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Anna Kashfi

Born Johanna O'Callaghan
September 30, 1934 (1934-09-30) (age 73)
Darjeeling, British India
Spouse(s) Marlon Brando (1957-1959)
James Hannaford (1974-?)

Anna Kashfi (born Johanna O'Callaghan on September 30, 1934) is a former film actress, who had a brief Hollywood career in the 1950s and is best known for having been married to Marlon Brando. Events 1399 - Henry IV is proclaimed King of England. 1744 - France and Spain defeat the Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Darjeeling ( Nepali:) is a town in the Indian state of West Bengal. For usage see British rule in India British Raj ( rāj, lit "reign" in Hindustani) primarily refers to the British Marlon Brando Jr (April 3 1924 – July 1 2004 was an Academy Award -winning American Actor, whose body of work spanned over half a century Events 1399 - Henry IV is proclaimed King of England. 1744 - France and Spain defeat the Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Marlon Brando Jr (April 3 1924 – July 1 2004 was an Academy Award -winning American Actor, whose body of work spanned over half a century

According to Mr. and Mrs. William Patrick O'Callaghan of Cardiff, Wales, who were interviewed by The New York Times in October 1957, Kashfi was their estranged daughter, born Johanna O'Callaghan in Darjeeling, raised in Calcutta and Wales where the family moved in 1947. Cardiff ( 'kɑːdɪf) is the Capital and the largest city and county in Wales. Darjeeling ( Nepali:) is a town in the Indian state of West Bengal. [1] O'Callaghan was a London-born steel worker of Irish descent, who had been a traffic superintendent on the Indian State railways; his wife was English and told the press "there is no Indian blood in my family or my husband's family. "[2] In her book, Brando for Breakfast, published in 1979, however, Kashfi claimed that she really is half-Indian and that the press incorrectly believed that William O'Callaghan was her real father when he was, she stated, her stepfather. Kashfi wrote that her biological father was Indian and that she was the result of an "unregistered alliance" between her parents (i. e. her parents never married. ) The film director Edward Dmytryk, who directed the actress in her first film, stated that he knew her real surname was Irish but he said he assumed that she was half Indian. Edward Dmytryk ( September 4, 1908 &ndash July 1, 1999) was an American Film director who was amongst the Hollywood [3]

She worked as a waitress in Cardiff and in a butcher shop before moving to London, where she became a model[4]

The actress made her debut screen appearance using the stage name Anna Kashfi as a Hindu girl in The Mountain (1956) for Paramount with Spencer Tracy and Robert Wagner. Cardiff ( 'kɑːdɪf) is the Capital and the largest city and county in Wales. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. A Hindu ( Devanagari: हिन्दू is an adherent of the philosophies and scriptures of Hinduism, a set of religious, Philosophical The Mountain is a 1956 Dramatic film starring Spencer Tracy and Robert Wagner. Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and Distribution company, based in Hollywood California. Spencer Tracy ( April 5, 1900 – June 10, 1967) was a two-time Academy Award -winning Actor of stage and Robert John Wagner (born February 10, 1930) is a Golden Globe - nominated prolific American Film and Television In her next film she co-starred with Rock Hudson as a Korean girl in Battle Hymn (1957). Rock Hudson (November 17 1925 &ndash October 2 1985 was an American Film and Television Actor, recognised as a romantic leading man during Korea is a geographic area composed of two sovereign countries a civilization and a former state situated on the Korean Peninsula in East Asia. Battle Hymn ( 1957) is a Universal Studios Feature film starring Rock Hudson as Colonel Dean E This was followed by Cowboy (1958) with Glenn Ford and Jack Lemmon in which she played a Mexican. Cowboy is a 1958 western film starring Glenn Ford and Jack Lemmon. Gwyllyn Samuel Newton "Glenn" Ford ( May 1, 1916 &ndash August 30, 2006) was a Canadian -born American John Uhler "Jack" Lemmon III (February 8 1925 &ndash June 27 2001 was an American Actor known principally for his comedic roles The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. Her next and last film during this period was Night of the Quarter Moon (1959). She also made a few appearances on television, including the series Adventures in Paradise, though drug and alcohol problems reportedly contributed to the premature end of her acting career. Adventures In Paradise is the third studio album by Minnie Riperton Track listing [1]

Kashfi married Marlon Brando on 11 October 1957, and they were divorced on 22 April 1959. According to The New York Times (14 October 1957), though Kashfi's parents had been identified as the William O'Callaghans, she did not identify them as her parents on her marriage license, instead stating that her father was Devi Kashfi and her mother was Selma Ghose; a friend of the bride stated that Kashfi's purported Indian father had died six weeks before the Brandos' wedding. [5] However, the O'Callaghans were adamant that Kashfi was their child, and William O'Callaghan was quoted in Time magazine as saying, "That's our daughter, and both me and missus were born in London. For other uses see Time (disambiguation Time is a component of a measuring system used to sequence events to compare the durations of " The magazine further stated that "MGM, which likes Johanna-Anna in her off-shoulder sari, first hedged, then admitted her identity. "[2]

The Brandos had a son, Christian Devi Brando, (1958-2008), and fought bitterly over custody of the boy, with Brando eventually obtaining custody. Christian Brando ( May 11 1958 – January 26 2008) was the eldest child of actor Marlon Brando.

Kashfi married James Hannaford,a salesman,in 1974; he later died. In the 1990s, her son, Christian, whom she called "Devi," was tried for killing his half-sister Cheyenne Brando's boyfriend. Christian Brando died of pneumonia in Los Angeles in January, 2008 at the age of 49.

Filmography

Television appearances

References

  1. ^ "Kashfi Called Welsh," The New York Times, 13 October 1957
  2. ^ "Kashfi Called Welsh," The New York Times, 13 October 1957
  3. ^ "Kashfi Called Welsh," The New York Times, 13 October 1957
  4. ^ Anna Kashfi (band) Interview by John Clarkson, September 24, 2004, Brando Unzipped, Darwin Porter, 2006
  5. ^ "Kashfi Still Enigma: License Does Not List Welsh Couple As Parents," The New York Times, 14 October 1957
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