Hadidjah
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Hadidjah, c. 1941
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| Born | 13 June 1923 South Sulawesi, Dutch East Indies |
| Died | 10 October 2013 (aged 90) |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1940s–1970s |
| Notable work | Alang-Alang |
| Spouse(s) | Mas Sardi |
| Children | Idris Sardi |
Hadidjah (Perfected Spelling: Hadijah; 13 June 1923 – 10 October 2013) was an Indonesian film actress best known for partnership with Moh Mochtar in seven films released by Java Industrial Film between 1939 and 1941. She was the mother of Citra Award-winning musician Idris Sardi.
Hadidjah was born in South Sulawesi, Dutch East Indies, on 13 June 1923. By 1939 she had married Mas Sardi (1910–1953) and had a son, Idris (born 7 June 1938).
When The Teng Chun signed Mas Sardi to handle music for his company, Java Industrial Film, Hadidjah joined him. While Mas Sardi was music director, Hadidjah became an actress. Her debut was in Roesia si Pengkor (Secret of the Clubfoot; 1939), in which she portrayed a young woman who was 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, appearing in box-office hits such as Fatima (1938), Java Industrial Film decided to pair Hadidjah with Moh Mochtar, a football player skilled at silat, and cast them in romantic roles. In their first film together, Alang-Alang (Grass; 1939), Hadidjah portrayed a villager named Surati who is kidnapped by a spurned suitor and shipwrecked on a jungle island. This film was a massive commercial hit in the Indies and nearby British Malaya, and the Indonesian film historian Misbach Yusa Biran credits it as one of the causes of the revival the domestic film industry underwent in 1940.
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