Suzzanna

Suzzanna Martha Frederika van Osch (13 October 1942 – 15 October 2008) was an Indonesian actress. Known as the "queen of Indonesian horror", she is well-known in particular in Indonesia for portraying spirits, witches, and other supernatural beings. She was crowned the best female antagonist in Indonesian film industry along with Ruth Pelupessy and Mieke Wijaya. Biography Suzzanna, who was an Indo of mixed Javanese-Minahasan-Sundanese-German-Dutch heritage, was born Suzzanna Martha Frederica Van Osch on 13 October 1942 in Buitenzorg (now Bogor), West Java, as the youngest child from the six children to Willem Van Osch, a stage actor from the Netherlands, and Johanna Bojoh, a singer. Her brothers were Janemann Van Osch, William Charles Van Osch, and Buce Boyoh. While her sisters were Gerdina Johanna Maria Van Osch and Irene Beatrix Van Osch. Suzzanna entered acting in the 1958, following the success of Usmar Ismail's Tiga Dara (1956). Cashing in on the popularity of the film, numerous organizations had begun holding "Tiga Dara" competitions; Suzzana, who had been raised in Magelang, won a such competition in Yogyakarta. She was soon cast in Ismail's film Asrama Dara (1958), in which she portrayed Ina, the daughter of a politician who must stay at a boarding house for girls along with her sister who was portrayed by Nurbani Yusuf. Advertising for this film emphasized Suzzanna and her role, drawing on the previous success of Tiga Dara by touting her as the next Indriati Iskak. Suzzanna's performance was well received by audiences, and in 1960, she was named Best Child Actress Award at the Asian Film Festival; she was also given recognition at the 1960 Indonesian Film Festival. By the mid-1960s, she had married fellow actor . Together, in 1965, they established the film production company Tri Murni Film, which produced only one film—Segenggam Tanah Perbatasan (1965), starring both Suzzanna and Suprapto—before closing. They collaborated on another film, Suzie, the following year. Their final effort, Tidar Jaya Film, was most successful; it produced four films between 1970 and 1973. The first of these was Tuan Tanah Kedawung (1970), an adaptation of the comic by . In this film, Suzzanna took the role of Ratna, a woman who must protect her husband's land deeds while he is working in Borneo. Tidar Jaya subsequently produced Beranak dalam Kubur (1971), Bumi Makin Panas (1973), and Napsu Gila (1973); all of these featured Suzzanna.