Who's Still Alive?

[Amy Jeanne]

Who is still alive from the Golden Era of movies?

I've been wanting to compile this list since forever! With the recent losses of Yvonne DeCarlo, Betty Hutton, Marian Marsh, Bruce Bennett, and Kitty Carlisle Hart I figured now would be a good time.


Here's who I have so far:

Frederica Sagor Maas (1900)
Doris Eaton (1904)
Charles Lane (1905)
Barbara Kent (1906)
Dorothy Boyd (1907)
Miriam Seegar (1907)
Anita Page (1910)
Dorothy Janis (1910)
Gloria Stuart (1910)
Luise Rainer (1910)
Mary Carlisle (1910)
Lupita Tovar (1911)
Marie Osbourne (1911)
Beverly Roberts (1914)
Celeste Holm (1917)
Florence George (1917)
Baby Peggy (1918)
Virginia Davis (1918)
Mickey Rooney (1920)
Jane Russell (1921)
Jackie Cooper (1922)
Jean Darling (1922)
Edith Fellows (1923)
Angela Lansbury (1925)
Shirley Mills (1926)
Cora Sue Collins (1927)
Shirley Temple (1928)
Sybil Jason (1929)
Elizabeth Taylor (1932)

If any of these people have died please let me know. I'm trying to get as many living names as possible. Thanks!



Forgive me if this topic has been mentioned before, but I *did* use search and I couldn't find anything!

 

[LolitaHaze]

I love that you did this!!! The photos you posted in your LJ were fabulous!!

 

[LizzieMaine]

How about Olivia deHavilland -- born 1916 and still very much with us.

 

[Rafter]

Here's my "A" to "Z" list of the 70+ survivors of the silver screen!

