Tarita Teriipaia
Tarita Teriʻipaia (born 29 December 1941) is a French retired actress of French Polynesian and Chinese descent who was the third wife of actor Marlon Brando;[1] the couple divorced in 1972. For media and entertainment appearances and engagements, she has usually been billed as Tarita.
Tarita Tumi Teriʻipaia
1962–1985
2, including Cheyenne Brando; 2 adopted
Teriʻiehira Teriʻipaia (father)
Tetuareva Turia (mother)
Biography[edit]
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.[2] She became Brando's third wife in 1962. She is the mother of two of Brando's children, a son, Simon Teihotu (born in 1963) and a daughter, Tarita Cheyenne (1970-1995). They divorced in 1972.[3] Only months after Marlon Brando's death in 2004, Tarita published her memoirs titled Marlon, My Love and My Torment.[4] She is the only wife of Brando still alive, after Movita Castaneda and Anna Kashfi died on 12 February and 16 August 2015, respectively.