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Fifi Young

April 21, 2023

Fifi Young (12 January 1915 – 5 March 1975) was an Indonesian actress of mixed French and Chinese descent who acted in at least 86 films over her 34-year career.

Fifi Young
陳金娘
Young, c. 1955
Born
Nonie Tan
Tan Kiem Nio

(1915-01-12)12 January 1915
Sungai Liput, Aceh, Dutch East Indies
Died5 March 1975(1975-03-05) (aged 60)
Jakarta, Indonesia
NationalityIndonesian
EducationElementary school
OccupationActress
Years active1930–1974
SpouseNjoo Cheong Seng
Children5 Njoo Giok Hwa, grandson Rudy Gunawan world badminton player

Early life and stage career

Young was born with the name Nonie Tan (Chinese: 陳金娘; pinyin: Chén Jīnniáng; Tan Kim Nio) in Sungai Liput, Aceh, on 12 January 1915[a] to a peranakan Chinese mother and French father; her father may have been a serviceman during World War I.[1] After her father died when she was a child, Young and her mother moved to Batavia (modern day Jakarta), where Young completed four years of elementary school at a Dutch-run school for Chinese.[2][3]

Young first joined the Dewi Dja' troupe as a dancer, using the pseudonym Dewi Maria.[1] She later switched to Miss Riboet's Orion troupe, where she married the playwright Njoo Cheong Seng when she was 14.[2][3] The elder man coached her in acting and convinced her to take the stage name Fifi Young; Young was the Cantonese equivalent of Njoo's Hokkien surname, while Fifi was meant to be reminiscent of the French actress Fifi D'Orsay.[3] With Miss Riboet, Young travelled throughout South East Asia, including in Malaya.[3]

In 1930 the couple established the Moonlight Crystal Follies in Penang, where Young had her first acting job.[4] By the mid-1930s Young and Njoo had switched to the Dardanella troupe.[3] Young was one of the group's stars, and after most of the group went abroad Young and Njoo established their own troupe, Fifi Young's Pagoda, in 1937.[5]

Family

Her daughter, Njoo Giok Hwa or known as Sally Young was born in 1930, she is a mother of a famous World Badminton Champion, Rudy Gunawan

Film career

After the success of Albert Balink's Terang Boelan in 1937 and The Teng Chun's Alang-Alang in 1939, four new film studios were started.[6] One of these, Oriental Film, signed Njoo and Young; Njoo was taken as a writer, while Young was meant to be an actress.[7] Young was hoped to be the studio's bankable star, and starred in the studio's first three films: Kris Mataram (Kris of Mataram; 1940), Zoebaida (1940), and Pantjawarna (Five Colours; 1941).[8] When Njoo left the studio to join Majestic Pictures upon the invitation of Fred Young (no relation), Fifi Young went with him. With Majestic she starred in Air Mata Iboe (Mother's Tears; 1941).[9]

During the Japanese occupation from 1942 to 1945, Young and Njoo were members of the Bintang Soerabaia troupe; their fellow member Dhalia had also been a film star before the occupation.[3] The Japanese had closed all but one film studio, essentially killing the industry.[10] During the four-year revolution that followed World War II, Young and her husband led the Pantjawarna troupe.[3]

After the revolution, Young returned to film.[3] During the following two decades she often played mother figures.[5] The American visual anthropologist Karl G. Heider writes that Young performed especially well when acting as an older village woman and that she was well known for chewing betel on-screen.[11]

Young's last film was Teguh Karya's Ranjang Pengantin (Wedding Dress) released in 1974. She died on 5 March 1975 after spending several months in hospital. She was cremated at Muara Karang, North Jakarta, four days after her death, until which she had actively spoke out against the sexually-themed stories that had begun dominating the nation's cinema.[2][3][5] Her daughter Sally, one of five children Young had with Njoo before they divorced, went into acting.[3] Young has a famous badminton player grandson, Rudy Gunawan is a son of one of her daughter Njoo Giok Hwa.

