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{{Short description|American actress and writer (1919–2005)}}
{{Short description|American actress and writer (1919–2005)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Jocelyn Brando
| name = Jocelyn Brando
| image = Jocelyn Brando.JPG
| image = Jocelyn Brando in One Step Beyond (Emergency Only).jpg
| caption = Brando in ''[[The Big Heat]]'' (1953)
| caption = Brando in an episode of ''[[:en:Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond|One Step Beyond]]'' (1959)
| birthname =
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date|1919|11|18|mf=y}}<ref name="bu">{{cite book |last1=Porter |first1=Darwin |title=Brando Unzipped |year=2006 |publisher=Blood Moon Productions, Ltd. |isbn=978-0-9748118-2-6 |page=37 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ufj7vvPLiIgC&q=%22Jocelyn+Brando%22&pg=PA37 |access-date=October 5, 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
| birth_date = {{birth date|1919|11|18|mf=y}}<ref name="bu">{{cite book |last1=Porter |first1=Darwin |title=Brando Unzipped |year=2006 |publisher=Blood Moon Productions, Ltd. |isbn=978-0-9748118-2-6 |page=37 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ufj7vvPLiIgC&q=%22Jocelyn+Brando%22&pg=PA37 |access-date=October 5, 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[San Francisco, California]], U.S.
| birth_place = [[San Francisco, California]], U.S.
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| years active = 1942–1983
| years active = 1942–1983
| occupation = Actress
| occupation = Actress
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Don Hanmer]]<br>||1950|reason=divorced}}<br>{{marriage|[[Eliot Asinof]]|1950|1955|reason=divorced}}
| spouse = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|[[Don Hanmer]]<br>||1950|reason=divorced}}
* {{marriage|[[Eliot Asinof]]|1950|1955|reason=divorced}}
}}
| children = 2
| children = 2
| relatives = [[Marlon Brando]] (brother)
| relatives = [[Marlon Brando]] (brother)
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== Early life ==
== Early life ==
Brando, the older sister of [[Marlon Brando]],<ref>{{cite journal |title=Brando's Tragic Family Values |journal=New York Magazine |date=1 May 1995 |page=9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kuMCAAAAMBAJ&q=%22Jocelyn+Brando%22&pg=PA9 |access-date=October 5, 2020 |publisher=New York Media, LLC |language=en}}</ref> was born in [[San Francisco, California]],<ref name="bg">{{cite news |last1=Oliver |first1=Myrna |title=Jocelyn Brando, 86, actress on film, TV, Marlon's sister |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31563799/jocelyn-brando-obit-2005-lat/ |access-date=October 5, 2020 |work=The Boston Globe |agency=The Los Angeles Times |date=December 4, 2005 |page=49|via = [[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> to Marlon Brando Sr. and Dorothy Julia Pennebaker. She and her brother and their sister, Frances, grew up mostly in the Midwest - [[Omaha, Nebraska]], [[Evanston, Illinois]], and [[Libertyville, Illinois]], although the family also spent time in California.{{citation needed|date=June 2017}}
Brando, the older sister of [[Marlon Brando]],<ref>{{cite journal |title=Brando's Tragic Family Values |journal=New York Magazine |date=1 May 1995 |page=9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kuMCAAAAMBAJ&q=%22Jocelyn+Brando%22&pg=PA9 |access-date=October 5, 2020 |publisher=New York Media, LLC |language=en}}</ref> was born in [[San Francisco, California]].<ref name="bg">{{cite news |last1=Oliver |first1=Myrna |title=Jocelyn Brando, 86, actress on film, TV, Marlon's sister |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31563799/jocelyn-brando-obit-2005-lat/ |access-date=October 5, 2020 |work=The Boston Globe |agency=The Los Angeles Times |date=December 4, 2005 |page=49|via = [[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> She attended the [[American Academy of Dramatic Arts]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Roberts |first1=Paul G. |title=Style Icons Vol 1 Golden Boys |date=2 October 2014 |publisher=Fashion Industry Broadcast |isbn=978-1-62776-032-4 |page=25 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S7KqBAAAQBAJ&q=%22Jocelyn+Brando%22&pg=PT24 |access-date=October 5, 2020 |language=en}}</ref>

