Fifi Young

Biography

Fifi Young was a pioneering Indonesian actress of mixed French and Chinese descent, born Nonie Tan in 1915. She began her career as a dancer, eventually becoming a stage actress with the Miss Riboet's Orion troupe, where she married playwright Njoo Cheong Seng at 14. The couple later established the Moonlight Crystal Film Company, and Young went on to act in over 80 films throughout her 34-year career.