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Monday
Jul272015

200 Oldest Living Screen Stars of Note 

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Both https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diane_Ladd and http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002663/reference say Diane Ladd was born 11/29/1935 (not 11/29/1932), making her too young for this list. Her name actually links to http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002663/reference, which cites 1935. What is your source?

January 1, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterGerald

Leslie Phillips, born 20 April 1924. BAFTA nominee 2007 alongside Peter O'Toole for Venus. Other credits include the Harry Potter films and Empire of the Sun.

January 1, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterAndyB

William Daniels

January 11, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterWilliam Daniels

Love this collection of info. Rest in Peace Marjorie Lord; who left us a few months ago.

February 2, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterMary Lynn

Why didn't you include Julie Newmar?

February 5, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterJIll

Jill. Julie Newmar is ineligible for this list, she was born 8/16/1933 (See section below FINIS).

February 6, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterEric

Oh.

February 6, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterJIll

Barbara Shelley (2/13/1932) - beautiful British leading lady, famous for Hammer horror films - Cat Girl, Village of the Damned, The Gorgon, Dracula - Prince of Darkness.

February 13, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterJason

June Whitefield should av a Oscar

February 20, 2016 | Unregistered Commenterowing money

Joanne Linville (1-15-1928) "Star Trek" babe, "Gable and Lombard", "A Star Is Born" (1976) and a superb actress.

March 8, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterJaime

You can strike Nancy Reagan of that list now😏

March 13, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterPaschal

Thursday, March 17, 2016

Unfortunately, beloved Nancy Davis Reagan passed away on March 6, 2016. However, while reading your lovely list, I noticed a few names missing:

Michael Caine (March 14, 1933) 83
Vera Lynn (March 20, 1917) 98
France Nuyen (July 31, 1939) 76
Diane Baker (February 25, 1938) 78
Sophia Loren (September 20, 1934) 80
Martin Landau (June 20, 1928) 87
Robert Wagner (February 10, 1930) 86
Jane Fonda (December 21, 1937) 78

Thank you!! :-)

March 17, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterAllyson

Allyson. Martin Landau (#103) and Robert Wagner (#130) are already on the list. While Vera Lynn is eligible, the others are too young (must be born BEFORE 1933.

March 20, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterEric

Michael Constantine (5/22/1927): Room 222, My Big Fat Greek Wedding (1 and 2).

March 24, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterJoseph

Kathleen Hughes born 1928 is still alive and well.

March 30, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterGay Parker

I think Harry Dean Stanton deserves something better than "Oddity." And Robert Vaughn, who had nothing at all listed as credits should at least be noted for his turn as Napoleon Solo on "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." He was also one of "The Magnificent Seven."

March 30, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterRyan Brennan

"132 Joanne Woodward (2/27/30) Awesome Actress. Widow of Paul Newman."

ADD TO THAT: Infantile, willful, and malicious destroyer of Yvette Vicker's career, petty jealous bitch, effing harpy.

April 1, 2016 | Unregistered Commenterdwerenat

CLINT WALKER YOU MADE THE LIST, YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

April 5, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterDebbie

Millicent Green is 105
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0338188/

April 6, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterJakob Ite

Joyce Randolph (born October 21, 1924) of The Honeymooners...

April 13, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterFaustino Gonzales

Joseph Campanella is born before 1933 and still with us

April 21, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterStillkickin

Charles Aznavour (born 1924)
Stéphane Audran (born 1932)
Lorna Gray (born 1917)

May 1, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterRoberto

Great List!! Can I suggest Robert Clary born 1926 (Hogan's Heroes), Leslie Phillips born 1924(British comedian) and Marvin Kaplan born 1927 (Top Cat).

May 3, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterMichael

Philly-born tough guy veteran actor Peter Mark Richman (4/16/1927), an intense-looking character actor with hundreds of TV credits. He's scary just staring.

May 6, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterMunro

One of the prettiest actresses of the 1950s, blue-eyed blonde and multiple beauty contest winner Joyce Holden (born September 1, 1930), in cult sci-fi classics "The Werewolf" (1956) and "Terror from the Year 5000" (1958), but quit films after her second marriage in 1958. Dang!

May 7, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterGerald N.

3 on this list appeared with Frank Sinata in 1944's Step Lively:

Gloria DeHaven (90 yo)
Anne Jeffreys (93)
Dorothy Malone (91) Oscar winner for Written on the Wind

May 22, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterBob W

Tatsuya Nakadai's name is misspelled Nakadi. He's one of my favorite actors of all time and I'd like to see some of his credits listed. He was in some of Kurosawa's most famous films such as Ran, Yojimbo, and Kagemusha as well as one of the greatest trilogies of all time, The Human Condition, and so many more.