The bane of the children's existence was the alcoholism of both parents, which was particularly acute with their mother, who later became a leader in [[Alcoholics Anonymous]].{{citation needed|date=June 2017}} Although Jocelyn, a talented actress, was blacklisted for having signed a peace petition, she managed a career which spanned five decades in the [[theater]], film and television.{{citation needed|date=June 2017}}

She attended the [[American Academy of Dramatic Arts]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Roberts |first1=Paul G. |title=Style Icons Vol 1 Golden Boys |date=2 October 2014 |publisher=Fashion Industry Broadcast |isbn=978-1-62776-032-4 |page=25 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S7KqBAAAQBAJ&q=%22Jocelyn+Brando%22&pg=PT24 |access-date=October 5, 2020 |language=en}}</ref>


== Career ==
== Career ==
Brando came to the stage naturally, first appearing in a theatrical production under the direction of her mother, who was a principal in an Omaha community theater group. Her mother, Dorothy Brando, had given [[Henry Fonda]] his start in theater in this same group.{{Citation needed |date=October 2020}} She made her Broadway debut in ''[[The First Crocus]]''<ref name=bg/> at the Longacre Theatre on January 2, 1942; the play closed after five performances. Her next appearance on Broadway came two months after her younger brother began his role as [[Stanley Kowalski]] in [[Tennessee Williams]]' ''[[A Streetcar Named Desire (play)|A Streetcar Named Desire]]''.{{citation needed|date=June 2017}}
Brando came to the stage naturally, first appearing in a theatrical production under the direction of her mother, who was a principal in an [[Omaha Community Playhouse|Omaha community theater]] group. Her mother, Dorothy Brando, had given [[Henry Fonda]] his start in theater in this same group in October 1925 in the play "You and I".<ref>{{Cite web |title=The History of Omaha Community Playhouse |url=https://omahaplayhouse.com/about/history/ |access-date=2022-06-19 |website=Omaha Community Playhouse |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Henry Fonda |url=https://chsfomaha.org/halloffame/henry-fonda/ |access-date=2022-06-19 |website=The Central High School Foundation |language=en-US}}</ref> She made her Broadway debut in ''[[The First Crocus]]''<ref name=bg/> at the Longacre Theatre on January 2, 1942; the play closed after five performances. Her next appearance on Broadway came two months after her younger brother began his role as [[Stanley Kowalski]] in [[Tennessee Williams]]' ''[[A Streetcar Named Desire (play)|A Streetcar Named Desire]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Oliver |first=Myrna |date=November 29, 2005 |title=Jocelyn Brando, 86; Film, TV Actress Was Sister of Marlon |pages=A2 |work=Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-nov-29-me-brando29-story.html |access-date=June 18, 2022}}</ref>


Even before that, however, in the fall of 1947, both Jocelyn and Marlon would become two of the first fifty or so members of New York's newly formed [[Actors Studio]], Jocelyn studying with [[Elia Kazan]], Marlon with [[Robert Lewis (actor)|Robert Lewis]].<ref>{{cite book |author = Robert Lewis|title=Slings and Arrows: Theater in My Life|orig-year=1984|year=1996|publisher=Applause Books|location=New York|isbn=1-55783-244-7|page=183|chapter=Actors Studio, 1947|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EVVX6pynyssC&q=%22Joan+Copeland%22%22Actors+Studio%22&pg=PA183}}</ref>
But even before that, in the fall of 1947, Jocelyn and Marlon became two of the first 50 or so members of New York's newly formed [[Actors Studio]], Jocelyn studying with [[Elia Kazan]], Marlon with [[Robert Lewis (actor)|Robert Lewis]].<ref>{{cite book |author = Robert Lewis|title=Slings and Arrows: Theater in My Life|orig-year=1984|year=1996|publisher=Applause Books|location=New York|isbn=1-55783-244-7|page=183|chapter=Actors Studio, 1947|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EVVX6pynyssC&q=%22Joan+Copeland%22%22Actors+Studio%22&pg=PA183}}</ref>


