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Brando began his acting career in the theater, debuting on [[Broadway]] in 1944 in ''I Remember Mama''. His performance as Stanley Kowalski in the Broadway production of [[Tennessee Williams]]' ''A Streetcar Named Desire'' three years later and in the film version of the play (1951) catapulted the young actor to stardom and acclaim, including an [[Academy Award]] nomination for Best Actor. | Brando began his acting career in the theater, debuting on [[Broadway]] in 1944 in ''I Remember Mama''. His performance as Stanley Kowalski in the Broadway production of [[Tennessee Williams]]' ''A Streetcar Named Desire'' three years later and in the film version of the play (1951) catapulted the young actor to stardom and acclaim, including an [[Academy Award]] nomination for Best Actor. | ||
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Marlon Brando, Jr. (b. April 3, 1924, in Omaha, Nebraska; d. July 1, 2004, in Los Angeles) was an American actor who was featured in some of the most well-known Hollywood films of the second half of the twentieth century. Brando's idiosyncratic use of Konstantin Stanislavski's "emotional memory" technique of acting had a profound influence on his generation of actors as well as subsequent ones.
Brando began his acting career in the theater, debuting on Broadway in 1944 in I Remember Mama. His performance as Stanley Kowalski in the Broadway production of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire three years later and in the film version of the play (1951) catapulted the young actor to stardom and acclaim, including an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor.
Other notable films starring Brando include
- Viva Zapata! (1952) – Academy Award nomination, Best Actor
- Julius Caesar (1953) – Academy Award nomination, Best Actor
- The Wild One (1953)
- On the Waterfront (1954) – Academy Award, Best Actor
- Guys and Dolls (1955)
- Sayonara (1957) – Academy Award nomination, Best Actor
- Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)
- The Godfather (1972) - Academy Award, Best Actor
- Last Tango in Paris (1972) - Academy Award nomination, Best Actor
- Apocalypse Now (1979)
- A Dry White Season (1989) - Academy Award nomination, Best Supporting Actor
- The Freshman (1990).
External links
- "Marlon Brando" at IMDB.com