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from the trailer for the film Mutiny on the Bounty (1935). Mutiny on the Bounty is a 1935 film starring Charles Laughton and Clark Gable based on the Charles Nordhoff and James Norman |
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| Born | Maria Casteneda December 4, 1917 Nogales, Arizona, U.S. |
| Other name(s) | Movita |
| Spouse(s) | Marlon Brando (1960–1962) |
Maria "Movita" Castaneda (born December 4, 1917, Nogales, Arizona, United States) is a Mexican-American actress best known for being the second wife of the American actor Marlon Brando. "December 4th" redirects here For the song by Jay-Z, see December 4th (song. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Nogales is a city in Santa Cruz County, Arizona, United States. The State of Arizona ( is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the 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 "December 4th" redirects here For the song by Jay-Z, see December 4th (song. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Nogales is a city in Santa Cruz County, Arizona, United States. The State of Arizona ( is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the See also History of Mexican-Americans Mexican Americans are Americans of Mexican ancestry The United States of America —commonly referred to as the 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
Born on a train travelling between Mexico and Arizona, Movita began her acting career singing the Carioca to Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire's first dance number in the first film in which the famous duo appeared together, Flying Down to Rio (1933). Carioca is the name of a dance Choreographed for the Fred Astaire movie Flying Down to Rio, in which he paired with Ginger Rogers Ginger Rogers ( July 16, 1911 &ndash April 25, 1995) was an Academy Award -winning American film and stage actress Fred Astaire (born Frederick Austerlitz; May 10, 1899 &ndash June 22, 1987) was an American Academy Award Flying Down to Rio is a Musical film made by RKO and released on December 29, in 1933. She continued playing exotic women in American and Spanish language films in the 1930s, most notably as a Tahitian girl, Tehanni in Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) alongside Clark Gable and Franchot Tone, then starring in two films alongside John Carroll, Rose of the Rio Grande (1938) and Wolf Call (1939), and in The Girl from Rio (1939) with Warren Hull. Mutiny on the Bounty is a 1935 film starring Charles Laughton and Clark Gable based on the Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Clark Gable (February 1 &ndashNovember 16) was an iconic American Actor nicknamed "The King of Hollywood" in his heyday Franchot Tone ( February 27, 1905 &ndash September 18, 1968) was an American Actor. John Carroll ( 17 July 1906 - 24 April 1979) was an American actor and singer John Warren Hull ( January 7 1903 &ndash September 14 1974) was an actor and TV personality active from the 1930s through the 1960s She starred in the British thriller Tower of Terror alongside Wilfrid Lawson and Michael Rennie in 1941. Wilfrid Lawson (born January 14, 1900 in Bradford, Yorkshire, England, died October 10, 1966, in London Michael Rennie ( 25 August[[ 909]]&ndash 10 June[[ 971]] was an English film television and stage actor best known for his starring role as the benevolent After a break, she appeared as Henry Fonda's cook in Fort Apache (1948), then starred with Tim Holt in two further westerns The Mysterious Desperado (1949), and Saddle Legion (1951). Henry Jaynes Fonda ( May 16, 1905 – August 12, 1982) was an American Academy Award -winning Film and Fort Apache is a 1948 western film directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne and Henry Fonda. Tim Holt ( February 5, 1919 &ndash February 15, 1973) was an American film actor
In the early 1940s Movita married the Irish boxer, singer and actor Jack Doyle (known as the Gorgeous Gael). For the baseball player see Jack Doyle (baseball Jack Doyle ( August 31 1913 in Cobh, Ireland - December 13 Doyle was noted for disappearing on drinking bouts and lost several important fights while drunk. The marriage didn't last long.
After appearing in a few more minor westerns and a few TV parts, she met the actor Marlon Brando in the late 1950s after his breakup with Anna Kashfi. 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 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 She had two children with Brando: Miko Brando and Rebecca Brando. Brando played the role of Fletcher Christian in the 1962 remake of the 1935 film in which Movita played a Tahitian girl Tehanni. Fletcher Christian ( September 25, 1764 &ndash October 3, 1793) was a Master's Mate on board the ''Bounty'' during Mutiny on the Bounty is a 1962 film starring Marlon Brando, based on the novel Mutiny on the "Bounty" by Charles Brando then married his co-star Tarita Teriipia who played Christian's Tahitian wife Maimiti in the film, with whom he had two children. Tarita Teriipia (born December 29, 1941 in Bora Bora, French Polynesia) is a former actress of French Polynesian and Chinese After a small TV role in 1977, Movita appeared as Ana in 17 episodes of Knots Landing from October, 1987 to May 1989. Knots Landing is a Primetime Television Soap opera that aired for 14 seasons from December 27 1979 to May 13