Zainal Abidin (actor)
Zainal Abidin | |
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Born | 31 August 1928 |
Died | 7 January 2000 | (aged 71)
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1952–1997 |
Notable work |
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Zainal Abidin (31 August 1928 – 7 January 2000) was a
Biography
Abidin was born in Batavia, Dutch East Indies (now Jakarta, Indonesia) on 31 August 1928. He completed his education through senior high school before beginning work at a shipping company based at Tanjung Priok in 1950. He left the position in 1952, and the following year made his feature film debut, taking a minor role in Chaidar Djafar's Sedarah Sedaging.[1]
In his first two years as an actor, Abidin took a further ten roles. He remained highly active until 1964.[2] when he was arrested for his relationship with the Communist Party of Indonesia (Partai Komunis Indonesia or PKI) following a failed coup attempt on 30 September 1965 which the army blamed on the PKI.[1] Abidin only made his return to film in 1971, with Lie Soen Bok's Derita Ibu.[2][3] By the 1980s he reached his peak period of productivity.[2] In 1980 he set a record for acting in 16 films in a single year,[3] and in several years he acted in six or more films.[2]
In 1994 Abidin completed his final feature film, Maman Firmansjah's Setetes Noda Manis.[2] Afterwards, with the domestic film industry on a downturn, he migrated to televised soap operas, acting in several between 1994 and 1997. This included his only directorial effort, the series Maunya Macam-Macam (1996).[3] Abidin died on 7 January 2000,[4] having acted in over 150 feature films.[2]
Abidin was nominated for seven Citra Awards from the
References
- ^ a b "Zainal Abidin". filmindonesia.or.id (in Indonesian). Konfiden Foundation. Archived from the original on 5 April 2014. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f "Filmografi Zainal Abidin" [Filmography for Zainal Abidin]. filmindonesia.or.id (in Indonesian). Konfiden Foundation. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
- ^ a b c "Zainal Abidin". Encyclopedia of Jakarta (in Indonesian). Jakarta City Government. Archived from the original on 6 October 2013. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
- ^ a b "Kronika (page 80)" (in Indonesian). Sinematek Indonesia. Archived from the original on 2 June 2013. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
- ^ "Penghargaan Zainal Abidin" [Awards for Zainal Abidin]. filmindonesia.or.id (in Indonesian). Konfiden Foundation. Archived from the original on 29 June 2017. Retrieved 4 May 2013.