Roekiah was born in Bandung, West Java, in 1917 to a pair of actors with the Opera Poesi Indra Bangsawan troupe; her father was originally from Belitung, while her mother was of Sundanese descent.
Roekiah was born in Bandung in 1917 to a pair of actors with the Opera Poesi Indra Bangsawan troupe. Bandung was West Java. Her father was originally from Belitung. Her mother was of Sundanese descent.