Astaman

Astaman (16 May 1900 – 20 August 1980), also known as Tirtosari, was an Indonesian actor active from the 1910s until the mid-1970s. He was a leading actor in the influential theatre company Dardanella and, after entering the film industry with 1940's Kartinah, acted in 43 films.

==Biography== Astaman was born on 16 May 1900 in Sidoarjo, East Java, Dutch East Indies, as the son of an actor, Wagimin, and Sartipah, an actress. He attended elementary school there, only to drop out in his third year. At age ten Astaman joined his father's troupe Wagimin & Keluarga, which consisted of his father, mother, and two cousins. Astaman first sold tickets, later taking up acting and touring rural areas in East Java with the troupe. He left the troupe sometime in 1915, first to join the Theater se Souvenir, then the Constantinople Opera .