Methuselah's Army (Centenarian Celebrities, Past & Present)
by Brakathor | created - 09 Mar 2018 | updated - 4 months ago | PublicAs a young man with considerable health problems, nothing impresses me more than other human beings who can find both the will and the means to live to a ripe old age, especially if they're able to maintain their fitness for a long time. To that effect, the entertainment industry I find makes for a particularly interesting case study, as most actors who work with any consistency will be maintaining a serious level of health and fitness as compared to a lot of professions, given the demands of the industry.
There's something about that threshold of 100 which really is special. Once people reach 90 or so, regardless of how healthy or well lived they were, their will and their body parts begin to fail them, and they start dropping like flies. If you look around you and observe all the pitfalls that one can succumb to, it really is quite an amazing accomplishment for somebody to beat the odds and achieve that coveted age of magisterial grace, the title of centenarian.
This list is ordered by longevity. I will also be including any celebrity over 90 who I think has a good shot of making it to 100, because... why not? Saves future editing headaches. If they die before 100 then off they go! ...unless of course I die before I can remove them. Then there would be no one to edit this list and it will gradually lose most of its credibility. What a conundrum...
---------------------------------=Stats=---------------------------------
By Gender - 90 Women + 65 Men = 156 total
By Nationality
American: 65
French: 15 - (9.6% or 0.0223 per capita by population)
British: 12 - (7.7% or 0.0181 per capita by population)
German: 11 - (7% or 0.0132 per capita by population)
Italian: 10 - (6.4% or 0.0165 per capita by population)
Japanese: 3 - (1.9%)
Russian: 3 - (1.9%)
Mexican: 3 - (1.9%)
Polish: 3 - (1.9%)
Spanish: 3 - (1.9%)
Czechoslovakian: 3 - (1.9%)
Norwegian: 2 - (1.3%)
Swedish: 2 - (1.3%)
Hungarian: 2 - (1.3%)
Austrian: 2 - (1.3%)
Australian: 2 - (1.3%)
Canadian: 2 - (1.3%)
Brazilian: 2 - (1.3%)
Swiss: 2 - (1.3%)
Dutch: 1 - (0.6%)
Finnish: 1 - (0.6%)
Danish: 1 - (0.6%)
Argentinian: 1 - (0.6%)
Portuguese: 1 - (0.6%)
Yugoslavian: 1 - (0.6%)
Indian: 1 - (0.6%)
Chinese: 1 - (0.6%)
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Note: In determining nationality for the purpose of these stats, greater emphasis has been placed upon naturalization as opposed to country of origin, for two basic reasons. (1) I'm of the opinion that a greater correlation can be made with longevity and culture/lifestyle, rather than ethnic genetics. That being said, while I'm aware that this will be based ultimately on the attitudes of the individual, and it's very difficult to determine exactly which culture is influencing their lifestyle, I'm still of the opinion that on average when one makes a decision to relocate to another country, it's because they're attracted to that country's culture and are therefore more likely to be influenced by it rather than that of their birth country, though not always. (2) If you disagree with premise one, then I think I can still comfortably fall back on the fact that their artistic base, and the specific national industry that they're a part of is what qualifies them on this list as celebrities in the first place. Regardless of where you were born, if you're an actor and the vast majority of your films are American films, then you're an American actor whether you like it or not!
Note the 2nd: The above stats are not at all scientific, as although I watch a lot of international movies, I tend to shy away from Asian movies, with my focus mainly directed towards the European and Latin world, with American Cinema of course being impossible to dismiss. Why? Aside from Lingual and cultural reasons, it's largely because I don't find Asian women attractive, despite the fact that a lot of fun horror movies come from Asia, and when I look up actors, I tend to look up female actors, or "actresses" as they're sometimes known, much more regularly than I look up male actors, which in turn is what leads me to browse further movies and further actor bios etc. Ironically this is going to be great for feminists, despite it being the case only for "toxic male" reasons. At any rate, this list exists for one reason and one reason only: my interest in viewing and cataloging old movies can only be described as obsessive. OBSESSIVE.
1. Germaine Auger
Actress | Théodore et Cie
Germaine Auger was born on June 13, 1889 in Saint-Omer, Pas-de-Calais, France. She was an actress, known for Théodore et Cie (1933), Tout pour rien (1933) and Il faut rester garçon (1932). She died on August 24, 2001 in Couilly-Pont-aux-Dames, Seine-et-Marne, France.
Died aged 112 years, 72 days.