On February 18, 1948, she appeared in her second role on Broadway. She played Navy nurse Lieutenant Ann Girard in ''[[Mister Roberts (play)|Mister Roberts]]'', which starred family friend [[Henry Fonda]] in the eponymous title role. The play was a smash hit, running about three years (1157 performances).{{citation needed|date=June 2017}}
On February 18, 1948, she appeared in her second role on Broadway. She played Navy nurse Lieutenant Ann Girard in ''[[Mister Roberts (play)|Mister Roberts]]'', which starred family friend [[Henry Fonda]] in the title role. The play was a smash hit, running about three years (1,157 performances).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Playbill - Mister Roberts |url=https://www.playbill.com/production/mister-roberts-alvin-theatre-vault-0000000923 |access-date=June 18, 2022 |website=Playbill}}</ref>


She did not complete the run of the play, appearing in the comedy ''The Golden State'' in the 1950-51 season, a flop which lasted only 25 performances, followed by a critically acclaimed, though commercially unsuccessful 1952 revival of [[Eugene O'Neill]]'s ''[[Desire Under the Elms]]'', which ran for only 46 performances. Brando would later appear in a Broadway revival of O'Neill's ''[[Mourning Becomes Electra]]''.{{citation needed|date=June 2017}}
Brando did not complete the run of the play, appearing in the comedy ''The Golden State'' in the 1950-51 season, a flop that lasted only 25 performances, followed by a critically acclaimed but commercially unsuccessful 1952 revival of [[Eugene O'Neill]]'s ''[[Desire Under the Elms]]'', which ran for only 46 performances. Brando later appeared in a Broadway revival of O'Neill's ''[[Mourning Becomes Electra]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Playbill - Jocelyn Brando |url=https://www.playbill.com/person/jocelyn-brando-vault-0000112028 |access-date=June 18, 2022 |website=Playbill}}</ref>


Back in uniform as a military officer, she made her film debut in [[Don Siegel]]'s war drama, ''[[China Venture]]'' (1953). When she first arrived in Hollywood, she gave an interview in which she commented on her brother's advice - or lack of it - to the tyro film actress: "Marlon is a sweet fellow, and he works very hard. I asked him for a tip about pictures, and he answered, 'Oh, I just say the words. That's all I know about picture acting.' He probably was smart at that to let me find my own way."<ref name="bg" />
Back in uniform as a military officer, she made her film debut in [[Don Siegel]]'s war drama ''[[China Venture]]'' (1953). When she first arrived in Hollywood, she gave an interview in which she commented on her brother's advice, or lack of it, to her: "Marlon is a sweet fellow, and he works very hard. I asked him for a tip about pictures, and he answered, 'Oh, I just say the words. That's all I know about picture acting.' He probably was smart at that to let me find my own way."<ref name="bg" />


It was her second film which was her best-known movie role: detective [[Glenn Ford]]'s wife in [[Fritz Lang]]'s ''[[The Big Heat]]'' (1953). She also appeared in supporting roles in two of her brother's films, ''[[The Ugly American (film)|The Ugly American]]'' (1963) and ''[[The Chase (1966 film)|The Chase]]'' (1966).
Brando's second film was her best-known role: detective [[Glenn Ford]]'s wife in [[Fritz Lang]]'s ''[[The Big Heat]]'' (1953). She also appeared in supporting roles in two of her brother's films, ''[[The Ugly American (film)|The Ugly American]]'' (1963) and ''[[The Chase (1966 film)|The Chase]]'' (1966).


