Dhalia (Perfected Spelling: Dahlia; 10 February 1925 – 14 April 1991) was an Indonesian actress active for over fifty years.
Dhalia was born on 10 February 1925 in Medan, Dutch East Indies, as the only child of Tengku Katam and Karang Intan.
[3][4] Dhalia was diagnosed with cervical cancer, and spent her last day at her rented house in Menteng, Central Jakarta, along with her daughter and granddaughter.
[2] Her next two appearances saw her playing an orphan in Sutan Usman Karim's drama Panggilan Darah[5] and alongside Rd Mochtar in Moestika dari Djemar, an adaptation of the One Thousand and One Nights.
By 1955 she had completed eighteen films, taking such roles as the title character in Chandra Dewi (1952) and the prostitute Laila in Lewat Djam Malam (1954).