Tarita Teriipaia (born 29 December 1941) is a French retired actress of
French Polynesian
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and
Chinese
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descent most famous for having been the third wife of actor
Marlon Brando, whom she later divorced. For media and entertainment appearances and engagements, she has usually been billed as Tarita.
Biography
Born in
Bora Bora
Bora Bora (French: ''Bora-Bora''; Tahitian: ''Pora Pora'') is an island group in the Leeward Islands. The Leeward Islands comprise the western part of the Society Islands of French Polynesia, which is an overseas collectivity of the French R ...
,
French Polynesia, she played
Maimiti opposite
Marlon Brando in the film ''
Mutiny on the Bounty
The mutiny on the Royal Navy vessel occurred in the South Pacific Ocean on 28 April 1789. Disaffected crewmen, led by acting-Lieutenant Fletcher Christian, seized control of the ship from their captain, Lieutenant William Bligh, and set h ...
'' (1962), for which she received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress. 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''.
She is the only wife of Brando still alive, after
Movita Castaneda
Maria Luisa "Movita" Castaneda (April 12, 1916 – February 12, 2015) was an American actress best known for having been the second wife of actor Marlon Brando. In films, she played exotic women/singers, such as in '' Flying Down to Rio'' (193 ...
and
Anna Kashfi
Anna Kashfi (born Joan O'Callaghan; 30 September 1934 – 16 August 2015) was a British film actress who had a brief Hollywood career in the 1950s but was better known for her tumultuous marriage to film star Marlon Brando and the controversie ...
died on 12 February and 16 August 2015, respectively.
See also
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Tetiꞌaroa
References
External links
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1941 births
Living people
French Polynesian actresses
French Polynesian people of Chinese descent
20th-century French actresses
People from Bora Bora
Brando family
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