Title
Photograph of Maria Menado in a scene from a film
Year/Period
1960s
Region
Singapore and Malaysia
Object Type
Material
Dimension
Image size: 8 x 10.4 cm
Accession No.
2005-01106
Collection of
Maria Menado was born in Menado, Indonesia in 1931. She got her start in acting at Shaw Brothers’ Malay Film Productions before moving on to work for Cathay-Keris. She is famous for her role as the ‘pontianak’ (female vampire) in the box-office hits: ‘Pontianak’ (1957), ‘Dendam Pontianak’ (1957) and ‘Sumpah Pontianak’ (1958), all directed by B.N. Rao. She set up her own film production company, Maria Menado Productions in 1959, making her Malaya’s first film-star producer.
