Ladies first: This LA Times obituary captures how delightful actress/singer Gale Storm was. She was pretty & talented--and, apparently, exceedingly personally gracious too. For those of you who did not grow up in the 1950s and don't remember GS's two big TV sitcom hits, My Little Margie (once second only in ratings to I Love Lucy) & Oh, Susanna, read this lovely tribute to an oldie but goodie.
Now to Karl Malden's LA Times obituary. The great character actor--whose performances not infrequently matched--even exceeded--those of the marquee stars in his films--passed away this week at age 97. He played strong & weak characters with equal facility, provided a young Michael Douglas with an acting anchor to help lift the young man to super-stardom, and made American Express iconic. The best measure of his excellence, by my lights, is that I am at a loss to figure out what I regard as his best performance, because so many were so superb.
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