“Forgotten Hollywood”- Remembering James Karen…
Manny P. here…
“`James Karen was a prolific character actor on Broadway, cinema, and television. He is best known for performances in Poltergeist, Return of the Living Dead, and a recurring role on the small screen in Eight is Enough. He was a friend of Buster Keaton.
“`Congressman Daniel Flood recruited James to become an actor in community theater. His big break came when he was cast as the understudy to Karl Malden in the original Broadway production of A Streetcar Named Desire. Karen became a lifelong member of The Actors Studio. He once made a commercial with The Three Stooges.
JAMES KAREN
“`He was a familiar face in fine motion pictures, such as All the President’s Men, I Never Sang For My Father, The China Syndrome, Up Close and Personal, Jagged Edge, The Jazz Singer, Thirteen Days, Wall Street, and The Pursuit of Happyness. On television, Karen guest-starred in Dallas, The Waltons, The Jeffersons, Seinfeld, The Golden Girls and had recurring roles in daytime soap operas, As the World Turns and All My Children.
“`James Karen was 94.
Until next time> “never forget”
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