Joego was born in Makassar on the island of Celebes in the Dutch East Indies on 17 March 1907.

[1] In the late 1920s, Joego returned to the East Indies and became a member of the theatre troupe Dardanella,[1] which was run by the Penang-born actor of Russian descent Willy A. Piedro and his native wife Dewi Dja'.

In 1936 it undertook a trip to India, hoping to produce a film version of Andjar's stage play Dr Samsi.

Under financial duress, this plan collapsed, and Dardanella disbanded;[2] Joego made his way back to the Indies and established his own theatrical troupe.

His only appearance from the period in a non-JIF film was in Air Mata Iboe (1941), produced by the rival company Majestic.

[1] He returned to cinema in 1948 with Djaoeh Dimata, in which he was cast alongside Ratna Asmara and portrayed a blind man who chases away his wife after fearing that she has been unfaithful.