Mieke Wijaya

Acting

Mieke Wijaya

Born 1940-03-17 · Bandung, West Java, Dutch East Indies

Miecke Marie de Rijder (17 March 1940 – 3 May 2022), known as Mieke Widjaja , was an Indonesian actress, model, and singer. She was nominated and won the Indonesian Film Festival award for Best Actress in the films Gadis Kerudung Putih (White Veil Girl ) (1966) and Kembang Semusim (Semasa Flower) (1980). Role in television by starring in the series Rumah Masa Depan in 1984, then she starred in the series Losmen in 1986 which was an adaptation of the writings of Tatiek Maliyati and Wahyu Sihombing. The series re-popularized her name with the nickname Bu Broto, Mieke even received a call from one of her fans who had just returned from Bangkok to ask to tell her about one of the episodes of Losmen that he missed. Mieke took a break from the film world in 1987 and preferred to focus on acting in soap operas and managing her own clothing store business which she named Mieke Wijaya Jeans Collection, after which she returned by starring in the film Saat Kukatakan Cinta in 1991. After the Indonesian film industry declined in 1992, Mieke spent more time playing in soap operas Antara Jakarta-Perth (1995 – 1998), Doa dan Anugerah (2003), Bunga di Tepi Jalan (2005), Dewi (2009), etc. One of her soap operas, namely Antara Jakarta-Perth, managed to make her win the award for Best Supporting Actress at the Asian Soap Opera Festival. The last time she played a role in the miniseries Supir dan Majikan in 2019. In 1999, Mieke joined the United Development Party and accompanied Hamzah Haz in attending a mass meeting held at the Diponegoro Stadium, Semarang, on Sunday, February 28, 1999.

Acting credits

The Big Village poster
NR

Partoyo, a big-time businessman, abandons his family because of work. A sociopolitical snapshot of Jakarta in the changing governance.

The Big Village

1969

No artwork available
NR

Because he was injured during the war, Johan got a scar on his face. Because it was difficult to get a job with an ugly face. Johan almost became a criminal before being saved by a mother and her blind child.

Tjorak Dunia

1955

Piso Surit poster
NR

Wita, who came to Tanah Karo for cultural research, rented a horse from Pande. Their relationship then continued until Pande fell in love and misunderstood that Wita also returned his love. After being made aware by Wita and her friends, the embarrassed Pande finally agreed to return home. He gave Wita a Karo shawl when she returned to town.

Piso Surit

1960

Pengabdian poster
NR

Rhoma is too preoccupied with his music, which makes his wife, Ani, feel neglected. Then Ani falls ill and suffers from blindness. Concerned for his wife’s condition, Rhoma leaves his music and starts to look after livestock in the village instead. Pursuing a business that he knows little about is difficult. Then other farmers dislike the competition he represents that leads to disputes and fights. Finally, Rhoma decides to return to the music world.

Pengabdian

1984

Lingkaran Setan poster
NR

The colonial court sentenced Tohir harshly on 22 September 1938. The sentence is made harsher because the prosecutor, Hasan, discriminates more on Tohir’s lineage than his crime. But in fact, Tohir commits his crime out of necessity as his wife is pregnant and about to give birth. He is sentenced to hard labor in exile so when he finds out that his wife and child are dead, Tohir escapes and kidnaps Hasan’s son, Husin. He raises the son in a life of crime, but lives like a respectable man. Husin also lives a double life. He is loved by an innocent girl in the village, but in other places, he plays around with women. In his old age, Tohir becomes a drunk and then he finds out that the government has awarded Hasan for his services. He uses Husin, nicknamed Boy, to avenge himself by sending him to rob Hasan’s house. Husin fails and is sent to trial. There, while drunk, Tohir reveals who Husin really is. Hasan and his wife then welcome Husin back.

Lingkaran Setan

1972

Srigala poster
5.5

People on an island are brutally murdered one by one by a mysterious stranger in this Indonesian Friday the 13th rip-off.

Srigala

1981

Whose Sin poster
7.0

Because he kills someone in a bar fight, Usman is arrested, but he has a promise to meet his pregnant girlfriend Tuti

Whose Sin

1972

Gadis Hitam Putih poster
NR

The story begins with a commotion in court during the trial session of a wild girl who was involved with pornographic photos when a former nurse appeared to reveal that the girl was the daughter of a famous tycoon in Jakarta. Meanwhile, the rich man's daughter who had just gotten married was the biological child of the wild girl's mother, who was a prostitute. The two were exchanged when their newborns were in the hospital.

Gadis Hitam Putih

1986

Season in Flowers poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Season in Flowers

1980

Ananda poster
NR

Irma a.k.a Ananda must struggle through the obstacle of her life for which she might or might not earns something better for her life.

Ananda

1970

No artwork available
5.0

Some rich gangster creep rapes a gal. He's imbued with black magic powers by some other guy. Stuff happens leading up to the greatest endgame of all time.

