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Movita Castaneda is a Actor American born on 4 december 1916 at Nogales (USA)

Movita Castaneda

Movita Castaneda
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Birth name Maria Luisa Casteñada
Nationality USA
Birth 4 december 1916 at Nogales (USA)
Death 12 february 2015 (at 98 years)

Maria Luisa "Movita" Castaneda (April 12, 1916 – February 12, 2015) was an American actress best known for having been the second wife of actor Marlon Brando. She was eight years older than Brando. In films, she played exotic women/singers, such as in Flying Down to Rio (1933) and Mutiny on the Bounty (1935), of which she was the last surviving cast member. She is the mother of Miko Castaneda Brando (b. 1961) and Rebecca Brando Kotlizky (b. 1966).

Biography

Au cinéma, Movita Castaneda apparaît dans vingt-huit films américains entre 1930 et 1955, dont plusieurs tournés en espagnol (notamment son premier en 1930), langue qu'elle pratique du fait de son ascendance mexicaine. D'ailleurs, elle participe aussi à deux films mexicains, en 1934 et 1937. Signalons également un film britannique en 1941.

Durant sa carrière au grand écran, elle interprète à plusieurs reprises des rôles 'exotiques'. Ainsi, elle est la tahitienne Tehani (sans doute son rôle le plus connu) dans Les Révoltés du Bounty de Frank Lloyd (version de 1935), avec Clark Gable (Fletcher Christian), Charles Laughton (Capitaine William Bligh) et Franchot Tone (Roger Byam) — plus tard, elle sera brièvement l'épouse de Marlon Brando, lequel personnifie Fletcher Christian dans le remake (même titre) de 1962 —. Et en 1937, elle tient un 'premier rôle' similaire dans Paradise Isle . Parmi ses autres films, mentionnons The Hurricane (1937, avec Dorothy Lamour et Jon Hall) de John Ford, qu'elle retrouvera dans Le Massacre de Fort Apache (1948, avec John Wayne, Henry Fonda et Shirley Temple) et Le Convoi des braves (1950, avec Ward Bond, Ben Johnson et Joanne Dru).

À la télévision, Movita Castaneda participe à trois séries, en 1951 et 1956, puis à deux téléfilms, en 1958 et 1977. Sa dernière prestation au petit écran est le rôle récurrent d’Ana, dans dix-sept épisodes du feuilleton télévisé Côte Ouest, de 1987 à 1989.

Movita Castaneda a eu deux enfants avec Marlon Brando : Miko (né en 1961) et Rebecca (née en 1966).

Best films

Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
(Actress)

Usually with

John Ford
John Ford
(3 films)
Bert Glennon
Bert Glennon
(3 films)
Archie Stout
Archie Stout
(3 films)
Cliff Lyons
Cliff Lyons
(2 films)
Frank McGrath
Frank McGrath
(3 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Movita Castaneda (22 films)

