Marlon Brando, the rebellious prodigy who electrified a generation and forever transformed the art of screen acting but whose obstinacy and eccentricity prevented him from fully realizing the promise of his early genius, died on Thursday at a Los Angeles hospital. He was 80. Simply put, in film acting, there is before Brando, and there is after Brando. And they are like different worlds. Marlon Brando, Oscar-Winning Actor, Is Dead at 80 |
