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200 Oldest Living Screen Stars
Thursday, March 1, 2018 at 2:13PM This list has been updated for January 2022 and is now located here.
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Loved this. Thanks a lot.
Wouldn't that be fun if the Oscars picked entirely from this list to PRESENT the awards???
I just want to state my worship for Odds Against Tomorrow, a flawless portrait of extremely flawed characters, one black and the other white, without the patronizing politics of Poitier's movies in this era. In this very scene of the photo, a gay man tries to make a pass at Belafonte.
But the main reason I adore this movie is the tiny but absolutely stellar performance by Gloria Grahame, that shares one of the sexiest scenes I've ever seen with Robert Ryan. She gets turned on while he describes what it feels like to kill a person.
This movie is an absolute masterpiece.
Didn’t Plummer just break Holbrook’s record?
Ricopolo - correct. old text, good catch!
Hi! Thanks so much for this list. Could you possible add in Jerry Maren? He's the munchkin who gave Dorothy the big lollipop (one of the three in the Lollipop Guild) -- I'd say definitely a big screen star! He's 98 and the last living adult munchkin from the film. I was very much surprised to find he's still alive!
Brian -- added! Great addition. I just watched a recent video of him . amazing that he's still alive.
LOVE this. I had the honor of seeing Marge Champion in the 2001 FOLLIES revival - get chills just thinking of her in it.
This is one of my favorite features on this website. Thank you!
I love so many of these survivors. I hope they stay with us for a long time. (Looks like my favorite Ellen Burstyn has a great part coming this summer - she plays Laura Dern's mother in the very acclaimed The Tale, which is coming to HBO after premiering at Sundance.)
❤️ ‘em!
Boy, 1930 sure was a banner year for stacked, legendary talents (not that 1931-32 didn’t yield a very fine bumper crop as well).
This list always makes me feel guilty about all the classics I still haven't seen: The Bad and the Beautiful, Marnie, The Human Comedy, The Pajama Game, The Barefoot Contessa, The Last Picture Show, The French Connection.
Eva Marie Saint is so beautiful and underrated. The fact that she did not receive an Oscar nomination for "A hatful of rain" is a crime.
Nice to see this list
"Pat Carroll (5/5/27)
You know here for doing the greatest Disney voice work of all time as "Ursula" the sea witch in The Little Mermaid." Should be You know her. This list is splendid. Well-done!
Come on add James Karen born 1923.
such a cool little character actor
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0439170/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1
I am sure you seen in him in dozen of flicks
Poltergeist and Return of the Living Dead
Colt - added.
Gloria Jean (born 1926) from "A Little Bit of Heaven" and many other films.
Jacqueline White (born 1922) from "The Narrow Margin" etc.
George Maharis (born 1928) from "A Covenant with Death", etc.
All worthy of inclusion on this great list!
This list came to mind when list topper Connie Sawyer passed away in January at 105 so I’m very happy to see it updated!
A few weeks ago I saw Mary Carlisle as the female lead in an early (1938) Bing Crosby picture called Doctor Rhythm that also costarred Beatrice Lillie. It wasn’t that great a flick but worth it for all the familiar faces and Bing was in fine voice.
Long may Olivia de Havilland stay with us!
I read Lee Grant’s biography last year, the career hell that woman went through is appalling but she toughed it out and she’s a great actress. Speaking of bios I’m in the middle right now of Baby Peggy/Diana Serra Cary’s book about her childhood and that of other kid performers called Hollywood’s Children. Fascinating and troubling by turns. Another terrific book by someone else on this list is Kaye Ballard’s hysterical comic memoir “How I Lost 10 Pounds in 53 Years!”
Marsha Hunt is such a fantastic underrated talent. I’ve seen a lot of her work and don’t recall her ever being bad or hammy.
So nice to see that both Doris Day & Janis Paige are still with us and the same age since Janis headlined Doris first film Romance on the High Seas and in no time she had usurped Janis’s spot. The vagaries of show biz.
It’s always odd when you discover that two people who seem from different eras like Ann Blyth and Earl Holliman are the same age. To me she’s classic 40’s/50’s cinema and he’s 70’s/80’s television even though I’ve seen some of his early films.
Great list!! Hopefully it won’t be too diminished next year.
Vera Lynn, who will turn 101 later this month, is first and foremost known as a singer, but she did have a short film career during WW2.
"Vera Miles (8/23/29)
Beauty Queen (literally. "Miss Kansas") who became a Hitchcock favorite. Her most famous role is Lila Krane in Psycho. Also briefly married one of the screen Tarzans."
