- She was the last surviving cast member of Mutiny on the Bounty (1935).
- Was born on a train that was en route from Mexico to Nogales, Arizona.
- She played Tehani in Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) while her second husband Marlon Brando played Fletcher Christian in the remake, Mutiny on the Bounty (1962).
- Movita told writer Michael Taub that MGM inflated her age. At the time, she said, she was 14 - not 19, as the studio claimed on government documents.
- Her stage name 'Movita' was coined for her by MGM executives who thought it sounded Polynesian.
- She lives in Mexico. (2006)
- Married Irish prizefighter Jack Doyle in 1939. Doyle was also a tenor, known as "the Irish thrush". He performed with Movita at European cabarets and for some time they owned a London nightclub called the 'Swizzle Stick'.
- Was discovered for the screen by RKO producer Pandro S. Berman.
- Was trained in classical music and voice performance. Had a dramatic soprano voice with a five octaves range.
- Grandmother of Miko Brando's children, Prudence Brando and Shane Brando.
- Lived in London where she appeared in several musicals and plays.
- Sister-in-law of Jocelyn Brando during marriage to Marlon Brando.
- Daughter-in-law of Marlon Brando Sr. during her marriage to Marlon Brando.
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