Robert duvall on marlon brando biography
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The Books: “Brando: The Biography” (Peter Manso)
Daily Book Excerpt: Entertainment Biography/Memoir:
Brando: The Biography, by Peter Manso
Peter Manso has an opinion about Marlon Brando, and it colors this entire book &#; which is 10, pages long &#; so that&#;s a long time to stick with a writer who has a low-level (sometimes high-level) strain of contempt for his subject. I do not share Manso&#;s contempt &#; even for Brando&#;s quirks of personality, his selfish side, his womanizing, his bad parenting, his naive politics, the list goes on and on &#; Brando led a long life, checkered with questionable behavior, and some outright tragedy (that business with his daughter) &#; but I seriously don&#;t care about any of that. Or &#; I care, because it&#;s interesting, and he&#;s an interesting topic &#; but knowing about his flawed personality does not take away from his work as an actor, or his giant reputation. And I don&#;t like a book that takes that tone. The problem here is
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Marlon Brando
American actor (–)
Marlon Brando Jr. (April 3, – July 1, ) was an American actor. Widely regarded as one of the greatest cinema actors of the 20th century,[1][2] Brando received numerous accolades throughout his career, which spanned six decades, including two Academy Awards, three British Academy Film Awards, a Cannes Film Festival Award, two Golden Globe Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award. Brando is credited with being one of the first actors to bring the Stanislavski system of acting and method acting to mainstream audiences.
Brando came under the influence of Stella Adler and Stanislavski's system in the s. He began his career on stage, where he was lauded for adeptly interpreting his characters. He made his Broadway debut in the play I Remember Mama () and won Theater World Awards for his roles in the plays Candida and Truckline Cafe, both in He returned to Broadway as Stanley Kowalski in the Tennessee Williams play A Streetcar N
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Marlon Brando: The Agony of Genius
Biography
- Episode aired Sep 23,
- TV
The life and times of legend icon Marlon Brando, who known for his performance in "A Streetcar Named Desire", "Guys and Dolls", "On the Waterfront" and "The Godfather" and his family tragedy Read allThe life and times of legend icon Marlon Brando, who known for his performance in "A Streetcar Named Desire", "Guys and Dolls", "On the Waterfront" and "The Godfather" and his family life and times of legend icon Marlon Brando, who known for his performance in "A Streetcar Named Desire", "Guys and Dolls", "On the Waterfront" and "The Godfather" and his family tragedy.
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Robert Duvall
"One of Hollywood's true originals," is how Robert Duvall is described near the end of this very entertaining episode of "Biography," wh