(1889-06-13 - 2001-08-24)
French[F]
2. Monika Greving
Actress | Froher Herbst des Lebens
Monika Greving was born in 1914. She is an actress, known for Froher Herbst des Lebens (1961), Heiße Ernte (1956) and Bei der blonden Kathrein (1959).
110 years old
German[F]
3. Hildegard Busse
Actress | Brass Target
Hildegard Busse was born on May 17, 1914 in Germany. She is an actress, known for Brass Target (1978), Der Mann, der nicht nein sagen kann (1938) and Two Friends (1938).
110 years old
German[F]
4. Alfredo Varelli
Writer | 30 Winchester per El Diablo
Alfredo Varelli was born on August 31, 1914 in Saracinesco, Lazio, Italy. He was an actor and assistant director, known for Gold Train (1965), Pontius Pilate (1962) and Quo Vadis (1951). He died on August 18, 1996 in Rome, Italy.
110 years old
Italian[M]
5. Carmen Martínez Sierra
Actress | Historias para no dormir
Carmen Martínez Sierra was born on May 3, 1904 in Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain. She was an actress, known for Historias para no dormir (1966), Las ibéricas F.C. (1971) and Curro Jiménez (1976). She died on November 6, 2012 in Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain.
Died aged 108 years, 186 days.
(1904-05-03 - 2012-11-06)
Spanish[F]
6. Johannes Heesters
Actor | Die Fledermaus
Growing up as the youngest of four sons of the merchant Jacobus Heesters and his wife Gertruida, née van der Hoevel, he began a commercial apprenticeship after finishing school. He actually wanted to become a priest, but then began an apprenticeship in a bank. In 1920 he switched to acting. He ...
Died aged 108 years, 19 days.
(1903-12-05 - 2011-12-24)
German[M]
8. Marsha Hunt
Actress | Pride and Prejudice
Stardom somehow eluded this vastly gifted actress. Had it not perhaps been for her low-level profile compounded by her McCarthy-era blacklisting in the early 1950s, there is no telling what higher tier Marsha Hunt might have attained. Perhaps her work was not flashy enough, or too subdued, or ...
108 years old
American[F]
8. Lily Vincenti
Actress | Los hijos de la noche
Lily Vincenti was born on October 13, 1916 in Paris. She is an actress, known for Los hijos de la noche (1939), Gli uomini non sono ingrati (1937) and Una conquista difícil (1941).
108 years old
Spanish[F]
9. George Abbott
Writer | The Pajama Game
Legendary Broadway writer/producer/director George Abbott was born in 1887 in Forestville, New York. His father was mayor of Salamanca, New York, for two terms. In 1898 his family moved to Cheyenne, Wyoming, and Abbott attended Kearney Military Academy. The family returned to New York, where Abbott...
Died aged 107 years, 220 days.
(1887-06-25 - 1995-01-31)
American[M]
10. Minoru Inuzuka
Writer | Itawari no Asatarô
Minoru Inuzuka was born on February 15, 1901 in Taito-ku, Tokyo, Japan. He was a writer and director, known for Itawari no Asatarô (1927), Chîgo no kênhô (1927) and Rangûn (1927). He died on September 17, 2007 in Yamashina, Kyoto, Japan.
Died aged 106 years, 214 days.
(1901-02-15 - 2007-09-17)
Japanese[M]
11. Norman Lloyd
Actor | Dead Poets Society
Norman Lloyd was born Norman Perlmutter in Jersey City, New Jersey, to Sadie (Horowitz), a housewife and singer, and Max Perlmutter, a furniture store manager. His family was Jewish (from Hungary and Russia). He began his acting career in the theater, first "treading the boards" at Eva Le Gallienne...
Died aged 106 years, 184 days.
(1914-11-08 - 2021-05-11)
American[M]
12. Tonio Selwart
Actor | The Other Side of the Wind
Tonio Selwart was born on June 9, 1896 in Wartenberg, Bavaria, Germany. He was an actor, known for The Other Side of the Wind (2018), Wilson (1944) and The Hitler Gang (1944). He died on November 2, 2002 in New York, USA.
Died aged 106 years, 146 days.
(1896-06-09 - 2002-11-02)
American[M]
13. Mary Ward
Actress | Blue Heelers
Mary Ward was born on March 6, 1915 in Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia. She was an actress, known for Blue Heelers (1994), If This Be Sin (1949) and Homicide (1964). She died on July 19, 2021 in Murrumbeena, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Died aged 106 years old, 135 days.
(1915-03-06 - 2021-07-19)
Australian[F]
14. Manoel de Oliveira
Director | Os Canibais
Manoel de Oliveira was born on December 11, 1908 in Oporto, Portugal. He was a director and writer, known for The Cannibals (1988), I'm Going Home (2001) and Christopher Columbus, the Enigma (2007). He was married to Maria Isabel Brandão de Meneses de Almeida Carvalhais. He died on April 2, 2015 in...
