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Christian Brando

Actor - Born May 11, 1958 in Los Angeles, California, USA

Died January 26, 2008 in Los Angeles, California, USA (pneumonia)

Birth Name Christian Devi Brando

Mini Bio (1) Christian Brando was born on May 11, 1958 in Los Angeles, California, USA as Christian Devi Brando. He was an actor, known for I Love You, Alice B. Toklas! (1968), Unmasked Part 25 (1989) and La posta in gioco (1988). He was married to Deborah Presley and Mary McKenna. He died on January 26, 2008 in Los Angeles.

Deborah Presley (16 October 2004 - 2005) ( annulled)

Mary McKenna (28 January 1981 - 1987) ( divorced)

Was good friends with gay porn star/model Bill Cable.

Good friends with actor/talk show host Skip E. Lowe.

Nephew of Jocelyn Brando.

Grandson of Marlon Brando Sr..

Son of Marlon Brando and Anna Kashfi.

Half brother of Rebecca Brando, Miko C. Brando, Teihotu Brando and Cheyenne Brando.

Pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in the 16 May 1990 shooting death of Dag Drollet, the father of the then-unborn child of Brando's half-sister Cheyenne. He confronted Drollet with a gun after Cheyenne told him that Drollet had been beating her. Brando later claimed to the Los Angeles Times that Drollet grabbed for the gun as Brando turned to leave, and it went off. He served nearly 5 years of a 10-year prison sentence. Cheyenne committed suicide in 1995.

He was not, as sometimes thought, named after Fletcher Christian, especially since Mutiny on the Bounty (1962) was made three years after he was born. He was in fact named after his father's close friend Christian Marquand.

He was in a coma for two weeks before he died.

Marlon and Kashfi met in 1955, and Kashfi became pregnant with Christian in 1957. They married in 1958. Marlon later claimed that he had married Kashfi only because of the pregnancy and that he had other romantic relationships during the marriage. Kashfi, an abuser of barbiturates and alcohol, divorced Brando a year after Christian's birth and later skewered him in her book "Brando for Breakfast". Kashfi and Marlon engaged in a protracted custody battle. Marlon eventually won custody of Christian, who was then 13 years old, after Kashfi took their son out of school to travel to Mexico.

Was accused of domestic violence by his wife Deborah in 2005, and pleaded guilty to two counts of spousal abuse.

Was a name involved in the trial of actor Robert Blake, as he was the one-time boyfriend of Blake's wife, Bonnie Lee Bakley, who was murdered outside Vitello's Restaurant in Studio City, California. Bakley had a habit of seeking out entertainment types. Brando refused to testify at Blake's trial and denied any involvement in the killing.

Father of Michael Brando.

Personal Quotes (1) The family kept changing shape. I'd sit down at the breakfast table and say, 'Who are you?' (Recalling his family life with his father.)

Christian Devi Brando (May 11, 1958 – January 26, 2008) was the only child of actress Anna Kashfi with American actor Marlon Brando (who had eleven children).

Personal life Relationship with Bonnie Lee Bakley.

Robert Blake and his defense attorneys claimed that Christian Brando was involved in the 2001 murder of Blake's 44-year-old wife Bonnie Lee Bakley. Robert Blake was ultimately charged with his wife's murder and although acquitted in the criminal trial, he was found liable for her death in the civil case.

Testimony introduced during the criminal pre-trial hearings and the subsequent civil trial attempted to implicate Christian in the murder, suggesting that he had the same motive as Blake to have Bonnie Lee Bakley killed. Bakley had become pregnant and claimed to both Brando and Blake that they were the father. A DNA test subsequently determined that Robert Blake, not Christian Brando, was the biological father.

According to trial testimony, just days before her death Bakley continued to claim Brando was the father of her child. Dianne Mattson testified in court that Brando became enraged, and at one point stated "somebody should put a bullet in that bitch's head". In a tape-recorded conversation between Brando and Bakley, Brando stated, "You're lucky. You know, I mean, not on my behalf, but you're lucky someone ain't out there to put a bullet in your head."

According to pre-trial testimony and corroboration, Christian Brando was in Washington state on the night of Bakley's death. Other pre-trial testimony alleged that associates of Brando were involved in the murder. One of those allegedly involved was the prosecution star witness: Duffy Hambleton, a stunt man. Hambleton claimed that Blake tried to hire him to kill Bakley. Hambleton claimed he refused the offer. Blake, however, testified that he hired Hambleton for personal security to protect himself and Bakley from a stalker. Criminal pre-trial and civil trial testimony claimed that Hambleton was an associate of Christian Brando and that he arranged the murder of Bakley to curry favor with Brando. The judge in the criminal case prevented the defense from presenting that view during trial.

Brando was called as a witness in actor Robert Blake's civil trial but refused to testify, invoking his Fifth Amendment constitutional rights. Brando's behavior in court got him a contempt of court charge and conviction.

Marriage and spousal abuse Brando's first marriage to Mary Brando ended without acrimony in 1987 after six years; they first met when both were ten years old. On October 16, 2004, in Las Vegas, after a five-year-long relationship, Brando wed Deborah Presley, an actress who had claimed to be the illegitimate daughter of Elvis Presley. The marriage lasted a short time and was annulled in June 2005 while both were residents of California. Brando pleaded no contest to charges of spousal abuse involving Deborah in January 2005. He was placed on probation and ordered to drug and alcohol rehabilitation.

In December 2005, Deborah filed a lawsuit against Brando in Los Angeles County Superior Court, alleging spousal abuse involving an incident in Brando's home. Brando counterclaimed for "a savage beating" during the same incident claiming that she broke into his home and beat him because he wanted to annul their marriage only 10 weeks after exchanging vows. They stayed in contact while Christian was sent to a treatment center for his drug abuse/use. The case was not settled as Christian Brando died and his estate never settled with Deborah.

Death Brando died of pneumonia on January 26, 2008, at Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center at the age of 49. He had been admitted into Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center on January 11, 2008.

Brando was buried on February 17, 2008, at the Kalama Oddfellows Cemetery in Kalama, Washington.