Ruth Pelupessy

Pelupessy was born on 27 April 1938 in Bangka Island, Bangka Belitung Islands. She attended Girls' Skills Teacher School until the second grade. ==Career==

Pelupessy started her career as a model with the Indonesian Modelling Agency (IMA), and in Perkawinan Nyi Blorong (1983). Pelupessy appeared in a comedy film with the Warkop comedy trio group titled Sabar Dulu Dong...! (1989). She portrayed Mevrouw Rudolf in the film, a hotel guest who caused a commotion because she walked in her sleep. Alongside her acting career, Pelupessy was also a bamboo furniture entrepreneur. ==Personal life==

Marriages, relationship, and children Pelupessy was married twice. Her first marriage resulted in two children. In 1974, Pelupessy lived together with actor Hendra Cipta and was married him at civil registration in May 1977. She saw Cipta reciting the Quran and asked what it meant. Cipta answered that he didn't know and Pelupessy replied by saying "how do you pray if you don't know the meaning." to which Cipta answered again "what is important to me, carry out obligations, meaning the obligation to pray" and she replied back by saying "how would I convert to Islam if you just don't know what it means.". The conflict then became increasingly sharp and each confirmed their own religion with Pelupessy who was Protestantism and Cipta who was Muslims. She then said angrily "If I had known this, we wouldn't have gotten married in the first place.". They later divorced in January 1979 with Pelupessy said "now, I have to love God first, then man, otherwise God will jealous.". == Death ==

Pelupessy died in Jakarta, Indonesia, on 21 October 1996, aged 58. She was buried at the Kampung Kandang Cemetery. ==Filmography==