Profile: Career of Marlon Brando, who died this week at age 80

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SUSAN STAMBERG
Weekend Edition - Saturday (NPR)
07-03-2004
Profile: Career of Marlon Brando, who died this week at age 80

Host: SUSAN STAMBERG
Time: 1:00-2:00 PM

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Marlon Brando was such a thrilling and saddening blend of elements. Heart-stoppingly handsome in his 20s, bloated and nearly immobile in his last films, a raw, visceral delivery, but a voice that came from somewhere near his eyebrows. The adulation of millions and Hollywood's top awards, personal tragedy: one child imprisoned for murder, the other a suicide. And enwrapping it all, the blinding brilliant talent, ...

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