He entered the world under the worst circumstances imaginable — born in a hospital that was bombed only hours later — yet from that violent beginning came an artist who would spend the next five decades captivating audiences as one of cinema’s most unforgettable villains. Udo Kier, the German actor famous for his icy blue stare and his mastery of playing monsters, madmen, and misfits, has passed away at 81. Kier died on Sunday in a Palm Springs hospital, his partner Delbert McBride confirmed. No cause of death was given. He was born Udo Kierspe in Cologne in 1944, and...
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