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Marlon Brando

Marlon BrandoAKA Marlon Brando, Jr.

Born: 03-Apr-1924
Birthplace: Omaha, NE
Died: 1-Jul-2004
Location of death: Los Angeles, CA
Cause of death: Respiratory failure
Remains: Cremated, Ashes spread in Tahiti, Death Valley

Gender: Male
Religion: Deist
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Bisexual [1]
Occupation: Actor

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: A Streetcar Named Desire


[1] Darwin Porter, Brando Unzipped (2005), "A self-admitted bisexual, he seduced more women and the occasional man than any other actor in the history of Hollywood." Additionally Porter interviewed director Elia Kazan, who explicitly stated that Brando was bisexual. Other sources include Gary Carey, Marlon Brando: The Only Contender (1985), and Emma Tom, "Labelling Compels Sexual Switch-Hitters to Pick a Closet", The Australian, 22 February 2006.

Father: Marlon Brando, Sr.
Mother: Dorothy Penebaker Myers
Wife: Anna Kashfi (m. 1957, div. 1959)
Wife: Movita (m. 1960, annulled 1968)
Wife: Tarita Teriipia (m. 1962)
Girlfriend: Rita Moreno
Girlfriend: Josanne Marianna Berenger
Girlfriend: Christina Ruiz
Girlfriend: Elaine Stritch (actress)
Son: Christian Brando (d. 26-Jan-2008 pneumonia)
Daughter: Cheyenne Brando (d. 1995 suicide)
Girlfriend: Ursula Andress
Boyfriend: Wally Cox

    High School: Shattuck Military School

    Dutch Ancestry
    Irish Ancestry
    Sgt. Pepper Lonely Heart
    Oscar for Best Actor 1955 for On the Waterfront
    Golden Globe 1955 for On the Waterfront
    Golden Globe 1956 for World Film Favorite, Male
    Oscar for Best Actor 1973 for The Godfather
    Golden Globe 1973 for The Godfather
    Golden Globe 1974 for World Film Favorite, Male
    Emmy 1979 for Roots: The Next Generations
    Hollywood Walk of Fame 1777 Vine Street
    Risk Factors: Obesity

    FILMOGRAPHY AS DIRECTOR
    One-Eyed Jacks (30-Mar-1961)

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    The Score (9-Jul-2001)
    Free Money (3-Dec-1998)
    The Brave (10-May-1997)
    The Island of Dr. Moreau (23-Aug-1996)
    Don Juan DeMarco (7-Apr-1995)
    Christopher Columbus: The Discovery (20-Aug-1992)
    Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (May-1991) Himself
    The Freshman (20-Jul-1990)
    A Dry White Season (10-Sep-1989)
    The Formula (19-Dec-1980)
    Apocalypse Now (15-Aug-1979)
    Roots: The Next Generations (18-Feb-1979)
    Superman (15-Dec-1978)
    The Missouri Breaks (19-May-1976)
    Last Tango in Paris (14-Oct-1972)
    The Godfather (15-Mar-1972)
    The Nightcomers (15-Feb-1972)
    Burn! (21-Dec-1969)
    The Night of the Following Day (26-Dec-1968)
    Candy (17-Dec-1968)
    Reflections in a Golden Eye (11-Oct-1967)
    A Countess from Hong Kong (5-Jan-1967)
    The Appaloosa (14-Sep-1966)
    The Chase (19-Feb-1966)
    Morituri (25-Aug-1965)
    Bedtime Story (10-Jun-1964)
    The Ugly American (2-Apr-1963)
    Mutiny on the Bounty (8-Nov-1962)
    One-Eyed Jacks (30-Mar-1961)
    The Fugitive Kind (1-Dec-1959)
    The Young Lions (2-Apr-1958)
    Sayonara (5-Dec-1957)
    The Teahouse of the August Moon (29-Nov-1956)
    Guys and Dolls (3-Nov-1955)
    Desirée (17-Nov-1954)
    On the Waterfront (28-Jul-1954)
    The Wild One (30-Dec-1953)
    Julius Caesar (4-Jun-1953)
    Viva Zapata! (07-Feb-1952)
    A Streetcar Named Desire (18-Sep-1951)
    The Men (20-Jul-1950)

Rotten Library Page:
Marlon Brando

Author of books:
Brando: Songs My Mother Taught Me (1994, memoir)


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