dormitory

1958
Goddess of Purity
N/A

The film Dewi Murni is an adaptation of Kalidasa’s Shakuntala. This is established through the identification of chronological events that are similar to the story of Shakuntala authored by Kalidasa. Adaptations have been made to the Indian story, transforming it to the Malay version and prominent differences are notable. The principal story of Dewi Murni remains the same whereby the main characters meet in unlikely surroundings, woo and get married. Both King Dushyanta [in Shakuntala] and King Indraloka [in Dewi Murni] lose memory of their wives (in different ways), the heroines lose their signet rings and are rejected by their respective husbands at the palace court. In both stories, the rings are discovered in a fish’s maw and upon its re-emergence, the kings’ memories of their respective wives are regained. In the end after a period of separation, the lovers are reunited. - Sumathi Maniam Raj & Raja Morgan Veerappan

Goddess of Purity

1950
Labu dan Labi
6.5

Haji Bakhil, a miser, have two servants, Labu - the cook, and Labi - the driver. The two of them have secret admiration for Haji Bakhil's beautiful daughter, Manisah. After a hard day's work, Labu and Labi started talking about their girlfriend not knowing that they both admire the same women. During bedtime, they lamented to each other about their life being poor and wondered what would happen if they were rich and famous. Labu pretended that he was a doctor and Labi a magistrate judge

Labu dan Labi

1962
The Independence Pioneers
N/A

The arrest of Haji Jalaluddin during his sermon leaves a strong impression on the hearts of Hamid and Halimah, his followers. Halimah is a wife who is taken for granted by her husband who is pro-Dutch. Hamid is the son of a rich merchant who falls into poverty after being branded as a rebel. His mother takes him to Padang to be raised by the family of Haji Jakfar, who has a daughter, Zainab. Hamid then studies at Padang Panjang and meets old friends, Fakhrudin and Zainudin. Hamid and Fakhrudin have more similar views with their teacher, while Zainudin is more radical. The latter organises a rebellion and fails. The Dutch keeps arresting people. Hamid, disappointed by Zainab’s marriage to someone else, sails to Mecca. Halimah is left to organise the fight for freedom but in the end, is also captured by the Dutch. The film’s message is that a physical fight for freedom, without being based on religious morality, will become meaningless.

The Independence Pioneers

1980
Faithfulness
N/A

Ibrahim, a rich man, has a spoilt son, Hassan, who is a thief and a liar. When the family adopts nasir, a poor orphan, Hassan does not welcome him. But Sa'adiyah, the daughter of the family, becomes Nasir's devoted friend and ally. After marrying a wife consumed by greed, Hassan turns to thieving to support their lifestyle. He is caught and imprisoned; upon his release, he steals from his adopted brother Nasir. However, Nasir saves him from the arm of the law by informing the police that the stolen items are actually gifts he planned to give Hassan. Hassan is thus released and comes to realise Nasir’s noble heart and kind intentions.

Faithfulness

1950
No image
1.0

Anita, finally became a hostess because there was no other job. Her determination is to repay his mother, a sickly widow. At work she then got a customer, Winarto, who turned out to be her biological father. When Winarto's wife, Carla, kisses her husband's gesture, she manages to hire a delinquent young man. Luckily there is Darmawan, who takes her to nightclubs and always defends her. Anita's efforts were not liked by her mother until she died

Hostess Anita

1971
No image
N/A

KEMBAR is about two identical twin sisters who are separated at a young age. One of the twins, Asmah (Mariam), gets lost during a family outing to a night carnival. An old fisherman finds Asmah and adopts her. The other twin, Asiah (also Mariam, in a double role), grows up to be a famed dance hostess. Asmah, on the other hand, lives in the fishing village with her foster father. A chance encounter (love at first sight) in waters off the village leads Asmah to fall in love with Bashir, a wealthy young man from the city. However, they lose touch when Asmah relocates elsewhere to work as a servant. Bashir tries to seek Asmah out, but gets acquainted with the other twin Asiah instead. A case of mistaken identity that eventually leads to tragedy.

Twin Sisters

1950
Ibu mertuaku
6.9

The film's story revolves around the tragic love affair between Kassim Selamat, a poor musician, and Sabariah, the only daughter of a wealthy woman. The movie is notable in that the opening act starts out as a light-hearted romantic comedy, but at the 30 minute mark turns into a dramatic tragedy. Like a number of P. Ramlee's works, the film criticizes the unofficial caste system that separates the wealthy from the poor.

Ibu mertuaku

1962
Fate
N/A

Kassim is living with his brother and sister-in-law when he finds out he is about to inherit all his family's wealth. Kassim, a young man who prefers to sing and play, is thrown out of his home by his brother and deprived of his wealth. He starts to lead a wandering life with two friends. One day, Kassim discovers pirate treasure. (This film is different from the 1952 film Anjuran Nasib, also directed by B.S. Rajhans).

Fate

1949
Nasib Si Labu Labi
6.5

Set sometime after the events of the previous film, Haji Bakhil's wife has died. Haji Bakhil is alone and depressed, but eventually meets a beautiful young woman named Murni, who is a teacher at a school for orphans. Haji Bakhil spends some time pursuing her, and his attention is apparently not unwelcome.

Nasib Si Labu Labi

1963
No image
N/A

In a beautiful holiday island of Hawaii Island held a large celebration with dancing , singing and boat racing . Among the visitors to the island is a merchant Goya and his assistant Moku . They met with Makali and Priyo who lived there and also took part in the event were provided. Makali have a beautiful little girl named Aloha . Aloha Priyo and love each other but also merchant Nagoya has feelings for Aloha . Nagoya threatened Aloha merchant father of Makali to bless their marriage because the merchant knows that Goya was formerly pirate Makali actually required and never known by the name Sankali . Merchant Nagoya also sent her daughter to bring Priyo Silpi to a different island so Aloha can forget it. Priyo good friend , a musician named Banjo get to know the real thing and go to the island to help his friend .

Aloha

1950
Amor dan Humor
N/A

A rich man (Rendra Karno) comes to the Gelanggang Dagang to woo the pretty sales promotion girl (Baby Huwae). She already has a journalist boyfriend (Bambang Irawan), and when a female journalist/photographer (Rima Melati) comes onto the scene, the love triangle becomes a four-way street. The “humour” comes from the comedy trio of Bing Slamet, Mansyur Syah, and Ateng.

Amor dan Humor

1961
Light of Love
N/A

Omar, a music teacher, teaches Rokiah to play the violin. He falls in love with Rokiah’s sister named Zaharah. Their romance goes through various bitter and sweet stories.

Light of Love

1949
CHIPS Dalam Kejutan
N/A

A comedy about a group of Komar and friends who become procrastinators of the member of CHIPS in the U.S. The film tells their activities just like the officers. They bring fun with their identities.

CHIPS Dalam Kejutan

1983
Shadows at Dawn
N/A

Revolves around a conflict between two step -siblings Omar and Salim. Salim who lives in the village works on a rubber plantation inherited by their father. While Omar is in the city depending on the money sent by Salim to finance his extravagant lifestyle.

Shadows at Dawn

1962