Tarita Teriipaia

Tarita Teriipaia

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{{Infobox person
{{Infobox person
| name = Tarita Teri{{okina}}ipaia
| name = Tarita Tumi Teri{{okina}}ipaia
| image = Tarita Teriʻipaia (1963 MGM publicity photo).jpg
| image = Tarita Teriʻipaia (1963 MGM publicity photo).jpg
| caption = Teri'ipaia in 1963
| caption = Teri'ipaia in 1963
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| parents = Teri{{okina}}iehira Teri{{okina}}ipaia (father)
Tetuareva Turia (mother)
| parents = Teri{{okina}}iehira Teri{{okina}}ipaia (father)
Tetuareva Turia (mother)
}}
}}
'''Tarita Teri{{okina}}ipaia''' (born 30 December 1941) is a retired actress of [[French Polynesian]] and [[Han Chinese|Chinese]] descent who was the third wife of actor [[Marlon Brando]];{{cite news | url=http://articles.latimes.com/2004/jul/03/local/me-brando3/5 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110116103939/http://articles.latimes.com/2004/jul/03/local/me-brando3/5 | url-status=dead | archive-date=16 January 2011 | title=A Hollywood Iconoclast Who Transformed the Art of Acting |author1=Claudia Luther |author2=Elaine Dutka | work=[[Los Angeles Times]] | date=4 July 2004 | accessdate=10 March 2016}} the couple divorced in 1972.

'''Tarita Tumi Teri{{okina}}ipaia''' (born 30 December 1941) is a [[French Polynesia|French Polynesian]] former actress. She made her sole film appearance in the 1962 historical epic [[Mutiny on the Bounty (1962 film)|''Mutiny on the Bounty'']], earning a [[Golden Globes|Golden Globe]] nomination for [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture|Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture]]. She was the third wife of actor [[Marlon Brando]]; the couple divorced in 1972.{{cite news | url=http://articles.latimes.com/2004/jul/03/local/me-brando3/5 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110116103939/http://articles.latimes.com/2004/jul/03/local/me-brando3/5 | url-status=dead | archive-date=16 January 2011 | title=A Hollywood Iconoclast Who Transformed the Art of Acting |author1=Claudia Luther |author2=Elaine Dutka | work=[[Los Angeles Times]] | date=4 July 2004 | accessdate=10 March 2016}}


==Biography==
==Biography==
Of [[Polynesians|Polynesian]] and [[Chinese people|Chinese]] descent, Teriʻipaia was born in [[Bora Bora]] in 1941. She played [[Mauatua|Maimiti]] opposite [[Marlon Brando]] in the film ''[[Mutiny on the Bounty (1962 film)|Mutiny on the Bounty]]'' (1962), for which she received a [[Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe]] nomination for [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture|Best Supporting Actress]].{{cite web | url=http://www.goldenglobes.com/winners-nominees/1963 | title=Golden Globe Awards: Winners & Nominees 1963 | publisher=GoldenGlobes.com | accessdate=10 March 2016 | archive-date=20 December 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220155108/http://www.goldenglobes.com/winners-nominees/1963 | url-status=dead }} She became romantically involved with Brando in 1962.{{cite web |title=Brando's ex-wife tells all |url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/brandos-ex-wife-tells-all-20050201-gdklry.html |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |access-date=3 December 2025}} The two were never officially married, despite having children together, often living together, and referring to each other as wife and husband. "Though they lived together and stayed together for the rest of his life, and Marlon always took care of her and their children, they never got married." {{cite book |last1=Judge |first1=Bernard |title=Waltzing with Brando |date=May 10, 2011 |publisher=Oro Editions |isbn=9780982622643 |page=140 |access-date=3 December 2025}} Therefore, they never divorced, but their romantic relationship declined in 1972.{{cite book |last1=Judge |first1=Bernard |title=Waltzing with Brando |date=May 10, 2011 |publisher=Oro Editions |isbn=9780982622643 |pages=138-140 |access-date=3 December 2025}} She is the mother of two of Brando's children, a son, Simon Teihotu (born in 1963) and a daughter, [[Cheyenne Brando|Tarita Cheyenne]] (1970–1995). Only months after Marlon Brando's death in 2004, Tarita published her memoir titled ''Marlon, My Love and My Torment''.{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/01/books/01terri.html | title=Brando's Ex Tells Her Story | author=Carole Corm | work=[[The New York Times]] | date=1 February 2005 | accessdate=10 March 2016}}
Born in [[Bora Bora]], [[French Polynesia]], she played [[Mauatua|Maimiti]] opposite [[Marlon Brando]] in the film ''[[Mutiny on the Bounty (1962 film)|Mutiny on the Bounty]]'' (1962), for which she received a [[Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe]] nomination for [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture|Best Supporting Actress]].{{cite web | url=http://www.goldenglobes.com/winners-nominees/1963 | title=Golden Globe Awards: Winners & Nominees 1963 | publisher=GoldenGlobes.com | accessdate=10 March 2016 | archive-date=20 December 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220155108/http://www.goldenglobes.com/winners-nominees/1963 | url-status=dead }} She became romantically involved with Brando in 1962.{{cite web |title=Brando's ex-wife tells all |url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/brandos-ex-wife-tells-all-20050201-gdklry.html |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |access-date=3 December 2025}} The two were never officially married, despite having children together, often living together, and referring to each other as wife and husband. "Though they lived together and stayed together for the rest of his life, and Marlon always took care of her and their children, they never got married." {{cite book |last1=Judge |first1=Bernard |title=Waltzing with Brando |date=May 10, 2011 |publisher=Oro Editions |isbn=9780982622643 |page=140 |access-date=3 December 2025}} Therefore, they never divorced, but their romantic relationship declined in 1972.{{cite book |last1=Judge |first1=Bernard |title=Waltzing with Brando |date=May 10, 2011 |publisher=Oro Editions |isbn=9780982622643 |pages=138-140 |access-date=3 December 2025}} She is the mother of two of Brando's children, a son, Simon Teihotu (born in 1963) and a daughter, [[Cheyenne Brando|Tarita Cheyenne]] (1970–1995). Only months after Marlon Brando's death in 2004, Tarita published her memoir titled ''Marlon, My Love and My Torment''.{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/01/books/01terri.html | title=Brando's Ex Tells Her Story | author=Carole Corm | work=[[The New York Times]] | date=1 February 2005 | accessdate=10 March 2016}}


==Filmography==
==Filmography==