A role she will always be remembered for


By ZIEMAN
  • Letters
  • Sunday, 19 Aug 2007

newsdesk@thestar.com.my 

The biggest draw to the cinemas on Aug 31, 1957, was Dendam Pontianak, a Malay horror movie starring Datuk Maria Menado. The 75-year-old former actress, model and beauty queen reminisces about the days when she had to create her own vampire face and film scenes in the jungle in the dark of the night. 

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