Brando's Bride

Sarah Broughton was born in London, lives in Cardiff and is the Creative Director of Martha Stone Productions. She has written a novel, 'Other Useful Numbers’, and a non-fiction book about the mysterious first wife of Marlon Brando, ‘Brando’s Bride’. Both are published by Parthian Books. She can be found on twitter @sjbroughton124

When the young and beautiful Indian starlet, Anna Kashfi, married Marlon Brando in 1957 it must have seemed to many she had hit the jackpot – Brando was at the height of his fame as a film actor and at 33 was considered the most eligible bachelor in Hollywood. Almost from the start, however, the dream became a nightmare. Anna was pregnant before the wedding and