Mladen George Sekulovich
| Sign | Aries |
| Born | Mar 22, 1912 Chicago, IL |
| Died | Jul 1, 2009 Brentwood, Los Angeles |
| Age | Died at 97 |
| Final Resting PlaceWestwood Memorial Park | |
Karl Malden | |
| Job | Actor |
| Years active | 1935-2000 |
| Top Roles | Harold 'Mitch' Mitchell, Sgt. William Cullen, Sheriff Dad Longworth, Shooter, Adams |
| Top Genres | Drama, Film Adaptation, Romance, Comedy, Western, Crime |
| Top Topics | Book-Based, World War II, Based on Play |
| Top Collaborators | Henry Hathaway (Director), Elia Kazan (Director), Marlon Brando, Lee J. Cobb |
| Shares birthday with | Chico Marx, Marcel Marceau, Joseph Schildkraut see more.. |
Karl Malden Overview:
Legendary character actor, Karl Malden, was born Mladen George Sekulovich on Mar 22, 1912 in Chicago, IL. Malden died at the age of 97 on Jul 1, 2009 in Brentwood, Los Angeles and was laid to rest in Westwood Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles, CA.
MINI BIO:
Plum-nosed, rasp-voiced, distinctive and likeable American actor whose receding dark hair was sometimes in latter years covered by a toupee. Used in supporting roles by Fox in their realist thrillers of the late 1940s, but in a variety of leading roles after an Academy Award (best supporting actor) for A Streetcar Named Desire. From 1972 to 1977 he became entrenched in a very popular TV crime series The Streets of San Francisco. Additional Oscar nomination for On the Waterfront. Of Yugoslav parentage, he was president of the U.S. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences from 1989 to 1993. (Source: available at Amazon Quinlan's Film Stars).HONORS and AWARDS:
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Karl Malden was nominated for two Academy Awards, winning one for Best Supporting Actor for A Streetcar Named Desire (as Mitch) in 1951.
Academy Awards
| Year | Award | Film name | Role | Result |
| 1951 | Best Supporting Actor | A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) | Mitch | Won |
| 1954 | Best Supporting Actor | On the Waterfront (1954) | Father Barry | Nominated |
He was honored with one star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the category of Motion Pictures. In addition, Malden was inducted into the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum .
BlogHub Articles:
March Madness #28:
By Kat_Selby on Mar 27, 2018 From All Good ThingsWelcome to ALL GOOD THINGS! It's MARCH MADNESS! Visit daily to see a classic film Super-Star of the day - a personality renowned for portraying the really, really B.A.D. and also the sweetest-dearest-most darling! Day #27 results: AVA GARDNER Voters clearly love Kitty Collins / "The Killers" ... Read full article
On Blu-ray: Gary Cooper, Maria Schell and in The Hanging Tree (1959)
By KC on Feb 15, 2018 From Classic MoviesAs Gary Cooper neared the end of his career he appeared tired, ill, and not quite himself due to a facelift that might not have turned out the way he’d hoped. While he no longer had the bashful, baby-giraffe-lashed sex appeal of his youth though, he was still magnetic. He aroused different emo... Read full article
'Til Death Do Us Part ~ and Mona Greenburg
By Google profile on Jun 21, 2012 From Out of the Past - A Classic Film BlogAbout MeBlogger, Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog and more. Please add my Google profile to your circles. and Mona Greenburg Married 70 years Malden and Greenburg met at the Chicago's Goodman Theater where they were both scholarship students. They had one of the longest ... Read full article
God Speed (1912-2009)
By Google profile on Jul 2, 2009 From Out of the Past - A Classic Film BlogAbout MeBlogger, Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog and more. Please add my Google profile to your circles. My heart hurts. One of my favorite actors passed on yesterday. To me, made every film he was in better just for being in it. He was a great character actor who exc... Read full article
, 1912-2009
By KC on Jul 1, 2009 From Classic MoviesGoodbye to , a deeply respected and respectable actor who had a legendary career on the silver screen, television and the stage. A whole generation knew him as the long-time pitchman for American Express, but he started his career in New York, onstage. Though he had a small role in They K... Read full article
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Karl Malden Quotes:
Father Barry: Boys, this is my church! And if you don't think Christ is down here on the waterfront you've got another guess coming!
Reverend Ford: [reading Pollyanna's locket] When you look for the bad in mankind, expecting to find it, you surely will. - Abraham Lincoln.
Pollyanna Whittier: He was President.
Reverend Ford: Yes, I know... but I've never heard *that* before.
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