In the late 1960s, Jocelyn joined the cast of the [[CBS]] [[soap opera]], ''[[Love of Life]]'', where she created the role of Mrs. Krakauer, mother of Tess (Toni Bull Bua) and Mickey (Alan Feinstein). On primetime television, she played the recurring role of Mrs. Reeves on ''[[Dallas (1978 TV series)|Dallas]]''. Other television series that featured her work include ''[[Richard Diamond, Private Detective]]'', ''[[Alfred Hitchcock Presents]]'', ''[[Wagon Train]]'' (as “Ada Meyers”, a lonely woman on the train who finally finds love with an Irish sailor in S6E26’s “The Michael Magoo Story” in 1963), ''[[Riverboat (TV series)|Riverboat]]'', ''[[The Virginian (TV series)|The Virginian]]'', ''[[Kojak]]'' and ''[[Little House on the Prairie (TV series)|Little House on the Prairie]].{{citation needed|date=June 2017}}
In the late 1960s, Brando joined the cast of the [[CBS]] [[soap opera]] ''[[Love of Life]]'', where she created the role of Mrs. Krakauer, mother of Tess (Toni Bull Bua) and Mickey (Alan Feinstein). On primetime television, she played the recurring role of Mrs. Reeves on ''[[Dallas (1978 TV series)|Dallas]]''. Other TV series that featured her include ''[[Richard Diamond, Private Detective]]'', ''[[Alfred Hitchcock Presents]]'', ''[[Wagon Train]]'' (as Ada Meyers, a lonely woman on the train who finally finds love with an Irish sailor in S6E26’s “The Michael Magoo Story” in 1963; in S1E28’s “The Sally Potter Story” aired April 9, 1958 as Millie Bennett, mother of Johnny Crawford’s Jimmy Bennett; and as Grace Lefton in The Martin Gatsby Story, which aired Oct. 10, 1962), ''[[Riverboat (TV. series)|Riverboat]]'', ''[[The Virginian (TV series)|The Virginian]]'', ''[[Kojak]],'' and ''[[Little House on the Prairie (TV series)|Little House on the Prairie]].''<ref name="bg" /> Her final film role was in ''[[Mommie Dearest (film)|Mommie Dearest]].''<ref name=":0">{{cite news |last1=The Associated Press |title=Jocelyn Brando, Actress, Is Dead at 86 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/30/arts/jocelyn-brando-actress-is-dead-at-86.html |access-date=October 5, 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=November 30, 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191205152650/https://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/30/arts/jocelyn-brando-actress-is-dead-at-86.html |archive-date=December 5, 2019}}</ref>

Her final film role was in ''[[Mommie Dearest (film)|Mommie Dearest]].''<ref name=":0">{{cite news |last1=The Associated Press |title=Jocelyn Brando, Actress, Is Dead at 86 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/30/arts/jocelyn-brando-actress-is-dead-at-86.html |access-date=October 5, 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=November 30, 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191205152650/https://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/30/arts/jocelyn-brando-actress-is-dead-at-86.html |archive-date=October 5, 2020}}</ref>

In later life, Brando ran her own bookstore in [[Santa Monica, California]], known as The Book Bin. She wrote poetry and conducted workshops at her home in the Intensive Journal method, a self-therapy technique developed by [[Ira Progoff]].{{citation needed|date=June 2017}}