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Actress

Apache Ambush, 1h8
Origin USA
Genres Western
Themes Political films
Actors Bill Williams, Richard Jaeckel, Movita Castaneda, Adelle August, Tex Ritter, Ray Corrigan
Roles Rosita
Rating53% 2.6760752.6760752.6760752.6760752.676075
During the last days of the Civil War, President Lincoln (James Griffith) selects Indian scout James Kingston (Bill Williams) to facilitate a cattle shipment from Texas to the north. He is helped by cattle driver O’Roarke (Ray Teal) and Maj. McGuire (Don Harvey). Mexican fanatic Joaquin Jironza (Alex Montoya) wants the Henry Repeating Rifles that Kingston has. Embittered ex-rebel leader Lee Parker (Richard Jaeckel) is also an obstacle to Kingston's mission, as he tries to get the cattle through Apache territory.
Dream Wife
Dream Wife (1953)
, 1h40
Directed by Sidney Sheldon
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Walter Pidgeon, Betta St. John, Eduard Franz, Les Tremayne
Roles Rima
Rating58% 2.9491252.9491252.9491252.9491252.949125
Businessman Clemson Reade (Cary Grant) breaks his engagement with workaholic U.S. diplomat girlfriend Effie (Deborah Kerr) for an adoring "old-fashioned" girl from the fictional country of Bukistan, Princess Tarji (Betta St. John). Reade wants a wife who can "just find having babies and taking care of a man" pleasurable.
Ride, Vaquero!, 1h30
Directed by John Farrow, Jerry Thorpe
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Robert Taylor, Ava Gardner, Howard Keel, Anthony Quinn, Kurt Kasznar, Ted de Corsia
Roles Hussy
Rating60% 3.0484853.0484853.0484853.0484853.048485
Mexican bandit Jose Esqueda resents settlers in the Brownsville, Texas region and conducts raids against them. He threatens to burn down homes, including the ranch King Cameron has just built for wife Cordelia.
Soldiers Three, 1h32
Directed by Tay Garnett
Origin USA
Genres War, Comedy, Adventure
Themes Political films
Actors Stewart Granger, Walter Pidgeon, David Niven, Robert Newton, Cyril Cusack, Richard Hale
Roles Cabaret woman (as Movita Castenada)
Rating58% 2.9497552.9497552.9497552.9497552.949755
London, 1918: In a gentlemen's club, General Brunswick regales junior officers celebrating a British advance in France with the tale of how he won his brigade command during his service in India, not with gallantry under fire but under circumstances that warranted a court martial.
Wagon Master, 1h26
Directed by John Ford
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure, Western
Actors Ben Johnson, Harry Carey, Jr., Joanne Dru, Ward Bond, Charles Kemper, Jane Darwell
Roles Young Navajo Indian
Rating70% 3.54413.54413.54413.54413.5441
The film opens with a prelude showing a murderous robbery by the outlaw Clegg family (the patriarch Shiloh (Charles Kemper) and his four "boys"). The credits then follow the prelude, which was a stylistic innovation at its time.
The Furies
The Furies (1950)
, 1h49
Directed by Anthony Mann
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Romance, Western
Actors Barbara Stanwyck, Wendell Corey, Walter Huston, Judith Anderson, Gilbert Roland, Thomas Gomez
Roles Chiquita
Rating72% 3.646393.646393.646393.646393.64639
T. C. Jeffords (Walter Huston) is a wealthy cattle baron who feels the Herrera family is squatting illegally on his property, The Furies. T.C.'s beloved daughter, Vance (Barbara Stanwyck), who is as obsessed with wealth and every bit as ruthless as her father, has a close bond with Juan Herrera (Gilbert Roland) in secret. What she wants more is a proper husband who can run the giant ranch with her once T.C. is gone. She falls in love with Rip Darrow (Wendell Corey), who holds a grudge against T.C., believing a portion of The Furies land to be rightfully his. Vance is shocked when Rip accepts a $50,000 bribe from T.C. to permanently get out of her life. Rip opens a bank in town near a saloon he owns called "The Legal Tender".
Kim
Kim (1950)
, 1h53
Directed by Victor Saville
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure
Themes Spy films
Actors Errol Flynn, Dean Stockwell, Paul Lukas, Robert Douglas, Thomas Gomez, Cecil Kellaway
Roles La femme avec un enfant
Rating64% 3.247213.247213.247213.247213.24721
Kim (Dean Stockwell), an orphan boy in 1885 India during the British Raj, works at times for his friend Mahbub Ali (Errol Flynn), a roguish horse trader who is also a secret agent for the British. Mahbub Ali becomes aware of a Russian-backed plot to instigate a rebellion.