Awards

Young received several acting awards during her career. At the inaugural Indonesian Film Festival in 1955, Young was chosen for the best actress award for her role in Tarmina. She received several nominations from the PWI, including Best Actress for Wajah Seorang Pembunuh in 1973 and Best Actress for Jembatan Merah in 1974.[12] In November 2003 Young was posthumously awarded a Budaya Parama Dharma Award by President Megawati Sukarnoputri for her contributions to the development of Indonesian culture. Other awardees included the comedian Bing Slamet and the director D. Djajakusuma.[13]

Filmography

Young acted in at least 86 films over her 34-year career,[14] saying in 1972 that she had forgotten just how many.[4] Those recorded are as follows:

  • Kris Mataram (Kris of Mataram; 1940)
  • Zoebaida (1940)
  • Pantjawarna (Five Colours; 1941)
  • Air Mata Iboe (Mother's Tears; 1941)
  • Bintang Surabaja 1951 (Star of Surabaya 1951; 1950)
  • Harumanis (Sweet and Fragrant; 1950)
  • Irawaty (Aju Kesuma) (Irawaty [Beautiful Flower]; 1950)
  • Meratap Hati (Lamenting the Heart; 1950)
  • Ratapan Ibu (Mother's Wailing; 1950)
  • Djakarta Diwaktu Malam (Jakarta at Night; 1954)
  • Halilintar (1954)
  • Sedarah Sedaging (Blood and Flesh; 1954)
  • Siapa Ajahku (Who's My Father; 1954)
  • Tarmina (1954)
  • Gadis Sesat (Lost Girl; 1955)
  • Berdjumpa Kembali (Meet Again; 1955)
  • Kekasih Ajah (Father's Lover; 1955)
  • Rumah Gila (Crazy House; 1955)
  • Pemetjahan Poligami (Polygamous Breakup; 1956)
  • Terang Bulan Terang di Kali (Moonlight Shining in the Stream; 1956)
  • Tiga Dara (Three Ladies; 1956)
  • Tandjung Katung (1957)
  • Air Mata Ibu (Mother's Tears; 1957)
  • Konsepsi Ajah (Father's Conception; 1957)
  • Asrama Dara (Women's Love; 1958)
  • Bertamasja (Holiday; 1959)
  • Momon (1959)
  • Serba Salah (Always Wrong; 1959)
  • Tiga Mawar (Three Roses; 1959)
  • Darah Tinggi (High Blood; 1960)
  • Desa yang Dilupakan (The Forgotten Village; 1960)
  • Gadis Manis Dipinggir Djalan (Sweet Maiden at the Roadside; 1960)
  • Gaja Remadja (Teenage Girl; 1960)
  • Mendung Sendja Hari (Dark at Noon; 1960)
  • Asmara dan Wanita (Passion and Women; 1961)
  • Limapuluh Megaton (Fifty Megatons; 1961)
  • Notaris Sulami (Sulami the Notary Public; 1961)
  • Sajem(1961)
  • Pesan Ibu (Mother's Message; 1961)
  • Si Kembar (The Twins; 1961)
  • Holiday in Bali (1962)
  • Violetta (1962)
  • DKN 901 (1962)
  • Bintang Ketjil (Little Star; 1963)
  • Daerah Perbatasan (Border; 1964)
  • Pilihan Hati (Heart's Choice; 1964)
  • Manusia dan Peristiwa (Mankind and Events; 1968)
  • Awan Djingga (Orange Clouds; 1970)
  • Bali (1970)
  • Dibalik Pintu Dosa (Behind the Doors of Sin; 1970)
  • Hidup, Tjinta dan Air Mata (Life, Love, and Tears; 1970)
  • Samiun dan Dasima (Samiun and Dasima; 1970)
  • Si Bego Menumpas Kutjing Hitam (The Idiot Takes on the Black Cat; 1970)
  • Si Pitung (1970)
  • Banteng Betawi (The Betawi Bull; 1971)
  • Biarkan Musim Berganti (Let the Seasons Pass; 1971)
  • Derita Tiada Akhir (Unending Suffering; 1971)
  • Djembatan Emas (The Golden Bridge; 1971)
  • Ilusia (Kasih Tak Terputuskan) (Illusion [Unrequited Love]; 1971)
  • Insan Kesepian (Lonely Person; 1971)
  • Malin Kundang (Anak Durhaka) (Malin Kundang [Forsaken Child]; 1971)
  • Pengantin Remaja (Teenage Bride; 1971)
  • Rina (1971)
  • Tjinta di Batas Peron (Love at the Lorry's Edge; 1971)
  • Mawar Rimba (Jungle Rose; 1972)
  • Pengantin Tiga Kali (Married Three Times; 1972)
  • Salah Asuhan (Wrong Upbringing; 1972)
  • Aku Tak Berdosa (I Did Nothing Wrong; 1972)
  • Titienku Sayang (My Dear Titien; 1972)
  • Tjintaku Djauh Dipulau (My Titien, Far Away; 1972)
  • Wajah Seorang Pembunuh (Face of a Killer; 1972)
  • Ketemu Jodoh (Meeting a Soulmate; 1973)
  • Kutukan Ibu (Mother's Curse; 1973)
  • Ambisi (Ambition; 1973)
  • Jembatan Merah (Red Bridge; 1973)
  • Si Doel Anak Betawi (Doel, the Betawi Child; 1973)
  • Bobby (1974)
  • Si Bagong Mujur (The Lucky Bagong; 1974)
  • Tetesan Air Mata Ibu (Mother's Tear Drops; 1974)
  • Cinta Remaja (Teenage Lovers; 1974)
  • Ratapan dan Rintihan (Wailing and Crying; 1974)
  • Hamidah (1974)
  • Sayangilah Daku (Love Me; 1974)
  • Mei Lan, Aku Cinta Padamu (Mei Lan, I Love You; 1974)
  • Gaun Pengantin (Wedding Dress; 1974)
  • Ranjang Pengantin (Wedding Bed; 1974)

