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'I was blacklisted': Native American actress who rejected Marlon Brando's Oscars award on his behalf reveals never worked again in Hollywood and was abandoned by The Godfather actor
Daily Mail (U.K.) ^
| April 25, 2021
| Caroline Graham
Posted on 04/25/2021 5:09:21 AM PDT by Cecily
It still ranks as one of the most dramatic moments in the history of the Oscars. But only now, nearly half a century later, has the Native American actress at the heart of it revealed the devastating aftermath.
Sacheen Littlefeather says she was 'blacklisted' by Hollywood and abandoned by Marlon Brando after rejecting the Best Actor award on his behalf in 1973 – a political stunt that was beamed across the world.
Littlefeather had been chosen by Brando to walk on stage and decline the Oscar he had been awarded in 1973 for his performance in The Godfather. It was supposed to be a protest at the way Native Americans were portrayed as savages by the film industry at the time.
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TOPICS: Society; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: brando; godfather; hollywood; littlefeathebrando; littlefeather; marlonbrando; oscars; sacheen; sacheenlittlefeather; thegodfather
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The original "get woke, go broke" incident.
The Oscars should be their usual snoozefest tonight.
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posted on
04/25/2021 5:09:21 AM PDT
by
Cecily
To: Cecily
The Oscars should be their usual snoozefest tonight. I will be busy rearranging my sock drawer.
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posted on
04/25/2021 5:12:42 AM PDT
by
Rummyfan
(In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.d)
To: Cecily
The Oscars should be their usual snoozefest tonight.I'll have to trust other people's judgment on this.
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posted on
04/25/2021 5:12:53 AM PDT
by
chajin
("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
To: Cecily
Liberals hate minorities. They just use them.
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posted on
04/25/2021 5:14:15 AM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
("I see you did something -- why you so racist?")
To: Cecily
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posted on
04/25/2021 5:15:03 AM PDT
by
Libloather
(Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
To: Cecily
To: All
Sacheen Littlefeather is her stage name.....she was born Marie Louise Cruz.
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posted on
04/25/2021 5:16:38 AM PDT
by
Liz
(Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use. )
To: Cecily
I vaguely remember this.
Too bad, so sad.
Boo freakin’ hoo.
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
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posted on
04/25/2021 5:16:39 AM PDT
by
HombreSecreto
(The life of a repo man is always intense)
To: Cecily
Virtue signals have a short wavelength.
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posted on
04/25/2021 5:17:19 AM PDT
by
Lurkina.n.Learnin
(The veil of civilization is only 9 meals thick. )
To: Libloather; Lazamataz
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posted on
04/25/2021 5:20:32 AM PDT
by
Laslo Fripp
(The Sybil of Free Republic)
To: Cecily
In today’s Hollywood she would be a hero.
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posted on
04/25/2021 5:21:43 AM PDT
by
ryderann
To: Liz
She does appear to have high cheek bones.
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posted on
04/25/2021 5:22:50 AM PDT
by
Trumpet 1
(US Constitution is my guide.)
To: Cecily
She’s not even a real Indian, her mother’s white and her father’s Mexican.
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posted on
04/25/2021 5:23:17 AM PDT
by
MNnice
To: Libloather
She went from Littlefeather to Bigfeather!
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posted on
04/25/2021 5:23:45 AM PDT
by
Alas Babylon!
("You, the American people, are my only special interest." --President Donald J. Trump)
To: LuigiBonnafini
It looks like she got five acting roles after 1973. Everything else was some kind of documentary, and mostly ones about Marlon Brando.
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posted on
04/25/2021 5:24:59 AM PDT
by
Cecily
To: Cecily
I looked up her filmography: She never worked in Hollywood BEFORE that Oscar’s either. She had a few small roles AFTER. She was a Playboy model.
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posted on
04/25/2021 5:25:58 AM PDT
by
dangus
To: MNnice
Well, her father WAS Indian.
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posted on
04/25/2021 5:26:20 AM PDT
by
dangus
To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
At least now we know what her motivation was for doing it.
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posted on
04/25/2021 5:26:53 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: Liz
That’s interesting, because Cruz is most certainly a Spanish surname.
To: Cecily
Surprise! Leftists use you and lose you. Who would have thought such dishonest leftist folks would do such a thing? /sarc
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posted on
04/25/2021 5:42:54 AM PDT
by
joma89
(Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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