Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Roekiah

Roekiah

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The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/May 5, 2014 by BencherliteTalk 14:50, 23 April 2014 (UTC)



Roekiah (1917–1945) was a kroncong singer and film actress from the Dutch East Indies. Born to two actors, she began her career at the age of seven, and by 1932 had become well-known in Batavia. Around this time she met her husband Kartolo. The two acted in the 1937 hit Terang Boelan, with Roekiah starring alongside Rd Mochtar; after the film's commercial success, Roekiah, Kartolo, and most of the cast and crew of Terang Boelan were signed to Tan's Film. They appeared in three films for the company, beginning with Fatima in 1938, before Mochtar left in 1940; his departure ended a partnership which had spawned numerous imitators. Mochtar's replacement, Djoemala, acted with Roekiah in four films, beginning with Sorga Ka Toedjoe, although these were less successful. During the peak of her career, Roekiah was a fashion and beauty icon, featuring in advertisements and drawing comparisons to Dorothy Lamour and Janet Gaynor. After the Japanese invaded the Indies in 1942, Roekiah took only one more film role before her death. Of her five children with Kartolo, one – Rachmat Kartolo – entered acting. Roekiah has often been cited as one of Indonesia's film pioneers.
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 * Main editors: Crisco 1492
 * Promoted: 2014
 * Reasons for nomination: Interesting article on the leading lady of pre-independence Indonesia's cinema industry. We don't know the exact date of her birth or death, so no obvious dates to save this for. Also our only FA on an Indonesian woman so far.
 * Support as nominator. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 04:50, 13 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Support a woman pioneer, covered well, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:31, 14 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Support, well referenced article on this deceased female singer and actress. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 18:00, 16 April 2014 (UTC)