Karl Malden Dead At 97

By irwanbee, Doom Bloog
Thursday July 2nd 2009

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 loving family; a career that has spanned the
spectrum of the arts from theater to film and television, to some very
famous commercial work.”

While he tackled a variety of characters over the years, he was often
seen in working-class garb or military uniform. His authenticity in
grittier roles came naturally: He was the son of a Czech mother and a
Serbian father, and worked for a time in the steel mills of Gary,
Ind., after dropping out of college.

Malden said he got his celebrated bulbous nose when he broke it a
couple of times playing basketball or football, joking that he was
“the only actor in Hollywood whose nose qualifies him for handicapped
parking.” He liked to say he had “an open-hearth face.”

Malden won a supporting actor Oscar in 1951 for his role as Blanche
DuBois’ naive suitor Mitch in “A Streetcar Named Desire” _ a role he
also played on Broadway.

He was nominated again as best supporting actor in 1954 for his
performance as Father Corrigan, a fearless, friend-of-the-workingman
priest in “On the Waterfront.” In both movies, he costarred with
Marlon Brando.

“When you worked with him, he was the character,” said Eva Marie
Saint, who garnered a supporting actress Oscar for her role in
“Waterfront.” “He was the consummate actor and he loved acting. He was
dear and smart. Whatever he did he enjoyed life.”

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