Oscar refusal marlon brando biography

It’s become cliché for actors, writers, and directors to say that they don’t care about winning an Academy Award, even if they do. But in the 93-year history of the Oscars, there have been very few people who won a golden knight statuette and then told the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to keep it.

One of the most famous instances was in 1973 when Marlon Brando won Best Actor for his role in The Godfather.

When the presenters announced that he’d won, the camera panned to an Apache actress named Sacheen Littlefeather, who the announcer stated would accept the award on Brando’s behalf. But Littlefeather, who was the president of the National Native American Affirmative Image Committee, soon clarified that she was actually rejecting it for him.

“[Brando] very regretfully cannot accept this very generous award,” shesaid.

“And the reasons for this being are the treatment of American Indians today by the film industry … and