Brando's Bride

Disgrifiad Cymraeg / Welsh Description

Ym mis Hydref 1957 priododd Marlon Brando actores Indiaidd o'r enw Anna Kashfi; roedd hi'n dair ar hugain oed ac yn feichiog. Y diwrnod canlynol, honnodd William O'Callaghan, gweithiwr ffatri o Gymru mai ei ferch ef oedd Anna Kashfi, mai ei henw oedd Joan O'Callaghan a'i bod yn gweithio mewn siop cigydd yng Nghaerdydd.

Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description

In 1957 Marlon Brando married a young studio actress called Anna Kashfi. He was thirty-three and at the pinnacle of his fame. The wedding was front-page news. His new bride was twenty-three, claimed to be an Indian princess and was pregnant. The day after the wedding a factory worker in Wales revealed that Brando's bride was his daughter, Joan. This book sets out to discover the truth.

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Bywgraffiad yr Awdur / Author Biography

Sarah Broughton was born in London, lives in Cardiff and is the Creative Director of Martha Stone Productions. She has written a novel, 'Other Useful Numbers’, and a non-fiction book about the mysterious first wife of Marlon Brando, ‘Brando’s Bride’. Both are published by Parthian Books. She can be found on twitter @sjbroughton124

Adolygiad y Cyhoeddwr / Publisher Review

When the young and beautiful Indian starlet, Anna Kashfi, married Marlon Brando in 1957 it must have seemed to many she had hit the jackpot – Brando was at the height of his fame as a film actor and at 33 was considered the most eligible bachelor in Hollywood. Almost from the start, however, the dream became a nightmare. Anna was pregnant before the wedding and