All about Marlon Brando, the heretical Hollywood star was born 100 years ago. German, but also English, French and Dutch blood flowed in the veins of the Brandau family.
Raised between California, Illinois and Minnesota, Brando arrived in New York in 1943. In 1954 he already had three Oscar nominations behind him, a goal he achieved in '56 with "On the Waterfront" alongside Rod Steiger, he plays the longshoreman and former boxer Terry Malloy.