Siti Zainab

Siti Zainab binti Kimpal (31 December 1935 – 21 August 2014) was a Malaysian-born Indonesian actress, singer, and dancer. She was born in Sabak Bernam, Selangor, as the eldest child of the three children to Kimpal and Siti Khadijah. She had a younger sister, Hindun binti Kimpal, a housewife who was born in 1939, and a younger brother, Kamaruddin bin Kimpal, a farmer who was born in 1949. She completed her education at junior school and religious school, and started to taking a course at cooking school in West Sumatera. She later graduated from Sekolah Kepandaian Putri (SKP).

Zainab started her career by joined Dardanella troupe as an actress, she also joined Bintang Berlian troupe in Palembang, South Sumatra, in 1947 as an actress and dancer. She later joined Sri Budaya troupe in Lubuklinggau and moved to Jambi during Operation Product and joined Dian troupe.

Zainab married to Indonesian ulama Zakaria bin Muhammad Amin on 1956 in Bengkalis. They had a seven children named Zulkarnain Zakaria (born 17 August 1957), Nukman Zakaria (born 20 June 1960), Rinie Yuslina Fairuz Zakaria (25 July 1964 – 14 March 2021), Gamal Abdul Nasir Zakaria (born 22 June 1965), Rita Puspa Zakaria (born 20 November 1967), Nida Suryani Zakaria (born 15 April 1971), and Sri Purnama Zakaria (born 20 October 1973). Their marriage lasted until Zakaria's death on 1 January 2006.

Zainab died at her residence in Kelapapati, Bengkalis, on 21 August 2014, due to heart attack at the age of 78.

Her funeral was held at Taman Makam Islam Harapan.