NEW YORK -- Sacheen Littlefeather had only 60 seconds to speak at the 1973 Academy Awards. In her brief speech, she refused the Oscar for best actor on behalf of Marlon Brando, faced a mixture of loud ...

The Academy formally apologized to the Native American activist and former actress in June after she was blacklisted for representing the actor at the 1973 Academy Awards. By Rebecca Sun Senior Editor ...

(WGHP) — An activist known for her speech on behalf of actor Marlon Brando in the 1970s died Sunday, according to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Sacheen Littlefeather, the Native ...

Sacheen Littlefeather endured boos, mockery and lies when she took the stage at the 1973 Academy Awards to reject an Oscar on behalf of Best Actor winner Marlon Brando — and to call for better ...

Sacheen Littlefeather, when answering a question during a phone interview, began coughing. “Excuse me,” she said. “I don’t have a cold. I don’t have a virus or anything like that. That was a cancer ...

Apr 3, 2021 Apr 3, 2021 Updated Mar 30, 2023 0 Actor Marlon Brando was born in Omaha on April 3, 1924. Here's a look back at his life. Dorothy Brando, mother of Marlon Brando and an early-day actress ...