Mimi Mariani

Mimi Mariani was a Belgian-Indonesian actress, model, and singer. She was born Troely Callebaut on June 8, 1928, in Malang, Dutch East Indies, to Petrus Fransiskus and Fien Callebaut. Her sister was Sri Murniati, an Indonesian actress whom was referred as the Kasma Booty of Indonesia. Her brother, Emile Callebaut, was an Indonesian director who was the father of actress Doris Callebaut. She began her career as a child actress by joining the Bintang Soerabaja troupe, and later joined Warnasari troupe as a singer and actress. After the Indonesian National Revolution, she starred in her first film role, Inspektur Rachman (1950), and later starred in Rodrigo de Villa (1952). She made her lead role debut in Fred Young's musical film Lenggang Djakarta (1953), where she drew critics' attention and launched her as a rising star. That year, she starred in another three more films such as Machluk Raksasa (1953), Belenggu Masjarakat (1953), and Kassan (1953).

In 1954, Mariani starred in the first Indonesian superhero film, Sri Asih, which nicknamed her as the first Sri Asih. She later married her co-star, Turino Djunaedy, in 1955. She appeared in four more films that year: Rahasia Sukudomas (1954), Putri Gunung (1954), Djubah Hitam (1954), and Debu Revolusi (1954). She also starred in Oh, Ibuku (1955) and Ibu dan Putri (1955), a movie from the Gadis Tiga Djaman series directed by Ali Yugo.