Marlia Hardi

Marlia Hardi
Marlia Hardi, 1955
Born(1926-03-10)10 March 1926
Magelang, Dutch East Indies
Died18 June 1984(1984-06-18) (aged 58)
Jakarta, Indonesia
Burial placeKaret Bivak Cemetery
NationalityIndonesian
OccupationActress
Years active1951–1983
SpouseHardjo Samidi
Children2

Marlia Hardi (10 March 1926 – 18 June 1984) was an Indonesian actress who was active from 1950s to 1980s. Born in the Magelang, she took to the stage in the 1940s before moving to Jakarta in 1949. Two years later she made her feature film debut in Untuk Sang Merah Putih. Over the next two decades she appeared in over seventy films, became recognized for her depictions of mothers, and received the Citra Award for Best Supporting Actress. Despite her productiveness, however, she sank into debt and committed suicide at the age of fifty-eight.