Marlon Brando

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Full Name: Marlon Brando, Jr.

Sex: Male

Birthdate: April 3, 1924

Deathdate: July 1, 2004

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Birthplace: Omaha, Nebraska, USA

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Nationality: American

Race / Ethnictiy: Marlon Brando's family was of German, Dutch, Irish, and English ancestry. His direct male ancestor Johann Wilhelm Brandau emigrated to New Amsterdam in the 17th century from Pfalz, Germany.

Height: 5' 10" (1.78 m)

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Religion: Christian Scientist

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1. Marlon Brando was expelled from Libertyville High School.
2. At the age of 16, Marlon Brando was sent to Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault, Minnesota where his father had gone before him. At Shattuck, he excelled at theater and got along well within the structure of the school. In his final year (1943), he was put on probation for talking back to an officer during maneuvers. A part of his probation was that he be confined to the school campus but he eventually tried sneaking off campus into town and was caught. The faculty voted to expel him. He received support from his fellow students who thought the punishment too harsh. He was later invited back for the next year, but decided not to finish school.

Occupation: Academy Award-winning actor

Years Active: 1944-2004

Father: Marlon Brando Sr. (1895–1965) (a pesticide and chemical feed manufacturer)

Mother: Dorothy Julia Pennebaker Brando a.k.a. Dodie (1897–1954) (an actress) (Dodie Brando acted and was a theater administrator. She helped Henry Fonda to begin his acting career, and fueled her son Marlon's interest in stage acting)

Older Brother: Frances Brando (1922–1994))

Older Sister: Jocelyn Brando (1919–2005)

Paternal Grandfather: Eugene E. Brando (was born in New York state)

Paternal Grandmother: Marie Holloway (abandoned her family when Marlon Brando, Sr., was 5 years old. She used the money Eugene sent her to support her gambling and alcoholism)

Maternal Grandmother: Bessie Gahan Pennebaker Meyers(a secretary and later as a Christian Science healer)

Maternal 2nd Great Grandfather: Myles Gahan (a doctor from Ireland)

Maternal 2nd Greatgrandmother:, Julia Watts (was from England)

Ex-wife No.1: Anna Kashfi (an actress who was from Wales and of Irish Roman Catholic extraction. Her real name was Joan O'Callaghan) (married in 1957 & divorced in 1959).

Son: Christian Brando (born on May 11, 1958; died of pneumonia on January 26, 2008)

Ex-wife No.2: Movita Castaneda (a Mexican actress) (1960-1962)

Son: Miko Castaneda Brando (born on February 26, 1961)

Daughter: Rebecca Brando Kotlizky (born in 1966)

Ex-wife No.3: Tarita Teriipia (Tahitian beauty) (married on August 10, 1962 & divorced in July 1972)

Son: Simon Teihotu Brando (b. 1963) (the only inhabitant of Tetiaroa)

Daughter: Cheyenne (born in 1970 & died in 1995) (committed suicide)

Other Children: by adoption:

1. Petra Brando-Corval (born in 1972), daughter of Marlon Brando's assistant Caroline Barrett
2. Maimiti Brando (born in 1977)
3. Raiatua Brando (born in 1982)

By his long-time housekeeper, Maria Christina Ruiz:

1. Nina Brando (born in 1989)
2. Myles Brando (born in 1992)
3. Timothy Brando (b. 1994)

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