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Posted Jul 1, 2009 7:17 PM
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Oscar-winning actor Karl Malden dies at 97
Actor won an Academy Award for his role in A Streetcar Named Desire
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One of Karl Malden's most controversial films was Baby Doll in 1956, in which he played a dullard husband whose child bride is exploited by a businessman. It was condemned by the Catholic Legion of Decency for what was termed its carnal suggestiveness.
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updated 5:50 p.m. ET, Wed., July 1, 2009
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 academys 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. |
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