Kanjeng Raden Ayu Soemarini Soerjosoemarno, now known as Abdullah Burhan Marini or simply Marini or Marini Sardi is an Indonesian singer and actress who has performed on stage and television screens since the 1960s.
Background
She was born to Indonesian father Kanjeng Raden Mas Arjo Soetarjo Soerjosoemarno and Dutch mother Dolly Zegerius. Marini was born in Malang, East Java, on 2 November 1947, the daughter of a Javanese nobleman, Kanjeng Raden Mas Arjo Soetarjo Soerjosoemarno, and a Dutchwoman, Dolly Zegerius.
Education
She completed a senior high school education.
Career
She has recorded dozens of albums, both recorded in Indonesia and abroad for Polydor, Philips and Electric and Music Industries. She found popularity with the audience, and was given more songs to sing. By 1967 Marini had become a professional singer, touring with The Steps. With the band, she travelled through East Asia, including Singapore, Hong Kong, and Tokyo.
In the latter city she took a beauty course.
Marini made her film debut in 1975 with Cinta. At the 1976 Indonesian Film Festival, she was voted the best new talent.
She continued her career with such films as Kenangan Desember (1976), Marina (1977), Terminal Cinta (1977), and Sejuta Duka Ibu (1977). In 1994 Marini interviewed Julio Iglesias and performed "Let lieutenant Be Maine" with him.
In 2003 she was a supporting actress in the sinetron (soap opera) Doa dan Anugerah 2.
She returned to film in 2007 for Hanung Bramantyo"s Ayat-Ayat Cinta, acting in two further movies in 2010.