Frieda Thenu (24 November 1938 – 15 October 1977), better known by the stage name Farida Arriany, also known as Frieda Shagniarty, was an Indonesian actress, model, and singer. She was named the most successful Indonesian film star in 1960s.
Farida Arriany was born Frieda Thenu on 24 November 1938 in Bandung, West Java.[1][2] Her younger sister, Onny Arriany, was an Indonesian child actress who starred with her in Anakku Sajang (1957) and Arriany (1958). She completed a junior high school education.[1]
Arriany was reported to have had affairs with several man such as Wim Tomasoa, Sukarno M. Noor, and Sudomo.[3][2] She was married to Sri Budoyo, an entrepreneur who was the president director of PR Nusan Tour Data Development Corp and PT Nusan Data Investmen Corp.[4] They had four children: Ary Dewanti, Sri Resphaty, Trisno Subroto, and Ario Sutejo.[2]
During the filming of Yoan (1977), Arriany suffered a fall from epilepsy. On 28 September 1977, she was rushed to Husada Hospital in Central Jakarta, due to appendicitis and cirrhosis. Arriany then underwent surgery but later died on 15 October, due to complication from the disease at the age of 38.[1][2]
Arriany in Tjemburu (1953), credited as Frieda Shagniarty
Arriany started her acting career by starred in Tjemburu (1953), along with Nurnaningsih.[2] She made her feature film debut in 1955, taking the role of Sari in Golden Arrow's Kasih Ibu (A Mother's Love).[1][5] She was credited as Frieda Shagniarty in this film, only taking the stage name Farida Arriany some time later.[1] She appeared in eighteen further films in the following six years. These included the role of Atikah in Air Mata Ibu [id] (A Mother's Tears, 1957),[5] a remake of the 1941 film of the same name;[6] Lastri in Anakku Sajang [id] (My Dear Child, 1957),[5] for which she won Best Leading Actress at the 1960 Indonesian Film Week; and a role in Pedjuang (Warriors for Freedom, 1961),[1] which was screened in competition at the 2nd Moscow International Film Festival in 1961.[7]
In the early 1960s, Arriany established her own film company, the Farida Arriany Film Corporation. JB Kristanto's Indonesian film catalogue lists the company as only producing a single film, Kami Bangun Hari Esok [id] (We Wake Tomorrow, 1963); this was the first Indonesian film shot with CinemaScope.[8] In his encyclopedia of film figures, however, Misbach Yusa Biran writes that the company completed two films, as well as Road to Bali (1968), a collaborative project with Japan.[1]
Arriany in c. 1962
During the mid-1960s Arriany was inactive from film acting. She made her return in 1969, taking two roles that year: as a singer in Sjumandjaja's Apa Jang Kau Tjari, Palupi? (What Are You Seeking, Palupi?) and in Wim Umboh's Laki-Laki Tak Bernama (Man Without a Name). Over the next eight years she took numerous supporting roles, including in Lewat Tengah Malam (After Midnight, 1971), Salah Asuhan (Wrong Upbringing, 1972), and Menanti Kelahiran (Awaiting Birth, 1977).[1][5]
Arriany was an active promoter of tourism. She was also involved in an organisation supporting older actors. In 1975 she was appointed Second Treasurer for the Indonesian Film Actors Union [id]. Her term would have ended in 1978.[1]
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Biran, Misbach Yusa, ed. (1979). Apa Siapa Orang Film Indonesia 1926–1978 [What and Who: Film Figures in Indonesia, 1926–1978]. Jakarta: Sinematek Indonesia. OCLC6655859.
"Filmografi Frieda Thenu" [Frieda Thenu Filmography]. filmindonesia.or.id (in Indonesian). Konfiden Foundation. Archived from the original on 24 September 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
Kristanto, JB, ed. (2007). Katalog Film Indonesia 1926–2007. Jakarta: Nalar. ISBN978-979-26-9006-4.