The Petty Girl
Directed by Henry Levin
Origin USA
Genres Biography, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Robert Cummings, Joan Caulfield, Elsa Lanchester, Melville Cooper, Audrey Long, Mary Wickes
Roles Carmelita Moray (uncredited)
Rating59% 2.9967252.9967252.9967252.9967252.996725
In New York City, George Petty (Robert Cummings) tries to convince car manufacturer B. J. Manton to use pretty women to help advertise his dreary new car model. He is not succeeding when Manton's daughter, the often-married Mrs. Connie Manton Dezlow (Audrey Long), interrupts the business meeting, takes a liking to the handsome young artist, and makes herself his patron. Soon, she has furnished him with a lavish apartment, complete with a butler named Beardsley (Melville Cooper). She also talks him into abandoning his cheesecake paintings in favor of more respectable portraits.
A Lady Without Passport, 1h14
Directed by Joseph H. Lewis
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Hedy Lamarr, John Hodiak, James Craig, George Macready, Bruce Cowling, Steven Hill
Roles Lorena (uncredited)
Rating60% 3.042153.042153.042153.042153.04215
After World War II, immigrants in Cuba who are refused visas for various reasons try to sneak into the U.S. illegally with the help of a human smuggling ring run by Palinov (George Macready), a Levantine café owner. Following the death of one immigrant, U.S. Immigration operative Pete Karczag (John Hodiak) is sent to Havana, where he poses as a Hungarian in need of Palinov's services. During his dangerous undercover investigation, Pete meets Marianne Lorress (Hedy Lamarr), a penniless Hungarian refugee of the Buchenwald concentration camp who is waiting to be smuggled into the United States by Palinov. He decides to use her to obtain the place and time of Palinov's next operation.
Red Light
Red Light (1949)
, 1h23
Directed by Robert Aldrich, Roy Del Ruth, D. Ross Lederman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors George Raft, Virginia Mayo, Gene Lockhart, Raymond Burr, Harry Morgan, Barton MacLane
Roles Trina
Rating62% 3.143883.143883.143883.143883.14388
Bookkeeper Nick Cherney is sent to jail for embezzling from Johnny Torno's trucking company. In a California prison, he sees a newsreel showing Johnny welcoming home his brother Jess, a heroic Catholic chaplain just returned from a World War II prisoner-of-war camp. Just before his release four years later (and to give himself a clever alibi), Nick hires Rocky, an inmate who has just finished his sentence, to murder Jess.
Fort Apache, 2h8
Directed by John Ford
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Western
Actors John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Ward Bond, Shirley Temple, John Agar, Victor McLaglen
Roles Guadalupe
Rating73% 3.6960653.6960653.6960653.6960653.696065
After the American Civil War, highly respected veteran Captain Kirby York (John Wayne) is expected to replace the outgoing commander at Fort Apache, an isolated U.S. cavalry post. York had commanded his own regiment during the Civil War and was well-qualified to assume permanent command. To the surprise and disappointment of the company, command of the regiment was given to Lieutenant Colonel Owen Thursday (Henry Fonda). Thursday, a West Point graduate, was a general during the Civil War. Despite his Civil War combat record, Lieutenant Colonel Thursday lacks experience with the Indians he is expected to oversee, and is an incompetent, arrogant and egocentric officer.
Tower of Terror, 1h18
Directed by Lawrence Huntington
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller
Themes Spy films
Actors Wilfrid Lawson, Michael Rennie, Movita Castaneda, Morland Graham, Charles Rolfe, Olive Sloane
Roles Marie Durand
Rating59% 2.9533052.9533052.9533052.9533052.953305
Anthony Hale is a British secret agent in Germany who takes a job as assistant to lighthouse keeper Wolfe Kristan; and who plans to make off with some valuable papers when a British boat arrives to pick them up. Marie meanwhile has escaped from a concentration camp and swims to the lighthouse, where she is rescued by the deranged Kristan, who sees in her the image of a wife he killed 16 years earlier and buried on the lighthouse grounds. Can Hale rescue Marie from a similar fate at the lighthouse keepers hands?