After his Broadway breakthrough in the 1946 play
Truckline Cafe, Marlon Brando would later gain triumph for his astonishing performance in Tennessee Williams’ play
A Streetcar Named Desire in 1947. By 1949, Brando, 25 years old, was ready to leave the Broadway stage behind to answer the call of Hollywood. Following his movie debut as a paraplegic veteran in
The Men (1950), Brando would receive numerous acclaims and accolades for
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951),
Viva Zapata! (1952),
Julius Caesar (1953),
The Wild One (1953),
On the Waterfront (for which he won his first Oscar, 1954) and
Sayonara (1957). Let’s take a look back at a young, charismatic and ridiculously handsome Marlon Brando during the 1940s and 1950s:
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April 1946. Marlon Brando wearing a large double-breasted overcoat. Photo by Cecil Beaton for Vogue. |
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August 1946. Photo by Cecil Beaton for Vogue. |
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1947. Young Marlon Brando lighting a cigarette. Photo by Bettmann. |
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February 1948. Marlon Brando wearing a sweater and button down shirt, leaning on his elbows. Photo by Serge Balkin. |
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1948. Marlon Brando playing recorder. Photo by Lisa Larsen for LIFE. |
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December 1948. Marlon Brando performing on Broadway in the role of Stanley Kowalski in 'A Streetcar Named Desire.' Photo by Carl Van Vechten. |
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December 1948. Portrait of Marlon Brando in the Broadway version of 'A Streetcar Named Desire.' Photo by Carl Van Vechten. |
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1949. Marlon Brando sitting down reading a book outside the Hospital Chapel during training for his role in 'The Men'. Photo by Bettmann. |
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October 1949. Marlon Brando smokes a cigarette as he reads a script during rehearsals for his role in 'The Men,' Los Angeles, California. Photo by Ed Clark for LIFE. |
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1950s. Head and shoulders photo of young Marlon Brando staring intentily. Photo by Corbis. |
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1950s. Photo by Gamma-Rapho. |
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1952. Photo by Margaret Bourke-White for LIFE. |
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1952. Marlon Brando standing in front of a bookcase. Photo via John Kobal Foundation. |
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1951. Marlon Brando wardrobe test for 'A Streetcar Named Desire.' Photo by Corbis. |
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1951. Marlon Brando in 'A Streetcar Named Desire.' Photo by Herbert Dorfman. |
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1952. Marlon Brando as Mexican folk hero Emiliano Zapata in 'Viva Zapata!'. Photo by Hulton Archive. |
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1953. Marlon Brando riding a motorcycle in 'The Wild One.' Photo by Mondadori Portfolio. |
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1954. Marlon Brando, wearing dirty white pants, a cap, and no shirt, poses atop scaffolding. Photo by Getty Images. |
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1954. Marlon Brando on the set of 'On the Waterfront.' Photo by Columbia Pictures. |
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1954. Marlon Brando leans back on a sofa and smiles at a cat, who lays across his shoulders, at his home in Los Angeles, California. Photo by Murray Garrett. |
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1954. Marlon Brando on the set of 'Desiree.' Photo by Corbis. |
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November 1954. Marlon Brando, wearing glasses, playing harmonica on a train while in Rome, Italy. Photo by Simon Michou. |
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April 1955. Marlon Brando playing a conga drum at his home for an episode of the CBS program 'Person to Person.' Photo by Silver Screen Collection. |
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June 1957. Marlon Brando in Paris, where he met Irwin Shaw, author of 'The Young Lions.' Photo by Simon Michou. |
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1958. Marlon Brando poses for a portrait on the set of 'The Young Lions.' Photo by Universal Pictures. |
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1959. Marlon Brando during the filming of 'One-Eyed Jacks' in Death Valley, California. Photo by Sam Shaw. |
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