June 4, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterCody A

Will Fritz Weaver (1/19/1926) make the list? He's an imposing, fine actor of many credits, still acting today (age 90!).

June 7, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterChristopher

What surprised me was the fact that such an excellent actor as Mickey Rooney was not awarded for all the years of his work. He lived a long life and during that time the industry should have awarded him...Such a talent!

June 11, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterAnnah L

There is a typo on this person showing her as born in 1971, when it should be 1921, and she is listed on the list in the correct order:

25 Muriel Pavlov (6/17/71) British actress of stage and screen from the 1950s. Her most recent credit is playing the old woman version of Romola Garai in Glorious '39

June 11, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterAnnah L

Burt Kwouk died a little while ago;

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-36370997

July 4, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterTB

What a great list! Fantastic job compiling this information.

Sadly, George Kennedy passed away a few months ago. We just now lost Noel Neill. 😔

July 5, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterTracey

Madeleine Lebeau died in May 2016
Charles Aznavour is shown in the wrong place chronologically (he was boen in 1924 not in 1926)
The link to Elaine May takes you to the article on Anouk Aimee by mistake

July 20, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterOliver

Oliver -- thank you. fixed.

July 20, 2016 | Registered CommenterNATHANIEL R

Where's Larry Storch?

July 20, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterJesse

How about John Gavin who was born in 1931?

July 21, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterElliott

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July 25, 2016 | Unregistered Commenterbollywood ringtone

Pert and pretty Nancy Gates (02/01/1926): played Joan Crawford's (much) younger sister in "Torch Song". Acting since her teens in movies like "The Magnificent Ambersons", "Suddenly", "Some Came Running", "Comanche Station". Much TV: Maverick, Bonanza, Perry Mason, Gunsmoke, Mod Squad, more. Has official website at http://nancygates.com/.

July 30, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterGordon

Susan Cummings, beautiful German born actress born 7-10-1930, who memorably uttered the climactic horrific, blood-curdling line in episode Twilight Zone: To Serve Man (1962). Also in An American in Paris, and other TV, but how do you top that Zone show?

July 31, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterEdward T.

Michael Forrest (4/17/1929, over 279 credits!, some leads, and still working it: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0286129/reference

July 31, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterLeslie

You have missed out on John Astin who played Gomez Addams in The Addams Family and Jim Nabors who played Gomer Pyle in the comedy series Gomer Pyle USMC. They are both 86 this year, still alive and well.

August 3, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterAdrian Chan

Gloria DeHaven died in July 2016.

August 11, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterOliver

Bill Macy (5-18-1922), TV series "Maude", playing her husband.

August 20, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterJennifer

Stuart Whitman 1/1/1928 , 87 years old and still a live.

August 26, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterRandall

Your list is quite long and I'm sure you get complaints about leaving out actors but I was sad to see Phyllis Coates included but not Noell Neil (11/25/1920). She played Lois Lane in 78 episodes compared to Ms Coates' 24 episodes on The Adventures of Superman. I see you last updated this list on July 4, 2016, so unfortunately you won't be able correct this omission on your next list as she died July 3, 2016.

August 27, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterMichele

Randall: Stuart Whitman is already on the list at #101 (and born 2/01/1928, not 1/01/1928). Michele: Noel Neill (NOT Neil) was on the list before 7/3/2016 at #22. When she passed on 7/3, she fell off on the 7/4 update. Here's link to the prior snapshot: https://web.archive.org/web/20160316190255/http://thefilmexperience.net/blog/2015/7/27/200-oldest-living-screen-stars-of-note.html?currentPage=2

September 2, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterTony

Vladimir Zeldin
10 February 1915 (age 101)
He's still acting, you know. Preferably in theater, however.
You may know him as Judge Lawrence Wargrave in film adaptation of Agatha Christie's novel "Ten Little Niggers".
He even celebrated his 101st birthday on stage.
Acting since 1927. First important role in movie in 1941.
Yes, he's more theater actor, than big screen actor. But i don't think you'll find many people in Soviet Union related countries who doesn't know him.

September 10, 2016 | Unregistered Commenterfinnik

Debonair and aristocratic David Hedison (5/20/1927), in The Fly, The Lost World, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, 2 Bond films, TV soaps (The Colbys, The Young and the Restless). Father-in-law of actor/director Jodie Foster.

September 11, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterRazo

Fyvush Finkel died in August 2016
Marni Nixon died in July 2016

September 14, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterOliver

More deaths to report (sadly):
Steven Hill died in August 2016 and Hugh O'Brian died in September 2016.

September 16, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterOliver
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