Karl Malden - Lights To Dim On Broadway For Malden
The lights of New York's theatre district will be dimmed on Thursday night (02Jul09) to honour Oscar winner Karl Malden, who died on Wednesday (01Jul09). The 97 year old had a long affiliation with the Broadway stage - he made his Big Apple stage debut in 1937 and struck up a theatrical partnership with legendary director Elia Kazan, who cast Malden in a host of successful New York shows. Malden starred in more than 20 productions, including Arthur Miller's All My Sons and Tennessee Williams' A...

Lights To Dim On Broadway For Malden
The lights of New York's theatre district will be dimmed on Thursday night (02Jul09) to honour Oscar winner Karl Malden, who died on Wednesday (01Jul09). The 97 year old had a long affiliation with the Broadway stage - he made his Big Apple stage debut in 1937 and struck up a theatrical partnership with legendary director Elia Kazan, who cast Malden in a host of successful New York shows. Malden starred in more than 20 productions, including Arthur Miller's All My Sons and Tennessee Williams' A...

Remembering Karl Malden. Today in Film Bloggery 07/01/09
The Celebrity Deaths keep on happening, which makes me hope that Death takes a holiday at least over the 4th of July weekend. Yesterday we lost actor and baritone singer Harve Presnell , who is best remembered nowadays for playing William H. Macy’s father-in-law in Fargo , and now today we say goodbye to Karl Malden , who won a supporting actor Oscar for A Streetcar Named Desire , which was one of his four collaborations with director Elia Kazan. He was also Oscar-nominated for his...

KARL MALDEN 1912-2009 / 'Streetcar' to 'Streets' - actor who could do it all
Karl Malden, the Academy Award-winning actor who played Lt. Mike Stone in the 1970s TV series "The Streets of San Francisco," died Wednesday at his Los Angeles home. He was 97. Images View More Images More News Mr. Malden's acting career spanned more than six decades, during which he won an Oscar as Blanche DuBois' milquetoast suitor in Elia Kazan's "A Streetcar Named Desire." But he was perhaps even better known for his role as the widowed lieutenant of the San Francisco Police Department in...

Karl Malden Passes Away at the Age of 97
It has been a rough two weeks for the entertainment business when it comes to the passing of major Celebrity names as Karl Malden has passed away at the age of 97. Malden died in his sleep about 2:30 a.m. Wednesday, his manager Bud Ross tells CNN . Malden won an Oscar for his performance alongside Marlon Brando in A Streetcar Named Desire and was also nominated for another one of his performances opposite Brando in On the Waterfront in 1955. Only five years ago at the 2004 Screen Actors Guild...

Karl Malden dies
Legendary actor and Oscar winner Karl Malden is the 5th celebrity to die within a week's time, as he passed on yesterday afternoon at the age of 97. Quite honestly, as bad as this sounds, I think this death was actually the cause of old age, and not a random heart attack or cancer or a Shamwow screwjob. He's an older fella so a lot of this generation may not be sure of who he is (I know I'm not, although he looks familiar), but he starred in A Street Car Named Desire back in the day and a ton...

Actor Karl Malden dies at 97
Karl Malden, the Oscar- and Emmy-winning character actor who was best known over his six-decade career as the star of TV series "The Streets of San Francisco" and a series of American Express commercials, died of natural causes Wednesday at his home in Brentwood, Calif. He was 97. Tall and heavyset, Malden was highly regarded for his versatility. He excelled at roles with an Everyman quality such as Mitch, the naive suitor of Blanche DuBois in Tennessee Williams' "A Streetcar Named Desire." He...

Academy Award Winning Actor Karl Malden Dies At Age 97 (Photos/Video)
Legendary actor Karl Malden died on Wednesday of natural causes surrounded by his family at his Brentwood home. Karl Mulden was 97....

Karl Malden, Actor: 1912
I knew Karl Malden first as the guy from the American Express commercials in the 1970s, but he’ll probably always be best known as Lt. Mike Stone on TV’s The Streets of San Francisco which ran from 1972 – 1977. Of course he also won an Oscar as Mitch in Elia Kazan’s A Streetcar Named Desire , a role he originated on stage, and he received another nomination when he worked with Kazan again in On the Waterfront . Over the years, Malden had a long and distinguished career...

Oscar-winning actor Karl Malden dies at 97 - Yahoo! News
LOS ANGELES – Karl Malden , the Academy Award-winning actor whose intelligent characterizations on stage and screen made him a star despite his plain looks, died Wednesday, his family said. He was 97. Malden died of natural causes surrounded by his family at his Brentwood home, they told the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences. He served as the academy's president from 1989-92. "Karl lived a rich, full life," Academy president Sid Ganis said. "He has the greatest and most loving...

Actor and Oscar winner Karl Malden dies
Karl Malden, the bulbous-nosed star of the Streets of San Francisco, has died aged 97. Malden died of natural causes, surrounded by his family at his Brentwood home, they told the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences. Academy president Sid Ganis said: "Karl lived a rich, full life. He has the greatest and most loving family; a career that has spanned the spectrum of the arts -- from theatre, to film and television, to some very famous commercial work." While he tackled a variety of...

Kirk Douglas - Douglas Remembers Malden
Veteran actor Kirk Douglas has paid tribute to his longtime friend Karl Malden, who passed away on Wednesday (01Jul09) - insisting no one knew him as well as the Oscar winner. Douglas and Malden met as youngsters at college and struck up a firm friendship which lasted for over 70 years. The movie legend was delighted when his son Michael was cast alongside Malden in TV cop drama The Streets of San Francisco in the early 1970s, because he felt the youngster's career would benefit greatly from...

