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Brando

American  
[bran-doh] / ˈbræn doʊ /

noun

  1. Marlon, 1924–2004, U.S. actor.


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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It became a fashionable West End venue, attracting a social glitterati including actors Charlie Chaplin and Marlon Brando and political figures including Sir Winston Churchill.

From BBC

Belafonte called in every favor he had: Marlon Brando, a friend since their acting-class days at the New School; Poitier, his colleague from the American Negro Theatre in Harlem; and a roster of Hollywood allies, including Paul Newman, James Garner, Lena Horne, Diahann Carroll and Rita Moreno.

From The Wall Street Journal

At a press conference at Heston’s home in Pacific Palisades, they stood together with Brando, Poitier, Newman, Garner, Carroll, Moreno and Burt Lancaster—an improbable coalition.

From The Wall Street Journal

He is also the youngest actor since Marlon Brando to receive three nominations for best leading actor.

From BBC

Brando was 30, the same age as Chalamet, when he got his third in 1954.

From BBC