On 11 October 1957, Hollywood actor Marlon Brando, who'd always had a taste for Oriental and Asian girls, married Anna Kashfi, 'a 23-year-old actress from Darjeeling.' Anna Kashfi, the doe-eyed Indian girl who became a Hollywood sensation by marrying actor Marlon Brando, is seen talking to Indian women in Rajasthan Village, on May 12, 1967, for a … Anna Kashfi, an alluring and ethnically ambiguous actress who was the first wife of Marlon Brando, has died. Anna Kashfi has appeared in a number of films including The Mountain (1956) (with Spencer Tracy) and Battle Hymn (1957) (with Rock Hudson) but is best known for being Marlon Brando's first wife. This biography profiles her childhood, family, personal life, acting career, achievements, and other facts.
She was 80. Christian had grown up in turmoil, the pawn in an acrimonious custody struggle between Marlon and his first wife, Anna Kashfi. Anna Kashfi was an Indian-born Welsh-raised American film actress. Marlon lamented that his son’s fate was also his inheritance: ‘Christian was burdened with emotional disorders and psychological disarray, the kind of trouble that I had in life.’ ... Kashfi wrote that she was born in Darjeeling to Indian parents.