Marlon Brando

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Many people believe Marlon Brando was the greatest actor of the 20th century. His life was filled with wonderful, interesting, but also encountered troubling times. Marlon Brando was a rebellious boy who later grew up to be known as the “world’s greatest actor.”
Marlon Brando was born on April 3rd 1924 in Omaha Nebraska. Marlon Brando had a pretty tough childhood. Brando was the youngest out of three children. Brando had two sisters, Jocelyn and Frances. His parents are Marlon Brando Sr. and Dorothy Brando also known as Dodie. His father was always away at work selling agriculture products in Illinois and Missouri while his mother was an amateur actor who got drunk every chance she had made his home life miserable. Even when little Brando’s father was home he would be mean and his kids were terrified of him.
When Brando was two years old his family moved to his Nana’s much bigger house in California. Later in 1930, Marlon Brando got a better job in Illinois as a general manager which meant the family had to move again.
In 1963, Dodie found out Senior was having an affair. Senior started beating her. Little Brando was eleven and ran into their room to stop the fight and threatened to kill his father if he did not stop. After that horrific experience Brando and Dodie moved in again with Nana and half-sister Betty Lindemeyer. They attended junior high together at Lathrop Junior High School in California (Bosworth).
Marlon Brando was popular and athletic, but most of all wild. Brando got expelled from many schools. One time he was expelled from his junior high school in California for riding his motorcycle through the courtyard. Brando even got expelled from a military academy in Minnesota that his father sent him to f...

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...d suffered with diabetes. His weight and age was starting to hurt his acting carrier. His last movie he filmed was “Superman” which came out two years after he died in 2006. Brando died on July 1st 2004 from respiratory failure (“Marlon Brando Biography”).
Marlon Brando was a kid who thought there was no hope but turned into the best actor of his time. He was very handsome, famous, and rich. These things did not bring happiness in his life. Brando died a bitter lonely old man.

Works Cited

Bosworth, Patricia. Marlon Brando a Biography. Amazon Digital Services, Inc.: 2012 digital
“Marlon Brando.” Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th edition (2013) Literacy Reference Center. Web. 24 January 2014.
“Marlon Brando Biography” Marlon Brando. N.P., nd. Web. 30 January 2014.
Martindale, David. “Biography 5.11 (2001): 22. Master FILE Premier. Web. 24 January 2014.

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