Karl Malden Dead At 97
Karl Malden, the Oscar- and Emmy-winning character actor who was best known over his six-decade career for the TV series “The Streets of San Francisco” and a series of American Express commercials, died of natural causes today at his home in Brentwood. He was 97.
Malden received an Oscar as best supporting actor in 1952 for Elia Kazan’s “A Streetcar Named Desire,” in which he recreated the role that he originated in the Broadway production. Though he was nominated for each of the five seasons of “Streets of San Francisco,” Malden’s Emmy came for the 1984 miniseries “Fatal Vision.”