Edie Adams (79)
Jane Adams (85)
Ursula Andress (71)
Julie Andrews (71)
James Arness (83)
Lauren Bacall (82)
Carroll Baker (75)
Kaye Ballard (80)
Brigitte Bardot (72)
Gene Barry (85)
Harry Belafonte (79)
Polly Bergen (76)
Theodore Bikel (82)
Honor Blackman (79)
Claire Bloom (75)
Ann Blyth (78)
Derek Bond (87)
Pat Boone (72)
Ernest Borgnine (90)
May Britt (73)
Michael Caine (73)
Michael Callan (72)
Joseph Campanella (74)
Leslie Caron (75)
Carleton Carpenter (80)
George Chakiris (72)
Marge Champion (87)
Carol Channing (86)
Cyd Charisse (85)
Barrie Chase (73)
Petula Clark (74)
Phyllis Coates (80)
Mike Connors (81)
Sean Connery (76)
Jackie Cooper (83)
Roger Corman (80)
Hazel Court (80)
Tony Curtis (81)
Arlene Dahl (78)
Vic Damone (78)
Danielle Darrieux (90)
Nancy Davis (Reagan) (85)
Virginia Davis (88)
Doris Day (82)
Laraine Day (89)
Yvonne De Carlo (84)
Olivia de Havilland (90)
Ruby Dee (82)
Dom Deluise (73)
Angie Dickinson (75)
Phyllis Diller (89)
Bradford Dillman (76)
Stanley Donen (82)
Kirk Douglas (90)
Peggy Dow (77)
Deanna Durbin (85)
Charles Durning (84)
Clint Eastwood (76)
Doris Eaton (103)
Barbara Eden (72)
Peggy Evans (82)
Robert Evans (76)
Nanette Fabray (86)
Peter Falk (79)
Edith Fellows (84)
Mel Ferrer (89)
Rhonda Fleming (83)
Louise Fletcher (72)
Nina Foch (82)
Joan Fontaine (89)
June Foray (89)
Steve Forrest (82)
John Forsythe (89)
Anne Francis (76)
Mona Freeman (81)
Zsa Zsa Gabor (89)
Allen Garfield (68)
Beverly Garland (80)
James Garner (78)
Betty Garrett (87)
John Gavin (76)
Mitzi Gaynor (75)
Farley Granger (81)
Lee Grant (79)
Peter Graves (80)
Sally Gray (90)
Kathryn Grayson (84)
Karolyn Grimes (66)
Clu Gulager (79)
Gene Hackman (76)
Barbara Hale (85)
Monte Hale (85)
Julie Harris (81)
June Havoc (90)
Tippi Hedren (77)
Gloria Henry (83)
Charlton Heston (82)
Anne Heywood (74)
Darryl Hickman (75)
Dwayne Hickman (72)
Earl Holliman (78)
Celeste Holm (87)
Ian Holm (75)
Lena Horne (89)
Sally Ann Howes (76)
Marsha Hunt (89)
Tab Hunter (75)
Martha Hyer (82)
Lou Jacobi (93)
Claude Jarman, Jr. (72)
Anne Jeffreys (83)
Glynis Johns (83)
Russell Johnson (82)
Van Johnson (90)
Dean Jones (75)
Jennifer Jones (86)
Shirley Jones (72)
Louis Jourdan (87)
George Kennedy (82)
Deborah Kerr (85)
John Kerr (75)
Evelyn Keyes (90)
Martin Landau (75)
Angela Lansbury (81)
Piper Laurie (74)
Cloris Leachman (80)
Christopher Lee (84)
Ruta Lee (70)
Joan Leslie (82)
Jerry Lewis (81)
June Lockhart (81)
Gina Lollobrigida (79)
Herbert Lom (89)
ophia Loren (72)
Shirley MacLaine (72)
Patrick Macnee (84)
Karl Malden (94)
Dorothy Malone (82)
Peter Marshall (76)
Dewey Martin (83)
Tony Martin (94)
Kerwin Mathews (80)
Kevin McCarthy (92)
Sid Melton (86)
Dina Merrill (81)
Vera Miles (77)
Martin Milner (75)
Ricardo Montalban (86)
Dickie Moore (81)
Juanita Moore (84)
Mary Tyler Moore (70)
Roger Moore (79)
Terry Moore (78)
Jeanne Moreau (79)
Rita Moreno (75)
Patricia Morison (91)
Don Murray (77)
Patricia Neal (81)
Bob Newhart (77)
Paul Newman (82)
Julie Newmar (73)
Leslie Nielsen (80)
Kim Novak (73)
Hugh O'Brian (82)
Margaret O'Brien (69)
Maureen O'Hara (86)
Nancy Olson (78)
Peter O'Toole (74)
Janis Paige (85)
Betsy Palmer (80)
Eleanor Parker (84)
Fess Parker (82)
Suzanne Pleshette (69)
Joan Plowright (77)
Christopher Plummer (79)
Sidney Poitier (79)
Tom Poston (85)
Jane Powell (77)
Luise Rainer (97)
Debbie Reynolds (75)
Cliff Robertson (81)
Dale Robertson (83)
Mickey Rooney (86)
Herbert Rudley (95)
Barbara Rush (80)
Jane Russell (85)
Ann Rutherford (86)
Eva Marie Saint (82)
John Saxon (71)
Miriam Seegar (98)
Maximilian Schell (76)
Paul Scofield (85)
Lizabeth Scott (84)
Omar Sharif (74)
William Shatner (75)
Jean Simmons (77)
Maggie Smith (72)
Arnold Stang (81)
Risë Stevens (94)
Dean Stockwell (70)
Gale Storm (84)
Gloria Stuart (96)
Russ Tamblyn (72)
Elizabeth Taylor (75)
Rod Taylor (77)
Shirley Temple (79)
Phyllis Thaxter (85)
Richard Todd (87)
Rip Torn (75)
Constance Towers (73)
Dick Van Dyke (81)
Jerry Van Dyke (76)
Robert Vaughn (74)
Elena Verdugo (80)
Max von Sydow (77)
Robert Wagner (76)
Eli Wallach (91)
Adam West (78)
Billie Whitelaw (74)
Stuart Whitman (81)
James Whitmore (85)
Richard Widmark (92)
Cara Williams (81)
Esther Williams (84)
William Windom (83)
Norman Wisdom(92)
Jane Withers (80)
Joanne Woodward (76)
Jane Wyman (93)
Dana Wynter (75)
Alan Young (87)
Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. (88)

 

[Sefton]

...and Cheeta(75).