It's Lila Crane.
Thanks for the update.
Yesterday evening I saw the excellent movie 'In The Heat Of The Night'. I noticed that you have forgotten well known actress Lee Grant (Mrs. Colbert), who I also saw in 'Airport 77', in your list. Grant won also an Academy Award for 'Shampoo'.
Lee Grant (I)
Actress | Director | Producer
Academy Award winner Lee Grant was born Lyova Haskell Rosenthal on October 31, 1925 in Manhattan, New York City, to Witia (Haskell), a teacher and actress, and Abraham Rosenthal, an educator and realtor.
Born: October 31, 1925 in New York City, New York, USA
Bert Huys - Lee Grant is on the list at 10/31/27. For best results, use "Ctl - F" on your keyboard to find an actor's name.
Stéphane Audran has died.
Marian Carr (7/06/1926) and Gaby Rodgers (3/29/1928) - two beautiful blue-eyed blondes in classic "Kiss Me Deadly" (along with beautifuil blue-eyed blonde on this list Cloris Leachman - 4/30/1926).
The link at the top of this page for a tribute concert to Belafonte is no longer working.
Louise Latham is dead.
Good list. I'd like to add Morgan Woodward (born 1925) and H.M. Wynant (born 1927).
Bill Hayes (6/05/1925). Days of Our Lives.
Conrad Janis (2-11-1928). Character Actor from 1945 to at least 2012.
John Cullum (03-02-1930). Mostly on Broadway (and Tony Award Winning), but had a key role on 1990s TV series "Northern Exposure" and currently in "The Middle."
Funny lady Marla Gibbs (6/14/931), memorable as the maid on TV's "The Jeffersons" and still acting today. Great line when Mother Jefferson arrives at the apartment to Florence (Ms. Gibbs). "Will you announce that I'm here?" - "She's here!".
Marla Gibbs (6/14/1931) ^
Antony Carbone (6-15-1925), dark-featured Italian-born, New York raised actor best known for Director Roger Corman horror pictures.
I think that including American soap actors on this list (Peggy McCay, Constance Towers & John Aniston) lowers the tone. How can they be compared to Olivia de Havilland, Clint Eastwood and Robert Duvall? And if soap actors are to be included, how about those in long-running British soaps like William Roache or June Brown? Either all or none please.
Nine of the people on this list are now dead. About time to update it?
Pert and pretty Lucy Marlow, born November 20, 1932. Threadbare film credits, due to marriage and children, but slapped by Joan Crawford in "Queen Bee", also did "A Star Is Born" and "My Sister Eileen."
Pert and pretty Lucy Marlow, born November 20, 1932. Threadbare film credits, due to marriage and children, but slapped by Joan Crawford in "Queen Bee", also did "A Star Is Born" and "My Sister Eileen."
What about Julie Gibson (born Gladys Camille Soray on September 6, 1913.
As far as I know, she's the oldest.
See Wikipedia file: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_Gibson
Yutaka Sada (3/30/1911) - versatile Japanese actor with at least 133 movie credits, including some in the Godzilla franchise, working it 1932 - 1971. Voice heard in 2003 documentary.
Mary Carlisle has died.
Why on earth aren't Earl Cameron, 101, first film 1951 and most recent film 2018, and George Maharis, 90, on this list?
James, you are so right about George Maharis. He was amazing in Sylvia which I saw as a young man and have never forgotten. He is also one of the few openly gay actors over the age of 70, particularly now that Tab Hunter has gone. I guess that Nathaniel's just not aware of the enormous impact Maharis has had over many decades as an inspirational actor to many of us.
Morgana King died six months ago.
Gloria Jean child star of the 1930s passed away on August 31 aged 92. The last of her generation.
Jane Withers is still with us, Hester, and of course Baby Peggy is the oldest living child star. She'll reach the century mark next month.
Asian sensations: Robert Ito (7-2-1931), former Canadian ballet dancer of Japanese descent, best known in "Quincy" TV series, many more credits. Miiko Taka (7-24-1925), gained fame as Marlon Brando's love interest in her debut film "Sayonara."
One of the most beautiful actresses to grace the silver screen, blue-eyed blonde (sometimes brunette) Elaine Edwards (3/08/1929) - "The Purple Gang", "The Bat", "Curse of the Faceless Man."
you have forgotten Vera lynn. 101
jh. Vera Lynn is a singer and only had 4 small acting roles - ineligible.
Time for a update on this list. James Karen died yesterday, very sad.