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Publicity photo for The Wild One (1953)

Source: nytimes.com

Marlon Brando, Jr. (April 3, 1924 – July 1, 2004) was an American movie star and political activist. “Unchallenged as the most important actor in modern American Cinema” according to the St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture, Brando was one of only three professional actors, along with Charlie Chaplin and Marilyn Monroe, named by Time magazine as one of its 100 Persons of the Century in 1999.

• Born: Marlon Brando, Jr. April 3, 1924 Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.
• Died: July 1, 2004 (aged 80) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
• Cause of death: Respiratory failure
• Residence: Los Angeles, California
• Nationality: American
• Education: The New School
• Alma mater: Actors Studio
• Years active: 1944–2004
• Influenced by: Stella Adler, Constantin Stanislavski, Elia Kazan, Erwin Piscator
• Influenced: James Dean, Paul Newman, Elvis Presley, Al Pacino, Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro, Dennis Hopper, Jack Nicholson, Daniel Day-Lewis, Meryl Streep, Martin Sheen, Sean Penn, Johnny Depp, Leonardo DiCaprio
• Home town: Libertyville, Illinois
• Height: 5 feet 10 inches (1.78 m)
• Spouse: Anna Kashfi (1957–59) Movita Castaneda (1960–62) Tarita Teriipia (1962–72)
• Children: 14, including: Christian Brando (deceased) Cheyenne Brando (deceased) Stephen Blackehart
• Parents: Marlon Brando, Sr. Dodie Brando

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