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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).

Jocelyn Brando
Brando in The Big Heat (1953)
Born	(1919-11-18)November 18, 1919[1] San Francisco, California, U.S.
Died	November 27, 2005(2005-11-27) (aged 86) Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1942–1983
Spouse(s)	Don Hanmer ​ ​ (div. 1950)​ Eliot Asinof ​ ​ (m. 1950; div. 1955)​
Children	2
Relatives	Marlon Brando (brother)

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]

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.[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 eponymous title role. The play was a smash hit, running about three years (1157 performances).[9]

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.[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 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."[3]

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 (1963) and 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. 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, 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 and as , 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, Brando married author Eliot T. Asinof in Tarrytown, New York.[13] She had two sons, Gahan Hanmer (by Hanmer) and Martin Asinof (by 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	Lt. 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	One Step Beyond	Ellen Larrabee	TV Series, S1E3 "Emergency Only"
1961	The Explosive Generation	Mrs. Ryker	Uncredited
1963	The Ugly American	Emma Atkins
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
1983	Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land	Mrs. Harvey	TV movie, (final film role)

References

External links

• Jocelyn Brando at IMDb
• Jocelyn Brando at the Internet Broadway Database
• Jocelyn Brando at AllMovie
• Jocelyn Brando at Find a Grave

На других языках

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- [en] Jocelyn Brando

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[es] Jocelyn Brando

Jocelyn Brando (San Francisco, 18 de noviembre de 1919 - Santa Mónica, 27 de noviembre de 2005) fue una actriz estadounidense de televisión, cine y teatro. Además, hermana mayor del actor Marlon Brando.

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[ru] Брандо, Джослин

Джослин Брандо (англ. Jocelyn Brando; 18 ноября 1919 года — 27 ноября 2005 года) — американская актриса театра, кино и телевидения, старшая сестра Марлона Брандо.

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