Brando

American  

[bran-doh] / ˈbræn doʊ /

noun

1. Marlon, 1924–2004, U.S. actor.

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Brando British  

/ ˈbrændəʊ /

noun

1. Marlon . 1924–2004, US actor; his films include On the Waterfront (1954) and The Godfather (1972), for both of which he won Oscars, Last Tango in Paris (1972), Apocalypse Now (1979), A Dry White Season (1989), and Don Juan de Marco (1995)

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Example Sentences

In the ’50s we had James Dean in “Rebel Without a Cause” and Marlon Brando in “The Wild One,” rumbling with switchblades and getting their scrapes kissed by lovers who had stepped over from the right side of the tracks to scuff their saddle shoes for a little adventure.

From Salon

Her wig was heavy, her part was “background music” and the one time Marlon Brando spoke to her, he said, “Nice tits.”

From Los Angeles Times

It wouldn’t be a Tron movie without Jeff Bridges in the role, though this time he looks like he has borrowed from Marlon Brando’s interstellar ’70s lounge-wear wardrobe in “Superman.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Warren Beatty is over here, Brando and Nicholson are over here — Valley view, Beverly Hills view, on a promontory with a pool.

From Los Angeles Times

“In the audience, you could have maybe a Marlon Brando, Kim Novak, all the Hollywood starlets because it was the height of the mambo,” said Palmieri in a 2013 interview with Jo Reed.

From Los Angeles Times