In 1947 Marlon Brando became widely known after his role of Stanley Kowalski in Tennessee Williams' play 'A Streetcar Named Desire'. the play was screened in 1951
© AP Photo Brando's role in 'The Wild One' (1953) has played a great role in the promotion of biker movement
© EPA By the mid-1950' Brando had become a sex symbol of the decade
© EPA Left to right: Marlon Brando senior, producer Sam Spiegel, Dorothy Pennebake-Brando and Marlon Brando junior
© AP Photo Brando was one of only three actors (the other two were Charlie Chaplin and Marilyn Monroe) in Time's list '100 Persons of the Century'
© AP Photo Marlon Brando got his first Oscar award for 'On the Waterfront'. Photo: Marlon Brando and Bob Hope at the award ceremony
© AP Photo Brando reads a fairytale to children in a Los Angeles hospital in 1956
© AP Photo Marlon Brando is on Time's list of the most powerful people of the 20th century. Photo: Brando resting at the film set of 'The young lions' (1958)
© AP Photo The role in Bertolucci's 'Last Tango in Paris' brought Brando huge fame
© AP Photo/United Artists, file The role of Vito Corleone in Coppola's 'Godfather' (1972) was Brando triumph: for that role he got his second Oscar award
© EPA Outside show business Marlon Brando was politically invovled supporting the American Indian movement. Photo: Brando with Indians in 1974
© AP Photo/Red The actor had three wives, had lots of romantic affairs. Photo: Marlon Brando with his wife Anna Kashfi in 1972
© AP Photo His children's personal life wasn't that much of a success: one of his daughters was a schizophrenic and committed suicide at 25. Photo: Brando's daughter Cheyenne Brando before a court hearing on her boyfriend's murder in 1992
© AP Photo/Marquand The actor's eldest son was convicted for the murder of his sister's friend in 1990. Photo: Marlon Brando with his son Christian in court, 1990
© AP Photo/Los Angeles Times/Larry Davis Marlon Brando spent 30 years of his life on a private island. Photo: 12-island atoll Tetiaroa
© PRNewsFoto/Tahiti Beachcomber SA Marlon Brando died on July 1 2004 of a respiratory failure. His contribution to world cinematograph was marked by a star on the Walk of Fame in Hollywood
© AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian