...that Karl Malden,
the famous Hollywood actor,
was Serbian ?
His true Name was Mladen George Sekulovich.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Malden"Early life
In 1997, Malden published his autobiography,
When Do I Start, written with his daughter, Carla Malden.
The eldest of three brothers, Malden was born Mladen George Sekulovich (from
Mladen George Sekulović, Serbian:Младен Ђорђе Секуловић) in Chicago, Illinois on 22 March 1912. He was the child of a Serb father, Petar Sekulovich, and a Czech seamstress mother, Minnie Sekulovich. The family moved from Chicago to
the Serbian quarter of Gary, Indiana in 1917, when Malden was five years old. It is in Gary where his father would work in the steel mills and as a milkman.
The Sekulovich family roots trace back to the city of Bileća in Herzegovina. Malden spoke Serbian until he was in kindergarten. Malden's father had a passion for music, as Petar began organizing for the choir. As a teenager,
Karl joined the Karageorge Choir. In addition, his father produced Serbian plays at his church. Petar also taught students acting. A young Malden took part in many of these plays, including a version of Jack and the Beanstalk but
most centering on the community's Serbian heritage. In high school he was a popular student and the star of the basketball team (according to his autobiography,
Malden broke his nose twice while playing basketball, taking elbows to the face and resulting in his trademark bulbous nose). He participated in the drama department, and was narrowly elected senior class president. After graduating from Emerson School for Visual and Performing Arts in 1931 with high marks, he briefly planned to leave Gary for Arkansas, where he hoped to win an athletic scholarship, but college officials did not admit him due to his refusal to play any sport beside basketball. From 1931 until 1934, he worked in the steel mills, just like his father had."