Tarita Teriipaia

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Tarita Tumi Teri'ipaia
Born
Tarita Tumi Teri'ipaia

(1941-12-29) 29 December 1941 (age 79)
Bora Bora, French Polynesia, France
Years active1962–1985
Spouse(s)
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(m. 1962; div. 1972)​
Children3, including Cheyenne Brando

Tarita Teri'ipaia (born 29 December 1941) is a French retired actress of French Polynesian and Chinese descent most famous for having been the third wife of actor Marlon Brando,[1] whom she later divorced. For media and entertainment appearances and engagements, she has usually been billed as Tarita.

Biography[]

Born in Bora Bora, French Polynesia, she played Maimiti opposite Marlon Brando in the film Mutiny on the Bounty (1962), for which she received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress.[2] She became Brando's third wife in 1962. She is the mother of two of Brando's children, a son, Simon Teihotu (born in 1963) and a daughter, Tarita Cheyenne (1970-1995). They divorced in 1972. Only months after Marlon Brando's death in 2004, Tarita published her memoirs titled Marlon, My Love and My Torment.[3] One of their grandsons, Tuki Brando, is a prominent model. She is the only wife of Brando still alive, after Movita Castaneda and Anna Kashfi died on 12 February and 16 August 2015, respectively.

See also[]

  • Tetiaroa

References[]

  1. ^ Claudia Luther and Elaine Dutka (4 July 2004). "A Hollywood Iconoclast Who Transformed the Art of Acting". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 10 March 2016.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  2. ^ "Golden Globe Awards: Winners & Nominees 1963". GoldenGlobes.com. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
  3. ^ Carole Corm (1 February 2005). "Brando's Ex Tells Her Story". The New York Times. Retrieved 10 March 2016.

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