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She refused Marlon Brando's Oscar for him in 1973, citing Hollywood's alleged misrepresentation of Native American Indians. This action became even more controversial when it was revealed that she was in fact a Mexican actress whose real name was Maria Cruz. Her name was in fact Maria Cruz though she claims to have maternal ancestry of French-German-Dutch and paternal ancestry of Apache, Yaqui and Pueblo.

In 1970 she had won the Miss American Vampire contest.

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