==Personal life and death==
==Personal life and death==
Brando was divorced from actor [[Don Hanmer]] on April 4, 1950.<ref>{{cite news |title=Jocelyn Brando to Be Wed |url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/111458423 |access-date=October 5, 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=April 6, 1950 |page=43|via = [[ProQuest]]}}</ref> On April 13, 1950, Brando married author [[Eliot Asinof|Eliot T. Asinof]] in Tarrytown, New York.<ref>{{cite news |title=Jocelyn Brando Married |url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/111328299 |access-date=October 5, 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=April 15, 1950 |page=10|via = [[ProQuest]]}}</ref> She had two sons, Gahan Hanmer (by Hanmer) and Martin Asinof (by Asinof).<ref name="bg" /> She died at her [[Santa Monica, California|Santa Monica]] home on November 27, 2005, at age 86, from natural causes.<ref name=":0" />
Brando was divorced from actor [[Don Hanmer]] on April 4, 1950.<ref>{{cite news |title=Jocelyn Brando to Be Wed |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/111458423 |access-date=October 5, 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=April 6, 1950 |page=43|id={{ProQuest|111458423}} |via = [[ProQuest]]}}</ref> On April 13, 1950, she married author [[Eliot Asinof|Eliot T. Asinof]] in Tarrytown, New York.<ref>{{cite news |title=Jocelyn Brando Married |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/111328299 |access-date=October 5, 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=April 15, 1950 |page=10|id={{ProQuest|111328299}} |via = [[ProQuest]]}}</ref> She had two sons, Gahan Hanmer and Martin Asinof.<ref name="bg" /> She died at her [[Santa Monica, California|Santa Monica]] home on November 27, 2005, at age 86, from natural causes.<ref name=":0" />


==Filmography==
==Filmography==
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! Notes
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|1953|| ''[[China Venture]]'' || Lt. Ellen Wilkins ||
|1953|| ''[[China Venture]]'' || Lieutenant Ellen Wilkins ||
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|1953|| ''[[The Big Heat]]'' || Katie Bannion ||
|1953|| ''[[The Big Heat]]'' || Katie Bannion ||
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|1956|| ''[[Nightfall (1957 film)|Nightfall]]'' || Laura Fraser ||
|1956|| ''[[Nightfall (1957 film)|Nightfall]]'' || Laura Fraser ||
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|1957|| ''[[Official Detective]]'' || Thelma || TV Series, 1 episode
|1957|| ''[[Official Detective]]'' || Thelma || TV series, 1 episode
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|1958|| ''[[Step Down to Terror]]'' || Lily Kirby ||
|1958|| ''[[Step Down to Terror]]'' || Lily Kirby ||
|-
|-
|1959|| ''[[Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond|One Step Beyond]]'' || Ellen Larrabee || TV Series, S1E3 "Emergency Only"
|1959|| ''[[Alfred Hitchcock Presents]]'' || Alice || Season 4 Episode 34: "A True Account"
|-
|1959|| ''[[Alfred Hitchcock Presents]]'' || Julia Conrad || Season 5 Episode 14: "Graduating Class"
|-
|1959|| ''[[Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond|One Step Beyond]]'' || Ellen Larrabee || TV series, S1E3 "Emergency Only"
|-
|1961|| ''[[Alfred Hitchcock Presents]]'' || Della Hudson || Season 6 Episode 37: "Make My Death Bed"
|-
|-
|1961|| ''[[The Explosive Generation]]'' || Mrs. Ryker || Uncredited
|1961|| ''[[The Explosive Generation]]'' || Mrs. Ryker || Uncredited
|-
|1962|| ''[[Thriller (genre)|Thriller]]''|| Myrtle Hooper || Season 2 Episode 24: "'Til Death Do Us Part"
|-
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|1963|| ''[[The Ugly American (film)|The Ugly American]]'' || Emma Atkins ||
|1963|| ''[[The Ugly American (film)|The Ugly American]]'' || Emma Atkins ||
|-
|1964|| ''[[The Alfred Hitchcock Hour]]'' || Emma Jane || Season 2 Episode 17: "The Jar"
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|1965|| ''[[Bus Riley's Back in Town]]'' || Mrs. Riley ||
|1965|| ''[[Bus Riley's Back in Town]]'' || Mrs. Riley ||
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|1966|| ''[[The Chase (1966 film)|The Chase]]'' || Mrs. Briggs ||
|1966|| ''[[The Chase (1966 film)|The Chase]]'' || Mrs. Briggs ||
|-
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|1967|| ''[[The Virginian (TV Series)|A Welcoming Town]]'' || Ida Martin ||
|1967|| ''[[The Virginian (TV series)|A Welcoming Town]]'' || Ida Martin ||
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| 1978 || ''[[A Question of Love]]'' || Mrs. Hunnicutt || TV movie
| 1978 || ''[[A Question of Love]]'' || Mrs. Hunnicutt || TV movie
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|1981|| ''[[Dark Night of the Scarecrow]]'' || Mrs. Ritter || TV movie
|1981|| ''[[Dark Night of the Scarecrow]]'' || Mrs. Ritter || TV movie
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|1981|| ''[[Darkroom (TV series)|Darkroom]]'' || Mrs. Mingle || segment "Catnip"
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|1983|| ''[[Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land]]'' || Mrs. Harvey || TV movie, (final film role)
|1983|| ''[[Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land]]'' || Mrs. Harvey || TV movie, (final film role)
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Jocelyn Brando
Brando in an episode of One Step Beyond (1959)
Born(1919-11-18)November 18, 1919[1]
San Francisco, California, U.S.
DiedNovember 27, 2005(2005-11-27) (aged 86)
Santa Monica, California, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active1942–1983
Spouses
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(div. 1950)​
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(m. 1950; div. 1955)​
Children2
RelativesMarlon Brando (brother)