Karma Punishment

1982

The Artist's Holiday poster
NR

After hearing the mandate of Sukarno during the Second Asian-African Conference, an author named Suromo searches an art form to express the people’s hardship. Together with a failed painter named Rutaf and a film director named Kadjiman, these artists meet a man who works at the National Trade Bank. Interested in the arts, he helps to promote their activities.

The Artist's Holiday

1965

Birth in the Grave poster
10.0

The story of two sisters, one evil, one good. The evil sister will go to any lengths to inherit the family wealth

Birth in the Grave

1972

No artwork available
NR

During the revolution, Japan is defeated but has yet to surrender so a 14-year-old boy insists on joining the army, to avenge his father, who is incarcerated in Nusa Kambangan for murder. His actions are brave yet extreme in every way. Recognising this, the commander promotes the boy to section head, even though all his men are older than he is. He takes the most dangerous missions and as a result, one of his men dies. The late man’s girlfriend then volunteers, and is also killed, after being just as reckless as the boy.

Anak-anak Revolusi

1964

Verses of Love poster
6.0

Fahri attracted many women, including Maria, Nurul, and Naora. They hide their feelings until Fahri's marriage with Aisha which broke their hearts.

Verses of Love

2008

No artwork available
NR

The film tells a story about a family with six children. The father is often angry with everyone except the eldest child (Mieke Wijaya). Then the family situation deteriorates further when mother falls ill and is hospitalized. Finally, problems are solved thanks to the calmness and charm of the third sibling (Indriati Iskak).

Sengketa

1957

Greedy Appetite poster
NR

After Tini catches her boyfriend Narno trying to seduce her sister Tina and ends their relationship, she mysteriously dies from a snakebite. Narno's mother then visits a shaman to place a curse on one of Tina's potential suitors. As all of that is going on, a mysterious murderer is lurking around bumping off other members of both Tina and Narno's families.

Greedy Appetite

1977

Zig Zag (Anak Jalanan) poster
NR

Egi has to work in a garage to help his family. Silvy (Dian Nitami), a rocker, and Nanang, a band member, are both children of wealthy parents that pay very little attention to them. These three friends struggle to stay together despite the problems and challenges that come their way.

Zig Zag (Anak Jalanan)

1991

Bing Slamet Koboi Cengeng poster
NR

Set in the world of cowboys, the sharpshooter Eddy Sud saves Vivi, Bing’s daughter. Bing himself receives a threat from a bandit group and because of that contracts Eddy Sud to help him.

Bing Slamet Koboi Cengeng

1974

Bridegroom's Bed poster
NR

Bram and Nona marry without her parent’s approval, as she is already arranged to marry Paul. The life of the husband and wife is only supported by Bram’s small salary so they live in the slums, which is realistically depicted. They also have problems with Nien, Bram’s old unmarried sister.

Bridegroom's Bed

1974

Marriage in a Season poster
NR

Shot in dark colours and with an atmospheric treatment, the narrative is sketchy but the plot revolves around Koswara, a driver for Kardiman. Koswara’s brothers and sisters-in-law trade his wife, Aisah, to Kardiman, until his wife goes insane and dies. Agus Herman, son of Kardiman, is as brutal as his father and Mrs. Kardiman, also has an impure background. Her daughter, Nana, who is born without knowledge of her biological father, is almost raped by her stepfather, Kardiman. It is also suggested that Mrs. Kardiman desires Koswara. An experiment from Indonesian directing legend, Teguh Karya, that was not entirely successful.

Marriage in a Season

1976

No artwork available
NR

Set in the real event of the sinking of the KRI Macan Tutul in the Trikora area, Wahab Abdi is an officer of that boat. As he is pronounced dead, his girlfriend, Liliana, marries another man. But Wahab is not dead; he is hospitalised in the navy hospital. Later, his nurse, Shinta Dungga, falls in love and marries Wahab at the end.

Gita Taruna

1966

No artwork available
NR

This is the heroic story of Mochamad Toha, who successfully blew up a Dutch ammunition depot in Bandung and ruined their defences. Set in Bandung at the time of transition, between the departing Japanese and the incoming Dutch (who are supported by the British), Indonesians had to fight for their independence. Toha emerged as a leader of the common people, who saw injustice and oppression, and who sacrificed himself by blowing up the ammunition depot.

Toha, Pahlawan Bandung Selatan

1961

Gerhana poster
NR

Tells the story of Fandy's life journey, whose life has been bleak since childhood. Being considered an unlucky child by his parents was a blow to him. When defending his friends, he was accused of killing his opponent, even though he didn't. He went to prison. After getting out, he fell in love with a woman, but then the woman was murdered and he was slandered again. He escaped from prison to then take revenge for the death of his girlfriend.

Gerhana

1985