Died aged 106 years, 112 days.
(1908-12-11 - 2015-04-02)
Portuguese[M]
15. Lupita Tovar
Actress | María
Born in Oaxaca, Mexico, Lupita Tovar appeared first in silent Fox films before making the move to Universal and co-starring in the Spanish-language version of 1930's "The Cat Creeps" (La voluntad del muerto (1930)). For the same producer, Czech-born Paul Kohner, she appeared as Eva Seward (the ...
Died 106 years, 108 days.
(1910-07-27 - 2016-11-12)
American[F]
16. Doris Eaton
Actress | Man on the Moon
Doris Eaton was born in Norfolk, Virginia, into a show business family. The young Doris began appearing on stage with her brothers Charles and Joseph and her sisters Mary and Pearl when she was five years old. She made her Broadway debut aside her brother Charles in "Mother Carey's Chickens" in ...
Died aged 106 years, 58 days.
(1904-03-14 - 2010-05-11)
American[F]
17. Julie Gibson
Actress | Bowery Buckaroos
Julie Gibson was born on September 6, 1913 in Grant County, Washington, USA. She was an actress, known for Bowery Buckaroos (1947), The Contender (1944) and Chick Carter, Detective (1946). She was married to Charles Barton, Dean Dillman Jr. and Jimmie Grier. She died on October 2, 2019 in Los ...
Died aged 106 years, 26 Days.
(1913-09-06 - 2019-10-02)
American[F]
18. Miguel Morayta
Director | El mártir del Calvario
Miguel Morayta was born on August 15, 1907 in Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain. He was a director and writer, known for El mártir del Calvario (1952), Vagabunda (1950) and La mujer marcada (1957). He died on June 19, 2013 in Mexico City, Mexico.
Died aged 105 years, 308 days.
(1907-08-15 - 2013-06-19)
Mexican[M]
19. Pierre Gérald
Actor | Highlander
Pierre Gérald was born on May 26, 1906 in Paris, France. He was an actor, known for Highlander (1992), Les dossiers de Jérôme Randax (1965) and Hunting and Gathering (2007). He died on March 24, 2012 in Levallois-Perret, Hauts-de-Seine, France.
Died aged 105 years, 303 days.
(1906-05-26 - 2012-03-24)
French[M]
20. Rosa Albach-Retty
Actress | Geld auf der Straße
Rosa Albach-Retty was born on December 26, 1874 in Hanau, Hesse, Germany. She was an actress, known for Geld auf der Straße (1930), Dreimal Hochzeit (1941) and Der Kongreß tanzt (1955). She was married to Karl Albach. She died on August 26, 1980 in Baden, Lower Austria, Austria.
Died aged 105 years, 246 days.
(1874-12-26 - 1980-08-26)
Austrian[F]
21. Mary Ellis
Actress | Bella Donna
A promising star first with the Metropolitan Opera than on the Broadway and London stages, soprano Mary Ellis had little chance to prove herself as either a musical or dramatic film star with only a few creaky vehicles left for audiences to ponder. Her versatility on stage, however, was extensive, ...
Died aged 105 years, 229 days.
(1897-06-15 - 2003-01-30)
British[F]
22. Liane Haid
Actress | Marquis d'Eon, der Spion der Pompadour
Liane Haid was a prima ballerina, dancer, singer, stage and film actress. As a child, she studied voice and dancing and played at the Viennese Open Ballet. She worked in Budapest and Vienna as a dancer. On stage, she was in Berlin and Vienna. She also made close to a hundred movies - silents and ...
Died aged 105 years, 104 days.
(1895-08-16 - 2000-11-28)
Swiss[F]
23. Don Lusk
Animation_department | Lady and the Tramp
Don Lusk was born on October 28, 1913 in Los Angeles County, California, USA. He was a director and assistant director, known for Lady and the Tramp (1955), Sleeping Beauty (1959) and Alice in Wonderland (1951). He was married to Marjorie Gummerson. He died on December 30, 2018 in San Clemente, ...
Died aged 105, 63 days.
(1913-10-28 - 2018-12-30)
American[M]
24. Connie Sawyer
Actress | Dumb and Dumber
Connie Sawyer was born on November 27, 1912 in Pueblo, Colorado, USA. She was an actress, known for Dumb and Dumber (1994), Pineapple Express (2008) and Out of Sight (1998). She was married to Marshall Schacker. She died on January 21, 2018 in Woodland Hills, California, USA.
