{"id":85270,"date":"2022-10-03T03:33:13","date_gmt":"2022-10-03T03:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/actress-who-delivered-brando-oscar-speech-was-75-the-hollywood-reporter\/"},"modified":"2022-10-03T03:33:13","modified_gmt":"2022-10-03T03:33:13","slug":"actress-who-delivered-brando-oscar-speech-was-75-the-hollywood-reporter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/actress-who-delivered-brando-oscar-speech-was-75-the-hollywood-reporter\/","title":{"rendered":"Actress Who Delivered Brando Oscar Speech Was 75 \u2013 The Hollywood Reporter"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sacheen Littlefeather (Apache\/Yaqui\/Ariz.), the Native American actress and activist who took to the stage at the 1973 Academy Awards to reveal that Marlon Brando would not accept his Oscar for <\/span>The Godfather<\/em>, has died. She was 75.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Littlefeather died at noon Sunday at her home in the Northern California city of Novato surrounded by her loved ones, according to a statement sent out by her caretaker. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which reconciled with Littlefeather in June and hosted a celebration in her honor just two weeks ago, revealed the news on social media Sunday night.<\/p>\n

Littlefeather disclosed in March 2018 that she had been diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer, and it had metastasized in recent years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Brando had decided to boycott the March 1973 Oscars in protest of how Native Americans were portrayed onscreen as well as to pay tribute to the ongoing occupation at Wounded Knee, in which 200 members of the American Indian Movement (AIM) faced off against thousands of US marshals and other federal agents in the South Dakota town.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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After presenters Liv Ullmann and Roger Moore listed the nominees for best actor and Ullmann called out Brando’s name as the winner, the telecast cut to Littlefeather, then 26 and wearing a traditional Apache dress, walking to the stage from her seat at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion as the announcer explained, \u201cAccepting the award for Marlon Brando and <\/span>The Godfather<\/em>Miss Sacheen Littlefeather.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Littlefeather, however, held up her right hand to decline the statuette proffered by Moore as she reached the podium and told the Chandler audience and the 85 million viewers watching at home that Brando \u201cvery regretfully cannot accept this very generous award.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n