Notes

  1. ^ Several sources give the year as 1912, but Young said she was born in 1914, and Indonesian library Archive stated that she was born in 1915 (Labrousse 1973, p. 175).

References

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b Labrousse 1973, p. 175.
  2. ^ a b c Filmindonesia.or.id, Nonie Tan.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j TIM, Fifi Young.
  4. ^ a b Labrousse 1973, p. 176.
  5. ^ a b c Jahja 2003, Fifi Young.
  6. ^ Biran 2009, p. 205.
  7. ^ Biran 2009, p. 204.
  8. ^ Biran 2009, pp. 228–229.
  9. ^ Biran 2009, pp. 239–241.
  10. ^ Biran 2009, pp. 319, 332.
  11. ^ Heider 1991, p. 61.
  12. ^ Filmindonesia.or.id, Penghargaan.
  13. ^ Unidjaja 2003, Megawati awards.
  14. ^ Filmindonesia.or.id, Filmografi.

Bibliography

  • Biran, Misbach Yusa (2009). Sejarah Film 1900–1950: Bikin Film di Jawa [History of Film 1900–1950: Making Films in Java] (in Indonesian). Jakarta: Komunitas Bamboo working with the Jakarta Art Council. ISBN 978-979-3731-58-2.
  • (in Indonesian). Taman Ismail Marzuki. Archived from the original on 1 January 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
  • [Filmography for Nonie Tan]. Filmindonesia.or.id (in Indonesian). Konfidan Foundation. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
  • Heider, Karl G (1991). Indonesian Cinema: National Culture on Screen. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-1367-3.
  • Jahja, Junus (24 February 2003). . Suara Pembaruan (in Indonesian). Archived from the original on 12 March 2007. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
  • Labrousse, P. (August 1973). "Entretien avec Fifi Young" [Talking with Fifi Young]. Archipel (in French). 5: 175–177. doi:10.3406/arch.1973.1049.
  • . Filmindonesia.or.id (in Indonesian). Konfidan Foundation. Archived from the original on 19 February 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
  • [Awards for Nonie Tan]. Filmindonesia.or.id (in Indonesian). Konfidan Foundation. Archived from the original on 9 August 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
  • Unidjaja, Fabiola Desy (8 November 2003). . The Jakarta Post. Archived from the original on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 6 August 2012.