Died aged 105 years, 55 days.
(1912-11-27 - 2018-01-21)
American[F]
25. Carmen de Lucio
Actress | La hija del penal
Carmen de Lucio was born on October 29, 1920 in Madrid, Spain. She is an actress, known for La hija del penal (1936), La revoltosa (1950) and Aventuras de don Juan de Mairena (1948).
?104 years old?
26. Elisabeth Stiepl
Actress | Der Mörder mit dem Seidenschal
Elisabeth Stiepl was born on February 27, 1921 in Vienna, Austria. She was an actress, known for Der Mörder mit dem Seidenschal (1966), Hannerl: Ich tanze mit Dir in den Himmel hinein (1952) and Where the Lark Sings (1956). She was married to Karl Schwetter. She died on May 4, 2007 in ...
104 years old
27. Jana Hana Duffková
Actress | Ostrzhe sledované vlaky
Jana Hana Duffková was born in 1920. She is an actress, known for Closely Watched Trains (1966), You Are a Widow, Sir! (1971) and The Ear (1970).
?104 years old?
28. Lily Aclemar
Actress | Hermoso ideal
Lily Aclemar was born on February 5, 1920 in Orizaba, Veracruz, Mexico. She is an actress, known for Hermoso ideal (1948), El inspector Víctor contra Arsenio Lupin (1947) and Perdición de mujeres (1951).
?104 years old?
29. Lucienne Legrand
Actress | L'événement le plus important depuis que l'homme a marché sur la Lune
Lucienne Legrand was born on July 18, 1920 in Douai, Nord, France. She was an actress, known for A Slightly Pregnant Man (1973), Shock Treatment (1973) and Au théâtre ce soir (1966). She was married to André Legrand. She died on October 19, 2022 in Nogent-le-Rotrou, Eure-et-Loir, ...
104 years old
30. Luise Rainer
Actress | The Great Ziegfeld
Luise Rainer, the first thespian to win back-to-back Oscars, was born on January 12, 1910 in Dusseldorf, Germany, into a prosperous Jewish family. Her parents were Emilie (Königsberger) and Heinrich Rainer, a businessman. She took to the stage, and plied her craft on the boards in Germany. As a ...
Died aged 104 years, 352 days.
(1910-01-12 - 2014-12-30)
German[F]
30. Audrey Munson
Actress | Purity
Audrey Munson was a model and actress who achieved fame in the early part of the 20th Century in the United States. Born on June 8, 1891, in Rochester, New York, Munson was the only child produced by the marriage of Edgar Munson and Katherine Mahoney Munson. After her parents divorced, Munson was ...
Died aged 104 years, 257 days.
(1891-06-08 - 1996-02-20)
American[F]
31. Carla Laemmle
Actress | The Adventures of Frank Merriwell
Carla Laemmle was born on October 20, 1909 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She was an actress, known for The Adventures of Frank Merriwell (1936), King of Jazz (1930) and The Gate Crasher (1928). She died on June 12, 2014 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Died aged 104 years, 235 days.
(1909-10-20 - 2014-06-12)
American[F]
31. Lukas Ammann
Actor | Hast noch der Söhne ja...?
Lukas Ammann was born on September 29, 1912 in Basel, Switzerland. He was an actor and director, known for Hast noch der Söhne ja...? (1959), Bel-Ami Der Frauenheld von Paris (1955) and Bel Ami (1955). He was married to Liselotte Ebnet, Hedda Ippen and Hertha Heger. He died on May 3, 2017 in ...
Died aged 104, 216 days.
(1912-09-29 - 2017-05-03)
Swiss[M]
32. Arthur Gardner
Producer | Safari 3000
Jules V. Levy, Arthur Gardner and Arnold Laven met in 1943 in the First Motion Picture Unit of the Army Air Force; they were stationed at the Hal Roach Studios in Culver City, CA (with other notables such as Capt. Ronald Reagan, Capt. Clark Gable and Lt. William Holden, etc.), making training films...
Died aged 104 years, 195 days.
(1910-06-07 - 2014-12-19)
American[M]
33. Mary Carlisle
Actress | The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi
She was the standard prototype of the porcelain-pretty collegiate and starry-eyed romantic interest in a host of Depression-era films and although her name may not ring a bell to most, Mary Carlisle enjoyed a fairly solid decade in the cinematic limelight.
The petite Boston-born, blue-eyed blonde ...
Died at aged 104 years, 179 days.