Karl Malden1912 - 2009
--> Beaks here... You can't do ninety-seven years much better than Karl Malden. Born Mladen George Sekulovich on March 22, 1912 in Gary, Indiana, Malden (he Anglicized his name for obvious reasons, but still felt guilty for it) got his start as an actor with the legendary Group Theater in the 1930s, and appeared in the some of the most influential productions of the first half of the twentieth century. Harold Clurman, Lee Strasberg, Elia Kazan and Stella Adler were his contemporaries. He played...

Karl Malden - Acting Legend Karl Malden Dead At 97
Oscar winner Karl Malden has died at his home in Brentwood, Los Angeles, three years shy of his 100th birthday. The Streets of San Francisco star was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1912 and raised in Gary, Indiana - ironically the birthplace of Michael Jackson, who died last week (25Jun09). A former steelworker and teacher, Malden studied acting at the Goodman Theater Dramatic School in Chicago and chose to take his talents to New York, where he became involved with the fabled Group Theater. He...

Karl Malden - Acting Legend Karl Malden Dead At 97
Oscar winner Karl Malden has died at his home in Brentwood, Los Angeles, three years shy of his 100th birthday. The Streets of San Francisco star was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1912 and raised in Gary, Indiana - ironically the birthplace of Michael Jackson, who died last week (25Jun09). A former steelworker and teacher, Malden studied acting at the Goodman Theater Dramatic School in Chicago and chose to take his talents to New York, where he became involved with the fabled Group Theater. He...

Oscar-winning actor Karl Malden dies at 97
LOS ANGELES — Karl Malden, the Academy Award-winning actor whose intelligent characterizations on stage, screen and television made him a star despite his plain looks, died Wednesday, his family said. He was 97. Malden died of natural causes surrounded by his family at his Brentwood home, they told the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences. He served as the academy's president from 1989-92. "Karl lived a rich, full life," Academy president Sid Ganis said. "He has the greatest and most...

Karl Malden (RIP)
A Streetcar Named Desire in 1947 [ via ] This past week has been very rough on the entertainment industry and our cultural history. Today, with Karl Malden's death, we've lost the last remaining principal cast member of Tennessee William's legendary play turned movie A Streetcar Named Desire (1951). Now, Malden's career was much larger than mama's boy Harold "Mitch" Mitchel but that classic role, which he originated and owned, is a vital part of his legacy. Strangely, Jessica Tandy's TONY honor...

Actor Karl Malden dies at 97
Karl Malden, the Oscar- and Emmy-winning character actor who was best known over his six-decade career as the star of TV series "The Streets of San Francisco" and a series of American Express commercials, died of natural causes Wednesday at his home in Brentwood, Calif. He was 97. Tall and heavyset, Malden was highly regarded for his versatility. He excelled at roles with an Everyman quality such as Mitch, the naive suitor of Blanche DuBois in Tennessee Williams' "A Streetcar Named Desire." He...

U.S. Actor Karl Malden Dies At 97
U.S. actor Karl Malden, winner of both Academy and Emmy Awards, died Wednesday in California at age 97, family members said. Malden's family informed the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences of the veteran actor's death, KTLA-TV, Los Angeles, reported. Malden was president of the Academy from 1989 to 1992. Born in Gary, Ind., Malden was probably best known for his work in the 1970s television series "The Streets of San Francisco," where he portrayed Lt. Mike Stone, starring alongside a...

Durable Oscar Winner Karl Malden Dies at 97
Karl Malden, the bulbous-nosed character actor who won a Best Supporting Oscar for his role as Mitch, the guiless suitor of Blanche DuBois in the 1951 classic A Street Car Named Desire – a role he created on Broadway – and lent his particular brand of gravitas to American Express commercials in the 1980s, died Wednesday of natural causes in his Brentwood, Calif., home, his family announced. He was 97. Born Malden Sekulovich to Czech and Siberian immigrants in Chicago, Malden barely...

Oscar-Winner Karl Malden Dies
This sad week takes another toll: Karl Malden, the actor who won an Oscar for his role in A Streetcar Named Desire , died on Wednesday at the age of 97. He made his screen debut in 1940, and starred as Mitch in Streetcar in 1951. He also served as the president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences from 1989-92.

Karl Malden Dead at 97
Karl Malden in 1950. (AP) The Associated Press is reporting that Karl Malden -- actor, Oscar winner, Amex pitchman -- has died at the age of 97. We'll have a gallery up shortly chronicling his life and career. In the meantime, anyone looking to compile a list of flicks for a commemorative Karl Malden movie night may want to add these classics to the viewing list: "A Streetcar Named Desire": Malden won an Oscar for his role as Harold 'Mitch' Mitchell. "On the...

'Streets of San Francisco' star, Oscar winner Karl Malden dies at 97
LOS ANGELES — Karl Malden, the Academy Award-winning actor whose intelligent characterizations on stage and screen made him a star despite his plain looks, died Wednesday, his family said. He was 97. Malden died of natural causes surrounded by his family at his Brentwood home, they told the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences. He served as the Academy's president from 1989-92. While he tackled a variety of characters over the years, he was often seen in working-class garb or...

Karl Malden dies 97
     BEIJING, July 2 (Xinhuanet) -- Karl Malden, the Academy Award-winning actor, Wednesday died 97 of natural causes at his Brentwood home in Los Angeles.     Malden was born Mladen Sekulovich in Chicago on March 22, 1912. His intelligent characterizations on stage, screen and television made him a star.     "A Streetcar Named Desire" opened on Broadway in 1947 and went on to win the Pulitzer Prize and New York Drama Critics...