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Monday
Jul272015

200 Oldest Living Screen Stars of Note 

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Greek God: George Maharis, born 9-01-1928, best known on TV in Route 66. Films almost beckoned him: Exodus, The Satan Bug, Sylvia, The Happening.

September 24, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterEarl

Don't forget That June Lockhart was the Mom in the TV show Lassie not just Lost in Space

September 28, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterLinda

The strapping Ty Hardin (January 1st, 1930), "Bronco" TV star (1958 - 1962), survived Joan Crawford in movie "Berserk!" (1967). Married 8 times (so far), with 10 children from 5 of the marriages.

October 1, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterJohnnie

Marvin Kaplan died in August 2016

October 11, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterOliver

hugh o' brien passed away on September 5, 2016 according to wikipedia.

October 18, 2016 | Unregistered Commenterbill

Stunning starlet: Mara Corday (01-03-1930): "The Man From Bitter Ridge", "The Black Scorpion", "Girls on the Loose", and most famously, "Tarantula", where Clint Eastwood had a cameo. Mr Eastwood later cast her in cameos in 4 of his films.

October 29, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterManuel

How about Dick Miller (12/25/1928), another oddity? A Bucket of Blood, The Little Shop of Horrors, The Howling, Gremlins, The Terminator, almost 200 credits.

November 9, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterJamison

Very sadly Robert Vaughn died today. Another legend gone.

November 11, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterOliver

Beautiful Brooklyn Beauty Abbe Lane. She was born 12-14-1932, more of a guest star of famous celebrities TV shows, than film actress, but formerly very well known.

November 12, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterRicardo

Fantastic list....I can think of 2 people who I think should possibly be on the list (apologies if they are already there and I've missed them) - Gloria Jean (born April 14, 1926) is an American actress and singer who starred or co-starred in 26 feature films between 1939 and 1959, as well as making numerous radio, television, stage, and nightclub appearances.

Dame Vera Margaret Lynn CH DBE (née Welch; born 20 March 1917), widely known as "the Forces' Sweetheart", is an English singer, songwriter, and actress whose musical recordings and performances were enormously popular during the Second World War. Made about half a dozen films including We'll Meet Again.

November 13, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterMark Fowler

Jacqueline Scott appears twice at #169 (1/1/32) and #196 (1/1/33).

November 14, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterTony

John Gavin (4/8/1931) - Psycho, Imitation of Life, Thoroughly Modern Millie, was on your prior list, but fell off on this 11/2016 update. He's still around.

November 14, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterEric

Hello.
A very nice list, but why is Henry Silva (15 september 1928) not on this list?

November 25, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterBert Huys

And where is the famous French comedian Claude Gensac on your list (Le Gendarme de Saint Tropez, etc.)

November 26, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterBert Huys

And Lawrence Montaigne (The Great Escape, °1931)

November 26, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterBert Huys

Soo wonderful to see so many great actors and actresses I loved watching still alive growing up I was poor and alone slot they gave me love,hope,and laughter !!! The movies of old had real suppstance real life not like most garbage of today,thank u all and God bless you and may you all have long peaceful lives !! And don't forget God who gave you your talent may you all WHO aren't saved turn your lives to Jesus it's only to late when you're gone!!! Thanks for the memories!!!!#

November 30, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterLinda v

Also French actor Jean-Pierre Marielle is not on the list


Jean-Pierre Marielle

Actor | Soundtrack

Jean-Pierre Marielle was born on April 12, 1932 in Paris, France. He is an actor, known for The Da Vinci Code (2006), Tous les matins du monde (1991) and Coup de torchon (1981). He has been married to Agathe Natanson since 2003. See full bio »

Born: April 12, 1932 in Paris, France

December 1, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterBert Huys

And also 90 years old French actor André Maranne (from the Pink Panther) is not on the list

André Maranne was born in 1926 in Paris, France. He is an actor, known for The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976), The Return of the Pink Panther (1975) and Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978). See full bio »

Born: 1926 in Paris, France

December 1, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterBert Huys

Also not on your list:
French actress Maria Pacôme (july 18, 1923)
Italian actor Venantino Venantini (april 17, 1930), still active!
Italian actress Lea Massari (june 30, 1933), one of the most beautiful actresses ever (in my opinion)

December 3, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterBert Huys

Fritz Weaver died in November 2016.

