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 were 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 joined 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 la...show more