Kasma Booty was a Malaysian actress and film

Film

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 star. She was dubbed the "Elizabeth Taylor

Elizabeth Taylor

Dame Elizabeth Rosemond "Liz" Taylor, DBE was a British-American actress. From her early years as a child star with MGM, she became one of the great screen actresses of Hollywood's Golden Age...

 of Malaysia."

Personal life

She was born Kasmah Abdullah in Kiasaran, near the city of Medan

Medan

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 on the Indonesia

Indonesia

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n island of Sumatra

Sumatra

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. She was of Dutch

Dutch people

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 and Javanese descent. She began her acting and film career at the early agae of 15. She ultimately changed her name to Kasma Booty after marrying her husband, Booty Jacobs. The couple had four children - Cempaka, Asmara, Purnama (her youngest child), and Suria, who is also deceased.

Film career

She began her film career by acting in a number of films produced by Shaw Brothers. Her movies at Shaw Brothers included Cempaka (1947) and Noor Asmara (1949).

Booty next moved to the Cathay Keris Studio in Singapore

Singapore

Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

 before moving to the Merdeka Studio in Hulu Kelang, Malaysia in the 1960s.

Kasma Booty received the Merak Kayangan award for veteran, long time film stars at the seventh annual Malaysian Film Festival in 1987. She also was awarded the Jury Award at the 35th annual Asia Pacific Film Festival

Asia Pacific Film Festival

The Asia Pacific Film Festival, first held in 1954, is film festival held annually in an Asian country designated by the Board of Directors of the Federation of Motion Picture Producers in Asia-Pacific.Awards are handed out for:*Best Film*Best Director...

 in 1990.

Death

Kasma Booty suffered from a number of medical conditions in her later years, including heart problems, diabetes, high blood pressure and pneumonia

Pneumonia

Pneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the lung—especially affecting the microscopic air sacs —associated with fever, chest symptoms, and a lack of air space on a chest X-ray. Pneumonia is typically caused by an infection but there are a number of other causes...

. She was admitted to Ampang Hospital, located in the suburb of Ampang near Kuala Lumpur

Kuala Lumpur

Kuala Lumpur is the capital and the second largest city in Malaysia by population. The city proper, making up an area of , has a population of 1.4 million as of 2010. Greater Kuala Lumpur, also known as the Klang Valley, is an urban agglomeration of 7.2 million...

, on May 13, 2007, after complaining of shortness of breath due to pneumonia. While hospitalized she asked to visit the Cameron Highlands

Cameron Highlands

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 and Pulau Besar

Pulau Besar

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 in Melaka.
Unfortunately, she was unable to leave the hospital due to her illness. According to an interview with her granddaughter, Jeng Riema Booty Purnama, Booty had been well enough to eat some of her favorite foods in the hospital such as lontong

Lontong

Lontong is an Asian dish made of compressed rice wrapped inside banana leaf that is then cut into small cakes as staple food replacement of steamed rice...

, kentang putar and nasi kandar

Nasi kandar

Nasi Kandar is a popular northern Malaysian dish, which originates from Penang. It is a meal of steamed rice which can be plain or mildly flavored, and served with a variety of curries and side dishes....

.

Booty died at 2 AM on June 1, 2007 of pneumonia surrounded by her children. She was 75. She left behind 12 grandchildren and one great grandchild. Kasma was buried at Kampung Klang Gate cemetery.

Films

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• Shaw Brothers Studios
  • Cempaka (1947)
  • Pisau Berachun (1948)
  • Noor Asmara (1949)
  • Rachun Dunia (1950)
  • Bakti (1950)
  • Dewi Murni (1950)
  • Sejoli (1951)
  • Juwita (1951)
  • Manusia (1951)

• Cathay Keris Studio
  • Mahsuri (1958)

• Merdeka Studio
  • Keris Sempena Riau (1961)
  • Selendang Merah (1962)
  • Siti Payung (1962)
  • Ratapan Ibu (1962)
  • Tangkap Basah (1963)
  • Anak Manja (1963)
  • Ragam P. Ramlee (1965)
  • Damak (1967)

External links

• Veteran Actress Kasma Booty Dies