Jocelyn Brando (November 18, 1919 – November 27, 2005) was an American actress and writer. She is best known for her role as Katie Bannion in the film noir The Big Heat (1953).

Early life

Brando, the older sister of Marlon Brando,[2] was born in San Francisco, California.[3] She attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.[4]

Career

Brando came to the stage naturally, first appearing in a theatrical production under the direction of her mother, who was a principal in an Omaha community theater group. Her mother, Dorothy Brando, had given Henry Fonda his start in theater in this same group in October 1925 in the play "You and I".[5][6] She made her Broadway debut in The First Crocus[3] at the Longacre Theatre on January 2, 1942; the play closed after five performances. Her next appearance on Broadway came two months after her younger brother began his role as Stanley Kowalski in Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire.[7]

But even before that, in the fall of 1947, Jocelyn and Marlon became two of the first 50 or so members of New York's newly formed Actors Studio, Jocelyn studying with Elia Kazan, Marlon with Robert Lewis.[8]

On February 18, 1948, she appeared in her second role on Broadway. She played Navy nurse Lieutenant Ann Girard in Mister Roberts, which starred family friend Henry Fonda in the title role. The play was a smash hit, running about three years (1,157 performances).[9]

Brando did not complete the run of the play, appearing in the comedy The Golden State in the 1950-51 season, a flop that lasted only 25 performances, followed by a critically acclaimed but commercially unsuccessful 1952 revival of Eugene O'Neill's Desire Under the Elms, which ran for only 46 performances. Brando later appeared in a Broadway revival of O'Neill's Mourning Becomes Electra.[10]

Back in uniform as a military officer, she made her film debut in Don Siegel's war drama China Venture (1953). When she first arrived in Hollywood, she gave an interview in which she commented on her brother's advice, or lack of it, to her: "Marlon is a sweet fellow, and he works very hard. I asked him for a tip about pictures, and he answered, 'Oh, I just say the words. That's all I know about picture acting.' He probably was smart at that to let me find my own way."[3]

Brando's second film was her best-known role: detective Glenn Ford's wife in Fritz Lang's The Big Heat (1953). She also appeared in supporting roles in two of her brother's films, The Ugly American (1963) and The Chase (1966).

