Mimi Mariani

Mariani with her second husband Turino Djunaedy, answering letters in 1956

Mariani married four times and divorced for three times, she had four children.[3]

Mariani married to Indonesian director Turino Djunaedy in 1955, they divorced in 1958 due to film industry crisis.[1]

Mariani married to Titi Murni Pharmacy owner Yusman Effendi (born 1944), their marriage lasted until Mariani death in 1971.[1]

Mariani's grave at Karet Bivak Cemetery in Central Jakarta, Indonesia

Mariani was diagnosed with lymphoma in 1969.[3]

She underwent surgery twice. But due to the cancer already spreading to her spleen, the doctor forbid her from going through with the third operation.[3]

Mariani then went into bed rest for five months at her residence in Kebon Kelapa, Jakarta. She slipped into a coma on April 24, 1971 and died one week later, a month before her 43th birthday,[3] and was buried on May 2, 1971 at Karet Bivak Cemetery.[3] Among the mourners were Fifi Young, Sofia W.D., W.D. Mochtar, and S. Poniman.[3]

Mariani and Amran S. Mouna in Belenggu Masjarakat (1953)

Mariani and Rendra Karno in Debu Revolusi (1954)

Mariani, Bambang Irawan, and Bambang Hermanto in Delapan Pendjuru Angin (1957)

Mariani starred in four movies that were released in 1953, she made her film debut as the female lead in Lenggang Djakarta (1953) opposite Bambang Hermanto.[1] In this film, she played Nani, a city girl who falls in love triangle with a married man.[1]

Her second film of 1953, the urban fantasy drama Machluk Raksasa which was adapted from the Javanese folklore story, Timun Mas.[1]

She co-starred with Amran S. Mouna and Wahid Chan in her third movie of the year, Belenggu Masjarakat, which won the Best Cinematography award at the Indonesian Film Festival in 1955.[1] Her last film role in that year, a bit parts in Kassan.[1]

Mariani in Sri Asih (1954)

In early 1954, Mariani began filming Indonesian first superhero film, Sri Asih, which was adapted from comic by R. A. Kosasih with the same title. This film was directed by Tan Sing Hwat and produced by Turino Djunaedy, Mariani's second husband. In this film, she played Sri Asih, a woman who has superhero powers with the help from an amulet. No prints of Sri Asih are known to exist today, but a production still of Mariani in costume as Sri Asih have survived.[1]

Mariani then starred in Indonesian historical drama, Debu Revolusi, co-starring Rendra Karno.[1] She played Martini, a city girl who fall in love with a national soldier from Operation Kraai.[1]

Mariani, Gretiani Hamzah, and Bambang Hermanto in Putri Gunung (1954)