External links

April 21, 2023
fifi, young, january, 1915, march, 1975, indonesian, actress, mixed, french, chinese, descent, acted, least, films, over, year, career, 陳金娘young, 1955bornnonie, tantan, kiem, 1915, january, 1915sungai, liput, aceh, dutch, east, indiesdied5, march, 1975, 1975, . Fifi Young 12 January 1915 5 March 1975 was an Indonesian actress of mixed French and Chinese descent who acted in at least 86 films over her 34 year career Fifi Young陳金娘Young c 1955BornNonie TanTan Kiem Nio 1915 01 12 12 January 1915Sungai Liput Aceh Dutch East IndiesDied5 March 1975 1975 03 05 aged 60 Jakarta IndonesiaNationalityIndonesianEducationElementary schoolOccupationActressYears active1930 1974SpouseNjoo Cheong SengChildren5 Njoo Giok Hwa grandson Rudy Gunawan world badminton player Contents 1 Early life and stage career 2 Family 3 Film career 4 Awards 5 Filmography 6 Notes 7 References 8 External linksEarly life and stage career EditYoung was born with the name Nonie Tan Chinese 陳金娘 pinyin Chen Jinniang Tan Kim Nio in Sungai Liput Aceh on 12 January 1915 a to a peranakan Chinese mother and French father her father may have been a serviceman during World War I 1 After her father died when she was a child Young and her mother moved to Batavia modern day Jakarta where Young completed four years of elementary school at a Dutch run school for Chinese 2 3 Young first joined the Dewi Dja troupe as a dancer using the pseudonym Dewi Maria 1 She later switched to Miss Riboet s Orion troupe where she married the playwright Njoo Cheong Seng when she was 14 2 3 The elder man coached her in acting and convinced her to take the stage name Fifi Young Young was the Cantonese equivalent of Njoo s Hokkien surname while Fifi was meant to be reminiscent of the French actress Fifi D Orsay 3 With Miss Riboet Young travelled throughout South East Asia including in Malaya 3 In 1930 the couple established the Moonlight Crystal Follies in Penang where Young had her first acting job 4 By the mid 1930s Young and Njoo had switched to the Dardanella troupe 3 Young was one of the group s stars and after most of the group went abroad Young and Njoo established their own troupe Fifi Young s Pagoda in 1937 5 Family EditHer daughter Njoo Giok Hwa or known as Sally Young was born in 1930 she is a mother of a famous World Badminton Champion Rudy GunawanFilm career EditAfter the success of Albert Balink s Terang Boelan in 1937 and The Teng Chun s Alang Alang in 1939 four new film studios were started 6 One of these Oriental Film signed Njoo and Young Njoo was taken as a writer while Young was meant to be an actress 7 Young was hoped to be the studio s bankable star and starred in the studio s first three films Kris Mataram Kris of Mataram 1940 Zoebaida 1940 and Pantjawarna Five Colours 1941 8 When Njoo left the studio to join Majestic Pictures upon the invitation of Fred Young no relation Fifi Young went with him With Majestic she starred in Air Mata Iboe Mother s Tears 1941 9 During the Japanese occupation from 1942 to 1945 Young and Njoo were members of the Bintang Soerabaia troupe their fellow member Dhalia had also been a film star before the occupation 3 The Japanese had closed all but one film studio essentially killing the industry 10 During the four year revolution that followed World War II Young and her husband led the Pantjawarna troupe 3 After the revolution