Marlon Brando
American actor (1924–2004)
Marlon Brando, Jr. (April 3, 1924 – July 1, 2004) was an American actor and activist. He is thought to be one of the best and most important actors of all time.[2] He was given many awards. He was given 2 Academy awards, 3 British Academy Film Awards, 1 Cannes Film Festival Award, 2 Golden Globe Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award. He is best known for his roles in the movies, A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), The Wild One (1953), On the Waterfront (1954), The Godfather (1972), Superman (1978), Apocalypse Now (1979) and The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996). Brando died of respiratory failure from pulmonary fibrosis and congestive heart failure at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center on July 1, 2004.
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 Brando in One-Eyed Jacks (1961) | |
| Born | Marlon Brando Jr. April 3, 1924 Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. |
| Died | July 1, 2004 (aged 80) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1944–2004[1] |
| Works | Full list |
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| Children | 11, including Christian and Cheyenne |
| Relatives | Jocelyn Brando (sister) D.A. Pennebaker (cousin) |
| Awards | Full list |
| Website | marlonbrando |
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References
change- ↑ "Brando's Last Role: An Old Lady". CBS News. Archived from the original on September 28, 2016.
- ↑ "TIME 100 Persons of the Century". Time. June 6, 1999. Archived from the original on May 23, 2016. Retrieved February 13, 2018.
Further reading
change- Bain, David Haward. The Old Iron Road: An Epic of Rails, Roads, and the Urge to Go West. New York: Penguin Books, 2004. ISBN 0-14-303526-6.
- Brando, Marlon and Donald Cammell. Fan-Tan. New York: Knopf, 2005. ISBN 1-4000-4471-5.
- Englund, George. The Way It's Never Been Done Before: My Friendship With Marlon Brando. New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 2004. ISBN 0-06-078630-2.
- Grobel, Lawrence. "Conversations with Brando." New York, Hyperion, 1990. Cooper Square Press 1999. Rat Press, 2009
- Judge, Bernard. Waltzing With Brando: Planning a Paradise in Tahiti. New York: ORO Editions, 2011.ISBN 978-0-9826226-4-3
- McDonough, Jimmy. Big Bosoms and Square Jaws: The Biography of Russ Meyer, King of the Sex Film. New York: Crown, 2005. ISBN 978-1-4000-5044-4.
- Pendergast, Tom and Sara. St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture, Volume 1. Detroit, Michigan: St. James Press, 2000. ISBN 978-1-55862-405-4.
- Petkovich, Anthony. "Burn, Brando, Burn!". UK: Headpress 19: World Without End (1999), pp. 91–112.
- Schoell, William. The Sundance Kid: A Biography of Robert Redford. Boulder, CO: Taylor Trade Publishing, 2006. ISBN 978-1-58979-297-5.
Other websites
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- Marlon Brando at the Internet Broadway Database
- Vanity Fair: "The King Who Would Be Man" by Budd Schulberg
- The New Yorker: "The Duke in His Domain" Archived July 3, 2014, at the Wayback Machine – Truman Capote's influential 1957 interview.
- Excess after success: Marlon Brando Archived January 29, 2018, at the Wayback Machine
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