Siti Zainab

Siti Zainab binti Kimpal 31 December 1935 21 August 2014 was a Malaysianborn Indonesian actress singer and dancer She was born in Sabak Bernam Selangor as the eldest daughter and child of the three children of Siti Khadijah and Kimpal She had a younger sister Hindun binti Kimpal a housewife and a younger brother Kamaruddin bin Kimpal a farmer She completed her education at junior school and religious school and started to taking a course at cooking school in West Sumatera She later graduated from Sekolah Kepandaian Putri SKP Zainab started her career by joined Dardanella troupe as an actress she also joined Bintang Berlian troupe in Palembang South Sumatra in 1947 as an actress and dancer She later joined Sri Budaya troupe in Lubuklinggau and moved to Jambi during Operation Product and joined Dian troupe She later moved to Singapore and signed a contract with Shaw Brothers Studio and later made her film debut in Nasib 1949 as a singer and dancer She later starred in Nilam 1949 as a child actress which also starred P Ramlee and Siput Sarawak Zainab appeared in numerous Singapore production films as a singer and dancer along with several actress such as Kasma Booty Siput Sarawak and etc She appeared in four more films such as Rachun Dunia 1950 Bakti 1950 Takdir Ilahi 1950 and Dewi Murni 1950 She returned to Palembang in 1950 along with her parents and later joined Ratu Asia troupe as a dancer and singer before later moved to Jakarta She released two songs titled Sayang di Sayang and Hari Raya and later received a positive response from music fans in Jakarta Zainab then made her Indonesian film debut by starring in Taufan 1952 Apart from dancing she started to work as a cooking teacher in the early 1950s Zainab was an active dancer who was known for her role in drama film such as Timuriana 1953 and Belenggu Masjarakat 1953 She made her last appearance in Asrama Dara 1958 as a dancer and later retired to became a housewife Zainab was married to Zakaria bin Muhammad Amin an ulama in Bengkalis Riau in 1956 They had seven children Zulkarnain b 17 August 1957 a civil servant Nukman a civil servant Rinie Yuslina Fairuz a civil servant Gamal Abdul Nasir a lecturer and writer Rita Puspa a civil servant Nida Suryani a Biology teacher and Sri Purnama an English teacher Their marriage lasted until Zakarias death in 2006 She died at her residence in Kelapapati Bengkalis on 21 August 2014 at 800 WIB UTC0700 due to heart attack at the age of 78 and was buried at Taman Makam Islam Harapan