Movie Academy apologises to Sacheen Littlefeather, says response to her Marlon Brando Oscars speech was “unwarranted”

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an impassioned speech about the treatment of her people in the entertainment industry.While the surprise appearance festered boos from the audience, one actor in particular apparently was so filled with “rage” that he had to be restrained.Western icon John Wayne, who died in 1979, was reportedly furious enough that he attempted to ambush Littlefeather once she left the stage — and she won’t ever forget it. “[John Wayne] did not like what I was saying up at the podium,” the actress said during a recent interview with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Zack Sharf Sacheen Littlefeather dominated headlines this week after the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences issued a formal apology to her for the mistreatment she faced at the 1973 Oscars. Littlefeather, who was 26 years old at the ceremony, took to the stage on behalf of Marlon Brando, who was named best actor for “The Godfather,” and declined the award for him.

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After nearly half a century, the Academy is issuing a long-overdue apology to Sacheen Littlefeather for mistreatment at the 45th Academy Awards in 1973. At the time, "The Godfather" was the talk of the town, and it earned Hollywood icon Marlon Brando an Oscar for Best Actor that year.

Academy Awards, where she delivered a powerful speech about Hollywood's mistreatment and misrepresentation of Native Americans. Now, the Academy is sharing an apology for the subsequent fallout from her act of protest.Academy president David Rubin issued a letter to Littlefeather on the Academy's behalf in June, praising her speech and the impact it had.The letter, which Littlefeather made public on Monday, expressed the organization's regret for the way in which she was treated by the film industry after she took the stage at the Oscars in 1973 to refuse the award for Best Actor on behalf of Marlon Brando.«As you stood on the Oscars stage in 1973 to not accept the Oscar on behalf of Marlon Brando, in recognition of the misrepresentation and mistreatment of Native American people by the film industry, you made a powerful statement that continues to remind us of the necessity of respect and the importance of human dignity,» Rubin said Littlefeather's remarks at the ceremony in the letter.«The abuse you endured because of this statement was unwarranted and unjustified.

onstage at the 1973 Academy Awards ceremony on behalf of Marlon Brando.The now-75-year-old was booed, laughed at and heckled for refusing Brando’s award for Best Actor in “The Godfather.” Now, almost 50 years later, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has offered her a formal apology.“The abuse you endured because of this statement was unwarranted and unjustified,” wrote academy President David Rubin in the note. “The emotional burden you have lived through and the cost to your own career in our industry are irreparable.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said Monday that it has formally apologized to Sacheen Littlefeather over the actress’ famed appearance at the 1973 Oscars, where she appeared on Marlon Brando’s behalf to decline his Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in The Godfather.

The Academy has finally apologized to Sacheen Littlefeather.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is making amends.