Marlon Brando

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AKA: Marlon Brando, Jr
Nationality: American
Birthdate: 04/03/1924
Birthplace: Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Death Date: 07/01/2004

biography

An influential, eccentric stage and screen actor--perhaps the most influential and respected of his generation--Marlon Brando first made his name as an exponent of 'The Method', an acting style based on the teachings of Constantin Stanislavsky. Method acting rejected the traditional techniques of stagecraft in favor of an emotional expressiveness ideally suited to the angst-ridden atmosphere of postwar American society. Brando studied the Stanislavsky technique in the 1940s, first at the New School and later at the Actors Studio.

The Nebraska native made his Broadway debut in the sentimental Continued

Credits

Sir William Walker
2003
Max Baron
2001
Dr Moreau
1996
Carmine Sabatini
1990
Colonel Walter E Kurtz
1979
Jor-El
1978
Don Vito Corleone
1972
Grindl
1968
Sheriff Calder
1965
Christian Diestl
1958
Sky Masterson
1955
Cast
1954
Emiliano Zapata
1952
Stanley Kowalski
1951
Himself
Dr Jack Luchsinger
Mr McCarthy
Adam Steiffel
Director
Major Gruver
Matt Fletcher
Lee Clayton
Johnny
Harrison Carter MacWhite
Marc Antony
Major Weldon Penderton
Robert Crain
Valentine Xavier--Snakeskin
Fletcher Christian
Freddy Benson
Bud--the Chauffeur
Napoleon

milestones

Year
Milestone
1930 
Moved to Libertyville, Illinois
1942 
Worked as an elevator operator at Best & Company in New York for one week
1943 
Acted in little scenes to illustrate Dramatic Workshop teacher John Gassner's lectures
1944 
Debut stage performance in the dual roles of a school teacher and a dark angel in Erwin Piscator's production of Gerhardt Hauptman's "Hannele's Way to Heaven"
1944 
Appeared with a troupe of Dramatic Workshop students in summer stock in Sayville, New York
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