Doris Day and Marlon Brando were born on the same day, Apr. 3, 1924

photo: Doris Day

First the ladies. Doris Day [Doris Mary Ann von Kappelhoff] was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, on April 3, 1924). She is an American singer, actress, and animal welfare advocate. Doris Day was one of the most prolific actresses of the 1950s and 1960s. She had participation in 39, over 600 musical recordings and a series of sucessful television shows.

Singing "Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera)", in Alfred Hitchcock's The Man Who Knew Too Much she won an Oscar. She was married five times. [Listen this song here : Que Sera Sera]

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In 1975 Doris Day released her autobiography, Doris Day: Her Own Story, it revealed to the general public many of the painful events in her private life. The book was a best-seller.

Last years she is dedicating to animal advocay: see here Doris Day animal League

photo: Marlon Brando

Marlon Brando, Jr. was born in Omaha, Nebraska, USA, on Apr. 3, 1924. He died in Los Angeles, California, on July 1, 1924. Brando was one of the most famous actors. He was awarded with two Oscars for the best actor in On the Waterfront (1954) and The Godfather (1972), and was nominated other several times [Nominated Best Actor in A Streetcar Named Desire (1951); Viva Zapata! (1952) , Julius Caesar (1953), Sayonara (1957) , Ultimo tango a Parigi (1972) and for best Supporting Actor in A Dry White Season (1989)].

Marlon Brando turned down the (second) Academy Award and boycotted the award ceremony, sending an Indian, little-known actress Sacheen Littlefeather to state his reasons, which were based on his objections to the depiction of Native Americans by Hollywood and television.

In his autobiography in 1994 Songs My Mother Taught Me, Brando claimed he showed up one night at Marilyn Monroe's apartment and they started an affair that lasted many years. He also claimed numerous other romances, although he did not discuss his marriages, his wives, or his children in his autobiography.

On October 11th 1957, Brando marries the actress Anna Kashfi, from Wales. His second marriage is to Mexican actress Movita Castaneda, in 1960.

Without Marlon Brando and his special way of acting, the History of cinema would have been different. He was also a serious activist for the Civil Rights Movement and for the Native American Indians.