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RIP Karl Malden (hopefully the only Karl Malden thread)

Posted by Floormodel • 7/01/09 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: Actor, class act, died

LOS ANGELES – The family of Karl Malden says the actor who won an Oscar for his role in "A Streetcar Named Desire" has died at age 97. Malden's family informed the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences of his death on Wednesday. Malden served as the academy's president from 1989-92.
He made his screen debut in the 1940 movie "They Knew What They Wanted," and was praised for his role as Mitch in the 1951 classic "A Streetcar Named Desire."

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7/01/09

gtally

The American Express Karl Malden?

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1. 7/01/09
  
  Floormodel
  
  yes
2. 7/01/09
  
  gtally
  
  Damn. He left home without us.
7/01/09

nothingprofound

He had a lot of good roles. One of his best: the priest in On The Waterfront.

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1. 7/01/09
  
  gtally
  
  Oh yeah! One of Kazan's and Brando's best, too.
2. 7/01/09
  
  Floormodel
  
  excellent movie!!!
  
  another good one he did was The Hanging Tree.
7/01/09

nothingprofound

He also had a TV series that was popular for years. Think it was called On The Streets of San Francisco. And if memory serves, which it often doesn't, I think Michael Douglas was his co-star.

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1. 7/01/09
  
  Floormodel
  
  yup!
7/01/09

merseaone

We have been losing a lot of Stars lately!

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1. 7/01/09
  
  Agit8r
  
  1/3 have fallen from the sky...
  
  oh, wait... this isn't the Rapture thread
7/01/09

celticmusicfan

Where is the Rapture thread?

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