Young returned to film 3 During the following two decades she often played mother figures 5 The American visual anthropologist Karl G Heider writes that Young performed especially well when acting as an older village woman and that she was well known for chewing betel on screen 11 Young s last film was Teguh Karya s Ranjang Pengantin Wedding Dress released in 1974 She died on 5 March 1975 after spending several months in hospital She was cremated at Muara Karang North Jakarta four days after her death until which she had actively spoke out against the sexually themed stories that had begun dominating the nation s cinema 2 3 5 Her daughter Sally one of five children Young had with Njoo before they divorced went into acting 3 Young has a famous badminton player grandson Rudy Gunawan is a son of one of her daughter Njoo Giok Hwa Awards EditYoung received several acting awards during her career At the inaugural Indonesian Film Festival in 1955 Young was chosen for the best actress award for her role in Tarmina She received several nominations from the PWI including Best Actress for Wajah Seorang Pembunuh in 1973 and Best Actress for Jembatan Merah in 1974 12 In November 2003 Young was posthumously awarded a Budaya Parama Dharma Award by President Megawati Sukarnoputri for her contributions to the development of Indonesian culture Other awardees included the comedian Bing Slamet and the director D Djajakusuma 13 Filmography EditYoung acted in at least 86 films over her 34 year career 14 saying in 1972 that she had forgotten just how many 4 Those recorded are as follows Kris Mataram Kris of Mataram 1940 Zoebaida 1940 Pantjawarna Five Colours 1941 Air Mata Iboe Mother s Tears 1941 Bintang Surabaja 1951 Star of Surabaya 1951 1950 Harumanis Sweet and Fragrant 1950 Irawaty Aju Kesuma Irawaty Beautiful Flower 1950 Meratap Hati Lamenting the Heart 1950 Ratapan Ibu Mother s Wailing 1950 Djakarta Diwaktu Malam Jakarta at Night 1954 Halilintar 1954 Sedarah Sedaging Blood and Flesh 1954 Siapa Ajahku Who s My Father 1954 Tarmina 1954 Gadis Sesat Lost Girl 1955 Berdjumpa Kembali Meet Again 1955 Kekasih Ajah Father s Lover 1955 Rumah Gila Crazy House 1955 Pemetjahan Poligami Polygamous Breakup 1956 Terang Bulan Terang di Kali Moonlight Shining in the Stream 1956 Tiga Dara Three Ladies 1956 Tandjung Katung 1957 Air Mata Ibu Mother s Tears 1957 Konsepsi Ajah Father s Conception 1957 Asrama Dara Women s Love 1958 Bertamasja Holiday 1959 Momon 1959 Serba Salah Always Wrong 1959 Tiga Mawar Three Roses 1959 Darah Tinggi High Blood 1960 Desa yang Dilupakan The Forgotten Village 1960 Gadis Manis Dipinggir Djalan Sweet Maiden at the Roadside 1960 Gaja Remadja Teenage Girl 1960 Mendung Sendja Hari Dark at Noon 1960 Asmara dan Wanita Passion and Women 1961 Limapuluh Megaton Fifty Megatons 1961 Notaris Sulami Sulami the Notary Public 1961 Sajem 1961 Pesan Ibu Mother s Message 1961 Si Kembar The Twins 1961 Holiday in Bali 1962 Violetta 1962 DKN 901 1962 Bintang Ketjil Little Star 1963 Daerah Perbatasan Border 1964 Pilihan Hati Heart s Choice 1964 Manusia dan Peristiwa Mankind and Events 1968 Awan Djingga Orange Clouds 1970 Bali 1970 Dibalik Pintu Dosa Behind the Doors of Sin 1970 Hidup Tjinta dan Air Mata Life Love and Tears 1970 Samiun dan Dasima Samiun and Dasima 1970 Si Bego Menumpas Kutjing Hitam The Idiot Takes on the Black Cat 1970 Si Pitung 1970 