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Karl Malden Dies at 97
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Karl Malden, an Oscar- and Emmy-winning actor and former president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, died of natural causes today in Los Angeles at the age of 97. His long life and successful career were virtually free of scandal or controversy, and as an actor he was by all accounts a consummate professional. He and his wife, Mona, who survives him, were married for 70 years, which might literally be a show-business record. Malden was born Mladen George Sekulovich in Chicago, the son of a Serbian father and Czech mother. He changed his name for obvious reasons when he went into acting (after working alongside his father in the steel mills), but often found a way for someone to mention the name "Sekulovich" in his films, as a tribute to his roots. He appeared in 21 Broadway productions between 1937 and 1957, including the premiere of A Streetcar Named Desire in 1947. He and several other cast members from the show, including Marlon Brando, reprised their roles for the 1951 film version, and Malden won an Oscar for best supporting actor. He was later nominated for On the Waterfront, in which he also appeared with Brando. Overall, he appeared in some 50 films, 19 in the 1960s alone.
In the 1970s, he earned four Emmy nominations as the star of The Streets of San Francisco, where he played an experienced cop working with rookie Michael Douglas. Malden also appeared in American Express TV commercials throughout the '70s ("Don't leave home without it"), an oft-parodied but long-remembered campaign that worked because of his familiar, trustworthy face. His bulbous nose, perhaps the most recognizable thing about him, was the result of sports injuries in his youth, and Malden joked about it frequently. He later won an Emmy for his work in the 1984 miniseries Fatal Vision.
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Marcheline Bertrand (1950-2007) - Actress (pictured) who appears in Lookin' to Get Out and The Man Who Loved Women. She also was executive producer of Trudell. Her ex-husband is Jon Voight and her children are Angelina Jolie and James Haven. She died of cancer January 27, in Los Angeles. (AP)- Sheila Brown (1935-2007) - Animator who worked on The Little Mermaid, Oliver & Company and Tom & Jerry: The Movie. She died of cancer January 17. (LA Times)
- Bob Carroll, Jr. (1918-2007) - Writer of the story for Yours, Mine and Ours. He passed away January 27, in Los Angeles. (Lucyfan.com)
- Caris Corfman (1955-2007) - Actress who appears in No Mercy, Funny Farm and Dreamchild. She died of a stroke January 13, in Rockville, Maryland. (Washington Post)
- Curt Dempster (1935-2006) - Actor, playwright and director who appears in Desperately Seeking Susan, The Manhattan Project and Last Ball. He died January 19, in New York. (Variety)
- Brian Eatwell (c.1939-2007) - Production designer for Nicolas Roeg's Walkabout and The Man Who Fell to Earth, Richard Lester's The Three Musketeers and Butch and Sundance: The Early Days, plus Madame Sin, The Onion Fields, Godspell and, more recently, The Watcher. He died January 20, in Los Angeles. (Variety)
- Tudor Gates (1930-2007) - British writer of Barbarella, Danger: Diabolik, The Optimists and Twins of Evil. He also produced and directed adult films under the name Teddy White, including 007 director Martin Campbell's The Sex Thief. He died January 14, in Kent, England. (BECTU)
- Becky Gonzalez (c.1955-2007) - Actress who appears in Young Doctors in Love and Night Shift. She passed away January 5. (NY Times)
- E. Howard Hunt (1918-2007) - CIA agent who figured prominently in the Watergate scandal. He was portrayed by Ed Harris in Nixon. He also apparently was a screenwriter for a short time in the 1940s. He died of pneumonia January 23, in Miami. (NY Times)
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