 

[K by the bay]

Hayley Mills 1946

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Yes, "Baby Peggy" is indeed still alive. For the record, her real name is Diana Serra Cary.

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[Maj.Nick Danger]

...and Cheeta(75).

Cheetah will outlive everyone.

 

[Senator Jack]

CHARLES LANE IS STILL ALIVE?????

And you can take Tom Poston off that list, Rafter. He checked out last week.

 

[Fletch]

This all reinforces the odds that living past 90 is a lot harder if you are male, and harder still if you are famous.

 

[Amy Jeanne]

And you can take Tom Poston off that list, Rafter. He checked out last week.

And Yvonne DeCarlo and Sally Gray are gone, too!

Other than that, that list was very helpful in my quest for names of people who have debuted in a movie in or before 1949. Thanks!

 

[DeeDub]

And speaking of classics who are still alive...

Interesting story about Kirk Douglas on the CNN site today:

http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/books/05/08/books.kirkdouglas.ap/index.html

He talks about his contemporaries, most of whom are no longer qualified for this thread, if you get my drift. His observations about life and the world are the most valuable to us all.

I read his book The Ragman's Son. It was both fascinating and enlightening. I'm looking forward to his new book, as well as the previous eight that I missed.

 

[HadleyH]

For me the Golden Era is the 1930s,
So it 'd be film stars that were ALREADY famous during the mid-thirties.
That is ,they 'd have been born in 1900 to 1915.
In other words they'd have to be close to 90 years plus.
Apart for Gloria Stuart or Anita Page or S.Temple who was a child star as M. Rooney was, who else is still alive from that time? That's what I really want to know.




For film stars of the 40s, 50s,or even 60s (heaven forbid lol ) we can make another thread. OK?



BTW edit to say that Amy Jeanne has some interesting names on her list. Thanks for that Amy! Who else?

 

[Marc Chevalier]

For me the Golden Era is the 1930s,
So it 'd be film stars that were ALREADY famous during the mid-thirties.
That is ,they 'd have been born in 1900 to 1915.
In other words they'd have to be close to 90 years plus.
Apart for Gloria Stuart or Anita Page or S.Temple who was a child star as M. Rooney was, who else is still alive from that time? That's what I really want to know.

Marsha Hunt is still very much alive. She was born in 1916, and made her first Hollywood film in 1935. Does this work for ya?

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[HadleyH]

Marsha Hunt is still very much alive. She was born in 1916, and made her first Hollywood film in 1935. Does this work for ya?

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YaYYYY it does indeed!!! :eusa_clap

Anybody else?

 

[Amy Jeanne]

I'm more interested in people who were famous in the 20s and 30s, too, but since we're not gonna get many names, I decided to include everyone who was in a movie in or before 1949.

In my Live Journal I tried to narrow it down to those earlier people:
http://amy-jeanne.livejournal.com/123205.html
Complete with photos!!!

 

[GeniusInTheLamp]

If you're looking to add B-list lovelies, add Adrian Booth (aka Lorna Gray), b. 1918 and still very much with us. Career highlight: Catching the creampuff right in the mouth during the pastry fight in THREE SAPPY PEOPLE. (Contrary to popular belief, she did not choke on that creampuff, although a concerned Jules White [the director] almost thought so and nearly ruined the take.)

 

[Rafter]

CHARLES LANE IS STILL ALIVE?????

And you can take Tom Poston off that list, Rafter. He checked out last week.

Poston was a nice man....he signed the back of one of my Playbill's a decade or so ago!
THat's terrible news. I know that he recently married Suzanne Pleshette. And that she herself is very ill. They were best friends when they first started out in their careers. They finally tied the knot and were so happy together.

I've seen him on the Game Show Channel, I believe it was on To Tell The Truth, with the late Kitty Carlisle, Peggy Cass, Gary Moore. I think Orson Bean is the only one alive from that group.

 

[Senator Jack]

I think Orson Bean is the only one alive from that group.

The wonders of orgone accumulation.


http://www.educationrevolution.org/orgone.html

 

[anselmo1]

You might be interested in checking this site out:

http://www.deadoraliveinfo.com/dead.nsf

I was surprised at some of the actors that are still alive as well as other VIPs.