Laila Sari has been nicknamed the "energetic old lady" for her on-stage persona.
10 Facts About Laila Sari
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Laila Sari's father died when she was two, and the following year her grandparents took her from her singer mother Amak to live on Java.
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Laila Sari made her debut by singing at a wedding party in Pontianak, West Kalimantan with her parents.
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Laila Sari performed for soldiers and President Sukarno often invited her to perform during Independence Day celebrations at the Presidential Palace.
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In 1960, Laila Sari married a Dutchman named Boertje, who was five years her junior.
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Laila Sari continued to act, including playing Slamet Rahardjo's love interest in Teguh Karya's 1971 film Wadjah Seorang Laki-Laki.
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In 1993, Boertje had a stroke and Laila Sari cut back on her singing and acting to tend to him and her ailing mother; to fund the medical treatment, she sold her cars and second house in Cengkareng, West Jakarta.
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Since then, Laila Sari played comedic roles on television; she spends time entertaining the elderly at nursing homes.
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Laila Sari lived with her family, including her great-granddaughter, in Tangkiwood, West Jakarta; they lived in poverty.
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Laila Sari died on 20 November 2017 from undisclosed causes, aged 82.