Surfactant. Surfactant is a complex substance containing phospholipids and a number of apoproteins. This essential fluid is produced by the Type II alveolar cells, and lines the alveoli and smallest bronchioles. Surfactant reduces surface tension throughout the lung, thereby contributing to its general compliance.
Marlon Brando had 15 children, of which 12 of the children were his biological children and three children he adopted. Marlon Brando married actress Anna Kashfi in 1957, with whom he had one son Christian Brando. Marlon Brando married Movita Castaneda in 1960, with whom he had Miko Castaneda Brando and Rebecca Brando. Tarita Teriipia became Marlon Brado's third wife in 1962, with whom he had Simon Teihotu Brando and Tarita Cheyenne Brando.
Tennessee Williams and Desire On this day in 1947, Tennessee Williams's A Streetcar Named Desire opened on Broadway. The play ran for two years, and brought Williams the first of his two Pulitzers. It also launched the career of twenty-three-year-old Marlon Brando -- an impossible, psychopathic bastard, said co-star Jessica Tandy, but watching his performance, said another actor, was like being in the eye of the hurricane.