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Untold Legends - Doris Young

46:33 Min

17-year-old Doris Young catapulted to fame as 70’s B-movie icon Cleopatra Wong, only to vanish from the public eye after just three films. Years later, we witness her comeback, on her own terms.

Untold Legends

Untold Legends - Doris Young

31 Dec 2023 10:00pm

17-year-old Doris Young catapulted to fame as 70’s B-movie icon Cleopatra Wong, only to vanish from the public eye after just three films. Years later, we witness her comeback, on her own terms.

Untold Legends

About the show:

Vickie Dutton, Doris Young and Daisy Devan may not be names that mean much at first glance but these women changed Singapore’s fashion, film and music profoundly. In this series, we dig into our collective amnesia and tell the stories of these pioneering women that were lost in history.

Filmmaker Larissa Ong goes on an intimate journey to rediscover the life of Vickie Dutton, a fashion designer and Singapore’s first Malay model. As she creates a contemporary fashion spread inspired by Vickie’s work, secrets from her past are revealed.

Doris Young aka Marrie Lee played the role of 1970s B-movie icon, Cleopatra Wong but vanished after catapulting to fame. Years later, we uncover her comeback through an amateur film club.

Actor and singer Rebekah Dorai pieces together surviving memories of Daisy Devan, an artist manager rumoured to have shaped Singapore’s pop music golden era through more than 3,000 records. 
 

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