Sacheen Littlefeather
Nude

Hailing from Salinas, California, Sacheen Littlefeather was born under the name “Maria Cruz,” but she changed her name to embrace her Native American heritage when her career took off shortly after her appearance in Il Consigliere (1973). At the Academy Awards ceremony that year, Sacheen made headlines by standing in for Marlon Brando and refusing his Best Actor statuette on his behalf. Brando boycotted the award ceremony to protest Hollywood’s portrayal of Native Americans and to call attention to the standoff at Wounded Knee. The brave and bold Sacheen got cheers and jeers from the audience, but, unfortunately for Sacheen, this pretty much landed her in the stereotype of “girl-in-trouble” for the remainder of her career, which, not surprisingly, didn’t last all that long. She claims the FBI blacklisted her. Thankfully, before that happened Sacheen flashed some skinitude in Johnny Firecloud (1975). In that film, she played a woman in danger of being assaulted by a bunch of oppressive white fellas, who just so happened to remove her blouse for a nice look at her big bow and arrow. That sure made us play with our Littlefeather! Sadly, that’s the only skin that Sacheen has been willing to offer her hungry viewers. Some of her last onscreen credits include works such as The Trial of Billie Jack (1974), Freebie and the Bean (1974), Winterhawk (1975), and Shoot the Sun Down (1978). Mr. Skin isn’t sure what Sacheen has been up to since she stepped away from the big screen, but that scene from Johnny Firecloud still ruffles our feathers.