Banteng Betawi The Betawi Bull 1971 Biarkan Musim Berganti Let the Seasons Pass 1971 Derita Tiada Akhir Unending Suffering 1971 Djembatan Emas The Golden Bridge 1971 Ilusia Kasih Tak Terputuskan Illusion Unrequited Love 1971 Insan Kesepian Lonely Person 1971 Malin Kundang Anak Durhaka Malin Kundang Forsaken Child 1971 Pengantin Remaja Teenage Bride 1971 Rina 1971 Tjinta di Batas Peron Love at the Lorry s Edge 1971 Mawar Rimba Jungle Rose 1972 Pengantin Tiga Kali Married Three Times 1972 Salah Asuhan Wrong Upbringing 1972 Aku Tak Berdosa I Did Nothing Wrong 1972 Titienku Sayang My Dear Titien 1972 Tjintaku Djauh Dipulau My Titien Far Away 1972 Wajah Seorang Pembunuh Face of a Killer 1972 Ketemu Jodoh Meeting a Soulmate 1973 Kutukan Ibu Mother s Curse 1973 Ambisi Ambition 1973 Jembatan Merah Red Bridge 1973 Si Doel Anak Betawi Doel the Betawi Child 1973 Bobby 1974 Si Bagong Mujur The Lucky Bagong 1974 Tetesan Air Mata Ibu Mother s Tear Drops 1974 Cinta Remaja Teenage Lovers 1974 Ratapan dan Rintihan Wailing and Crying 1974 Hamidah 1974 Sayangilah Daku Love Me 1974 Mei Lan Aku Cinta Padamu Mei Lan I Love You 1974 Gaun Pengantin Wedding Dress 1974 Ranjang Pengantin Wedding Bed 1974 Notes Edit Several sources give the year as 1912 but Young said she was born in 1914 and Indonesian library Archive stated that she was born in 1915 Labrousse 1973 p 175 References EditFootnotes a b Labrousse 1973 p 175 a b c Filmindonesia or id Nonie Tan a b c d e f g h i j TIM Fifi Young a b Labrousse 1973 p 176 a b c Jahja 2003 Fifi Young Biran 2009 p 205 Biran 2009 p 204 Biran 2009 pp 228 229 Biran 2009 pp 239 241 Biran 2009 pp 319 332 Heider 1991 p 61 Filmindonesia or id Penghargaan Unidjaja 2003 Megawati awards Filmindonesia or id Filmografi Bibliography Biran Misbach Yusa 2009 Sejarah Film 1900 1950 Bikin Film di Jawa History of Film 1900 1950 Making Films in Java in Indonesian Jakarta Komunitas Bamboo working with the Jakarta Art Council ISBN 978 979 3731 58 2 Fifi Young in Indonesian Taman Ismail Marzuki Archived from the original on 1 January 2014 Retrieved 19 August 2012 Filmografi untuk Nonie Tan Filmography for Nonie Tan Filmindonesia or id in Indonesian Konfidan Foundation Archived from the original on 8 August 2014 Retrieved 19 August 2012 Heider Karl G 1991 Indonesian Cinema National Culture on Screen Honolulu University of Hawaii Press ISBN 978 0 8248 1367 3 Jahja Junus 24 February 2003 Fifi Young 1914 1975 Suara Pembaruan in Indonesian Archived from the original on 12 March 2007 Retrieved 19 August 2012 Labrousse P August 1973 Entretien avec Fifi Young Talking with Fifi Young Archipel in French 5 175 177 doi 10 3406 arch 1973 1049 Nonie Tan Filmindonesia or id in Indonesian Konfidan Foundation Archived from the original on 19 February 2014 Retrieved 19 August 2012 Penghargaan bagi Nonie Tan Awards for Nonie Tan Filmindonesia or id in Indonesian Konfidan Foundation Archived from the original on 9 August 2014 Retrieved 19 August 2012 Unidjaja Fabiola Desy 8 November 2003 Megawati awards posthumously Hero title to Gorontalo figure The Jakarta Post Archived from the original on 16 April 2014 Retrieved 6 August 2012 External links EditFifi Young at IMDb Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Fifi Young amp oldid 1149365049, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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