Dodie Brando

Dorothy Julia "Dodie" Pennebaker Brando (February 7, 1897 – August 16, 1954) was the mother of Marlon Brando and among the members of the Omaha Community Playhouse's first cast. Pennebaker was born in Omaha, Nebraska, the daughter of Bessie Grace (née Gahan) and William John Pennebaker. Her maternal grandfather, Myles Gahan, was a doctor from Ireland, and her maternal grandmother, Julia Watts, was the daughter of an English immigrant. Pennebaker died aged 57.