S. Poniman
| S. Poniman | |
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Poniman in 1956
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| Born |
5 July 1910 Koetaradja, Dutch East Indies |
| Died | 1 January 1978 (aged 67) Djakarta, Indonesia |
| Occupation | Singer, actor |
| Years active | 1930s–1975 |
S. Poniman (5 July 1910 – 1 January 1978) was an Indonesian kroncong singer and comic actor. Born in Koetaradja, (now Banda Aceh) in 1910, he took up singing and made his way to Batavia (now Jakarta). In 1940 he made his debut as music director and actor on the film Kedok Ketawa, completing three further productions before the Japanese occupation brought film production to a near-standstill. Poniman spent time as a soldier and truck driver before returning to the film industry in 1951, after Indonesia's independence, as a star of Dunia Gila. Between 1951 and 1958 he appeared in more than twenty films before leaving the struggling industry to become a trader. Though he appeared in several further films before his death, Poniman never regained his stardom.
Poniman was born in Banda Aceh, Aceh, Dutch East Indies, on 5 July 1910. He completed elementary school at a Hollandsch-Inlandsche School (an elementary school for indigenous Indonesians). As a youth he gained acclaim for his skills as a kroncong musician, writing such songs as "Potong Padi", "Senja Sunyi", "Hening", "Pendekar Satria", and "Sumpah si Dia". By the late 1930s he had reached the colonial capital at Batavia (later Jakarta).
In 1940, Poniman was contracted by Union Films to appear in the company's first feature film, Kedok Ketawa. Poniman, aside from taking a small role in the action film, was responsible for the film's soundtrack. Later that year he was associated with Oriental Film and took two supporting roles in the company's Fifi Young vehicles, Zoebaida (1940) and Pantjawarna (1941). When Young and her husband, the director Njoo Cheong Seng, migrated to Majestic Film, Poniman joined them. He made one final film, Air Mata Iboe (1941), before the Japanese occupation began in March 1942 and closed all but one of the Indies' film studios.
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