Devi Dja
Biography
Devi Dja was an Indonesian-born American dancer, singer, and actress who began performing with a troupe in East Java before joining Dardanella, the opera company founded by Willy A. Piedro. Born in 1914 in Sentul, in Sleman Regency, she first appeared with Dardanella in Makassar in 1927, when she was 13, as an extra in Boenga Roos dari Serang. By 1931 posters billed her as Dardanella's Sweet Seventeen, and the company toured Singapore, China, Rangoon, India, Turkey, Paris, Morocco, and Germany. She earned the nickname the Pavlova of the Orient, after ballerina Anna Pavlova. Moving to the United States around 1940, she performed in New York with Devi Dja's Bali and Java Cultural Dancers, later taught Indonesian dancing in California, and in 1960 worked with Ruth St. Denis on a Balinese shadow puppet play, the first in the United States. She died in 1989.
74years old at death
- Born Yogyakarta
- Died Northridge Hospital Medical Center
- Star sign: LeoThe sign runs July 23 to August 22
- Misria Dja (birth name)Also credited as Miss Dja
Movie Career
- Films
- 4
- Career span
- 10 years1940 to 1950
Every film, newest first
- 1950Three Came HomeIMDb rating 7.3
- 1945The Picture of Dorian GrayIMDb rating 7.5
- 1942Road to MoroccoIMDb rating 7.0
- 1940Road to SingaporeIMDb rating 6.6
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