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Article: Brando on the breadline as he hides his Oscars from the creditors.
- Article from:
- Daily Mail (London)
- Article date:
- July 1, 2004
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Byline: GEORGE GORDON
IN his prime, his smouldering presence was matched by his massive earning power.
Since then, Marlon Brando's physical decline has been impossible to hide.
But only now has the true extent of his financial problems been revealed.
It emerged yesterday that the 80-year-old actor has been reduced to hiding his Oscars to prevent seizure by creditors.
The man who once had his pick of Hollywood movies has just gratefully accepted a small contract for a voice over in an animated cartoon feature entitled Big Bug Man.
He currently owes more than [pounds sterling]11million and his sporadic voice work ...