In the late 1960s, Brando joined the cast of the CBS soap opera Love of Life, where she created the role of Mrs. Krakauer, mother of Tess (Toni Bull Bua) and Mickey (Alan Feinstein). On primetime television, she played the recurring role of Mrs. Reeves on Dallas. Other TV series that featured her include Richard Diamond, Private Detective, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Wagon Train (as Ada Meyers, a lonely woman on the train who finally finds love with an Irish sailor in S6E26’s “The Michael Magoo Story” in 1963; in S1E28’s “The Sally Potter Story” aired April 9, 1958 as Millie Bennett, mother of Johnny Crawford’s Jimmy Bennett; and as Grace Lefton in The Martin Gatsby Story, which aired Oct. 10, 1962), Riverboat, The Virginian, Kojak, and Little House on the Prairie.[3] Her final film role was in Mommie Dearest.[11]

Personal life and death

Brando was divorced from actor Don Hanmer on April 4, 1950.[12] On April 13, 1950, she married author Eliot T. Asinof in Tarrytown, New York.[13] She had two sons, Gahan Hanmer and Martin Asinof.[3] She died at her Santa Monica home on November 27, 2005, at age 86, from natural causes.[11]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1953 China Venture Lieutenant Ellen Wilkins
1953 The Big Heat Katie Bannion
1955 Ten Wanted Men Corinne Michaels
1956 Nightfall Laura Fraser
1957 Official Detective Thelma TV series, 1 episode
1958 Step Down to Terror Lily Kirby
1959 Alfred Hitchcock Presents Alice Season 4 Episode 34: "A True Account"
1959 Alfred Hitchcock Presents Julia Conrad Season 5 Episode 14: "Graduating Class"
1959 One Step Beyond Ellen Larrabee TV series, S1E3 "Emergency Only"
1961 Alfred Hitchcock Presents Della Hudson Season 6 Episode 37: "Make My Death Bed"
1961 The Explosive Generation Mrs. Ryker Uncredited
1962 Thriller Myrtle Hooper Season 2 Episode 24: "'Til Death Do Us Part"
1963 The Ugly American Emma Atkins
1964 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour Emma Jane Season 2 Episode 17: "The Jar"
1965 Bus Riley's Back in Town Mrs. Riley
1966 The Chase Mrs. Briggs
1967 A Welcoming Town Ida Martin
1978 A Question of Love Mrs. Hunnicutt TV movie
1978 Movie Movie Mama Popchik
Mrs. Updike		 (segment "Dynamite Hands")
(segment "Baxter's Beauties of 1933")
1979 Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff Mrs. Hemmings
1980 Why Would I Lie? Mrs. Crumpe
1981 Mommie Dearest Barbara Bennett
1981 Dark Night of the Scarecrow Mrs. Ritter TV movie
1981 Darkroom Mrs. Mingle segment "Catnip"
1983 Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land Mrs. Harvey TV movie, (final film role)

References

  1. ^ Porter, Darwin (2006). Brando Unzipped. Blood Moon Productions, Ltd. p. 37. ISBN 978-0-9748118-2-6. Retrieved October 5, 2020.
  2. ^ "Brando's Tragic Family Values". New York Magazine. New York Media, LLC: 9. May 1, 1995. Retrieved October 5, 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d e Oliver, Myrna (December 4, 2005). "Jocelyn Brando, 86, actress on film, TV, Marlon's sister". The Boston Globe. The Los Angeles Times. p. 49. Retrieved October 5, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Roberts, Paul G. (October 2, 2014). Style Icons Vol 1 Golden Boys. Fashion Industry Broadcast. p. 25. ISBN 978-1-62776-032-4. Retrieved October 5, 2020.
  5. ^ "The History of Omaha Community Playhouse". Omaha Community Playhouse. Retrieved June 19, 2022.
  6. ^ "Henry Fonda". The Central High School Foundation. Retrieved June 19, 2022.
  7. ^ Oliver, Myrna (November 29, 2005). "Jocelyn Brando, 86; Film, TV Actress Was Sister of Marlon". Los Angeles Times. pp. A2. Retrieved June 18, 2022.
  8. ^ Robert Lewis (1996) [1984]. "Actors Studio, 1947". Slings and Arrows: Theater in My Life. New York: Applause Books. p. 183. ISBN 1-55783-244-7.
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  10. ^ "Playbill - Jocelyn Brando". Playbill. Retrieved June 18, 2022.
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