Tarita Teriipaia

Actress

Birthday December 29, 1941

Birth Sign Capricorn

Birthplace Bora Bora, French Polynesia

Age 82 years old

Nationality French Polynesia

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1941

Tarita Teriipaia (born 29 December 1941) is a French retired actress of French Polynesian and Chinese descent who was the third wife of actor Marlon Brando; the couple divorced in 1972.

For media and entertainment appearances and engagements, she has usually been billed as Tarita.

1962

Born in Bora Bora, French Polynesia, she played Maimiti opposite Marlon Brando in the film Mutiny on the Bounty (1962), for which she received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress.

She became Brando's third wife in 1962.

1963

She is the mother of two of Brando's children, a son, Simon Teihotu (born in 1963) and a daughter, Tarita Cheyenne (1970-1995).

1972

They divorced in 1972.

2004

Only months after Marlon Brando's death in 2004, Tarita published her memoirs titled Marlon, My Love and My Torment.

2015

She is the only wife of Brando still alive, after Movita Castaneda and Anna Kashfi died on 12 February and 16 August 2015, respectively.