December 4, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterOliver

Since you list June Foray, why not also includes some of Hollywood's great "ghost"singers: Annette Warren, born July 11, 1922 and still performing today at age 94. Dubbing credits include Ava Gardner in "Show Boat," Lucille Ball in both "Sorrowful Jones" and "Fancy Pants," Iris Adrian in "The Paleface," and all the female voices in the Oscar-nominated UPA animated short "Rooty Toot Toot".

I can't locate birth dates, but two others still living are Eileen Wilson, 93 (Jayne Mansfield in "The Girl Can't Help It," Ava Gardner in both "One Touch of Venus" and "The Hucksters")

India Adams, 89 (Joan Crawford in "Torch Song," Cyd Charisse in "The Band Wagon".)

December 17, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterAlan Eichler

Jut-jawed, dark-eyed, attractive Kentucky-born character actor Mitchell Ryan (1/11/1928), with a plethora of TV credits.

December 17, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterFrederick

You also have forgotten Virginia Patton (° June 25, 1925 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA), who had a role in It's a wonderful life, one of the most beautiful and most popular films ever!

December 23, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterBert Huys

Also Philippe Leroy (born on October 15, 1930 in Paris) is still alive, well known for The Trou and 55 days at Peking, and still active! He does not appear on your list.

December 25, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterBert Huys

Also Elizabeth Sellars (born on May 6, 1923 in Glasgow) is still alive. She is well known for the movies The Barefoot Contessa and for 55 Days at Peking.

December 25, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterBert Huys

Dean Smith (born on 15 January 1932 in Breckenridge in Texas), played in Rio Lobo and Ulzana's Raid, is still alive and well

December 26, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterBert Huys

Also George Mikkel (born on April 15, 1930 in Tawroggen, Lithuania) and well known as a German officer in The Great Escape and in The Guns of Navarone, is still alive!

December 26, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterBert Huys

A lot of actors and actresses are not on your nice list. I am looking at all the movies that I have seen now and also Geoffrey Bayldon (born on 7 January in Leeds (England)), who has played in more than 150 movies and series, has not made it to your list.

December 26, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterBert Huys

Claude Gensac has died on 27 december 2016 (so you don't have to add her on your list), so has Debbie Reynolds on 28 december 2016.

December 29, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterBert Huys

Here's a nice list with more entries: you can stop at Roger Smith (12/18/1932) for eligibility.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_living_actors_from_the_Golden_Age_of_Hollywood

December 30, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterParicia F.

And do not forget Val Bisoglio, who is still alive...
Val Bisoglio was born on May 7, 1926 in New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for Quincy M.E. (1976), Saturday Night Fever (1977) and The Frisco Kid (1979).

December 31, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterBert Huys

Also wellknown actor John Woodvine is not on your list, he is still alive
John Woodvine was born on July 21, 1929 in Tyne Dock, South Shields, England. He is an actor, known for An American Werewolf in London (1981), New Scotland Yard (1972) and Fatherland (1994).

December 31, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterBert Huys

Scottie MacGregor (Born: January 12, 1925 in Glendale, California, USA) is also still alive.
Best known for her performance as the nasty, gossiping, greedy and arrogant Mrs. Harriet Oleson on the TV series Little House on the Prairie (1974).

January 1, 2017 | Unregistered CommenterBert Huys

Bernard Hepton was born on October 19, 1925 in Bradford, Yorkshire, England as Francis Bernard Heptonstall. He is an actor and producer, known for Secret Army (1977), Gandhi (1982) and Barry Lyndon (1975). He is still alive and a very well known British actor.

January 1, 2017 | Unregistered CommenterBert Huys

Geoffrey Chater is an English actor born in 1921. He starred in both film and television projects. His television credits include appearances in The Champions, Dad's Army, Callan, Mapp and Lucia, Heartbeat, Foyle's War, One Foot in the Grave, The Thin Blue Line and Midsomer Murders.

The very image of the establishment, he has played ministers, lawyers, bankers and doctors since the early 1950s.

His film credits include impressive entries such as 'Gandhi', 'If', 'Barry Lyndon', and 'O Lucky Man'.
He is a well known British actor

January 1, 2017 | Unregistered CommenterBert Huys

Pretty Georgann Johnson (8/15/1926). You've seen her since Television's Golden Age - Mister Peepers; The Day After; Murphy's Romance; Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman; The Trials of Rosie O'Neill, over 100 more credits.

