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Marlon Brando: Biography

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Birth Name: Marlon Brando Jr.
Birth Place: Omaha, NE
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 04/03/1924, Aries
Date of Death: 07/01/2004
Profession: Actor

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Marlon Brando Fast Facts:

Mother founded the Omaha Community Playhouse, where she mentored a young Henry Fonda.
Expelled from both high school and military academy.
Worked as a ditch digger before moving to New York.
Made Broadway debut in 1944's I Remember Mama.
Voted by critics as Broadway's most promising actor in 1946 after appearing in Truckline Café.
Breakthrough role came as Stanley Kowalski in the 1947 Broadway production of A Streetcar Named Desire.
Nominated for Oscars for four consecutive years and won on his fourth try for On the Waterfront.
Refused to accept his Best Actor Oscar for his role as Don Vito Corleone in 1972's The Godfather because he disapproved of Hollywood's negative depiction of Native Americans.
Bought a 12-island Polynesian atoll, Tetiaroa, and occasionally lived there.
In 1999, named by Time magazine as one of the 100 Persons of the Century.
Best friend and former roommate was actor Wally Cox; he kept Cox's ashes and they were scattered with his own in Death Valley.

Marlon Brando Relationships:
Christian Brando - Son
Stefano Brando - Son
Movita - Ex-wife
Tarita Teriipaia - Ex-wife
Cheyenne Brando - Daughter
Jocelyn Brando - Sister
Miko Brando - Son
Rebecca Brando - Daughter
Dorothy Pennebaker Brando - Mother
Ninna Priscilla Brando - Daughter
Simon Teihotu - Son
Anna Kashfi - Ex-wife
Marlon Brando Sr. - Father
Christina Ruiz - Ex-significant Other
Rita Moreno - Ex-significant Other
Myles Jonathan Brando - Son
Frannie Brando - Sister
Timothy Gahan Brando - Son
Marlon Brando Awards:
1990 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture - Nominee
1955 Golden Globe: Henrietta Award (World Film Favorites) - Winner
1956 Golden Globe: Henrietta Award (World Film Favorites) - Winner
1973 Golden Globe: Henrietta Award (World Film Favorites) - Winner
1974 Golden Globe: Henrietta Award (World Film Favorites) - Winner
1979 Emmy: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Special - Winner
1951 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role - Nominee
1952 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role - Nominee
1953 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role - Nominee
1954 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role - Winner
1957 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role - Nominee
1972 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role - Winner
1973 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role - Nominee
1989 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role - Nominee
1955 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama - Winner
1958 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama - Nominee
1952 BAFTA Awards: Best Foreign Actor - Winner
1953 BAFTA Awards: Best Foreign Actor - Winner
1954 BAFTA Awards: Best Foreign Actor - Winner
1958 BAFTA Awards: Best Foreign Actor - Nominee
1972 BAFTA Awards: Best Actor - Nominee
1989 BAFTA Awards: Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Nominee
1973 BAFTA Awards: Best Actor - Nominee
1964 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama - Nominee
1973 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama - Winner
1957 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy - Nominee
College:
Attended The New School for Social Research, New York, NY