January 4, 2017 | Unregistered CommenterGeoff

Born in London on June 4th, 1927, Geoffrey Palmer, is also still alive and well.
He is a very famous British actor, especially for the TV-serie As Time goes by, together with co-star Judi Dench.

January 7, 2017 | Unregistered CommenterBert Huys

Bradford Dillman (4/14/1930), San Francisco-born dark-haired, lean actor, best-known for movie "Compulsion" (1959) and on to TV with more than 140 credits!

January 17, 2017 | Unregistered CommenterFrederick K.

I love this list. It reminds me of some fantastic actors. It's such a shame that so many people these days will dismiss a film just because it's b&w and not give it a chance, losing out on watching a classic. I did notice Patricia Hitchcock is not listed though. Although not a major film star, she is the daughter of Alfred Hitchcock and did feature in three of his films. It would be a shame not to remember her. Keep up the good work. :-)

February 24, 2017 | Unregistered CommenterMarka

Thanks for updating your list, but famous 'forgotten' actress Virginia Pattoon still does not appear on your new list, and I think everybody knows the beautiful movie 'It's a Wonderful Life'
Born 25 June 1925 in Cleveland (Ohio, USA) Virginia Patton was raised in Portland, Oregon, where she graduated from Jefferson High School in 1942. Her high school goal was to "make it in Hollywood". She relocated to Los Angeles and attended the University of Southern California, where she starred in a play written by William C. de Mille. She appeared in several films throughout the early 1940s before landing a supporting part in It's a Wonderful Life (1946), which she considered a once in a lifetime movie role.
She retired from acting in the late 1940s to concentrate on raising a family with her husband, Cruse W. Moss in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

February 25, 2017 | Unregistered CommenterBert Huys

There are some old artists that are living and not stay in this roll:

Earl Cameron (born August 8, 1917)
Fay McKenzie (born February 19, 1918)
Orlando Drummond (Born October 18, 1919)
Eva Todor (born November 9, 1919)
Betty Jaynes (born February 12, 1921)
Dona Ivone Lara (born April 13, 1921)
Ruth de Souza (born May 12, 1921)
Franco Zeffirelli (born February 12, 1923)

February 25, 2017 | Unregistered CommenterMario Gordilho

Pert and pretty Sally Fraser (12-12-1932), earnest co-star of 1950s science fiction cult classics - It Conquered the World, Giant From the Unknown, Earth Vs. the Spider, War of the Colossal Beast, also did North By Northwest and Elmer Gantry.

March 24, 2017 | Unregistered CommenterJerrold

Also not in your list: well known actor Robert Hossein, who also played in Le Professionel

Robert Hossein (born Robert Hosseinoff; 30 December 1927) is a French film actor, director, and writer of Iranian-Azerbaijani[1][2] and Jewish[3] origin. He directed the 1982 adaption of Les Misérables, and appeared in Vice and Virtue, Le Casse, Les Uns et les Autres and Venus Beauty Institute. His other roles include Michèle Mercier's husband in the Angélique series, a gunfighter in the Spaghetti Western Cemetery Without Crosses (which he also directed and co-wrote), and a Catholic priest who falls in love with Claude Jade and becomes a communist in Forbidden Priests.

March 25, 2017 | Unregistered CommenterBert Huys

Don Rickles died today.

April 7, 2017 | Unregistered CommenterOliver

As far as I can see, she isn't on your list but former child star Gloria Jean turns 91 today. I do think she should be there.

April 13, 2017 | Unregistered CommenterMark Fowler

Adrian Booth / Lorna Gray died last week.

May 6, 2017 | Unregistered CommenterOliver

Ann Robinson (5/25/1929) - attractive actress who appeared in 3 versions of "The War of the Worlds":
1953 film, 1980s TV series, 2005 film.

May 25, 2017 | Unregistered CommenterJerediah

Roger Moore and Elena Verdugo are dead.

June 2, 2017 | Unregistered CommenterOliver

Nathaniel, you have Dorothy Malone born January 30, 1925 but on IMDB her date of birth is given as January 29, 1924 and on wikipedia it is January 30, 1924. It looks like your year of birth for Dorothy may be out by one year.

June 3, 2017 | Unregistered CommenterElliott

Elliot, RE: Dorothy Malone. It is only a year difference, so she is still eligible for this list.

June 7, 2017 | Unregistered CommenterJimmy
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