(1914-02-03 - 2018-08-01)
American[F]
34. Neal Arden
Actor | Life of St. Paul
Neal Arden was born on December 27, 1909 in Fulham, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Life of St. Paul (1938), The Best House in London (1969) and Department S (1969). He was married to Julia Byfield and Dorothy Brown. He died on June 4, 2014 in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, England, UK.
Died aged 104 years, 159 days.
(1909-12-27 - 2014-06-04)
British[M]
37. Anna Maria Bottini
Actress | Il gattopardo
Anna Maria Bottini was born on March 24, 1916 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy. She was an actress, known for The Leopard (1963), I figli del marchese Lucera (1939) and La passeggiata (1953). She was married to Tino Bianchi. She died on August 9, 2020 in Giove, Umbria, Italy.
Died aged 104 years, 138 days.
(1916-03-24 - 2020-08-09) - (26 leap year days) - (104 new years celebrated) - (34 IMDB acting credits)
Italian[F]
39. Léo Marjane
Soundtrack | The Quiet American
Léo Marjane was born on August 26, 1912 in Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, France. She was an actress, known for The Quiet American (2002), Elena and Her Men (1956) and Les deux gamines (1951). She was married to Charles de Ladoucette and Raymond Gérard. She died on December 18, 2016 in Barbizon, ...
Lived 104 years, 113 days.
(1912-08-27 - 2016-12-18)
French[F]
40. Olivia de Havilland
Actress | Gone with the Wind
Olivia Mary de Havilland was born on July 1, 1916 in Tokyo, Japan to British parents, Lilian Augusta (Ruse), a former actress, and Walter Augustus de Havilland, an English professor and patent attorney. Her sister Joan, later to become famous as Joan Fontaine, was born the following year. Her ...
Died aged 104 years, 25 days.
(1916-07-01 - 2020-07-26) - (26 leap year days) - (104 new years celebrated) - (61 IMDB acting credits)
American[F]
41. Herman Wouk
Writer | The Caine Mutiny
Herman Wouk was born on May 27, 1915 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for The Caine Mutiny (1954), Slattery's Hurricane (1949) and Her First Romance (1951). He was married to Betty Sarah Brown. He died on May 17, 2019 in Palm Springs, California, USA.
Died aged 103 years, 355 days.
(1915-05-27 - 2019-05-17)
American[M]
42. Yvette Lebon
Actress | Michel Strogoff
Yvette Lebon was born on August 14, 1910 in Paris, France. She was an actress, known for Michel Strogoff (1936), Paméla (1945) and Ulysses Against Hercules (1962). She was married to Nat Wachsberger and Roger Duchesne. She died on July 28, 2014 in Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, France.
Died aged 103 years, 348 days.
(1910-08-14 - 2014-07-28)
French[F]
43. Jarmila Lhotová
Actress | Cerný plamen
Jarmila Lhotová was born on September 11, 1902. She was an actress, known for Cerný plamen (1930), Jindra, hrabenka Ostrovínová (1934) and Loretánské zvonky (1929). She died on August 23, 2006 in Vermont, USA.
Died at 103 years, 347
(1902-09-11 - 2006-08-23)
Czechoslovakian[F]
43. Stein Grieg Halvorsen
Actor | Fru Inger til Østråt
Stein Grieg Halvorsen was born on October 19, 1909 in Oslo, Norway. He was an actor, known for Fru Inger til Østråt (1975), Peer Gynt (1993) and The Bachelor Father (1935). He was married to Vibe Falk and Else Thaulow. He died on November 11, 2013.
Aged 104 years, 23 days.
(1909-10-19 - 2013-11-11)
Norwegian[M]
43. Georgette Reyevski
Actress | A Bridge Too Far
Georgette Reyevski was born on February 12, 1910 in Antwerpen, Belgium. She was an actress, known for A Bridge Too Far (1977), Land van belofte (1959) and Verhalen van de straat (1993). She was married to Dominique Antoine Frederic Rimathe. She died on February 21, 2014 in Middenbeemster, ...
Died aged 104 years, 9 days.
(1910-02-12 - 2014-02-21) - (26 leap year days) - (104 new years celebrated) - (25 IMDB acting credits)
Dutch[F]
44. Randi Lindtner Næss
Actress | Maksveringar
Norwegian stage actress at the national stage in Bergen between 1925-1990. Films and TV performances regrettable few. Her vitality made her a favorite in operettas and comedies, specially in plays by Ludvig Holberg. On 11th May 2005 she vigorously celebrated her 100th birthday! Her children Berit ...
Died aged 104 years, 9 days.
(1905-05-11 - 2009-05-20) - (26 leap year days) - (104 new years celebrated) - (4 IMDB acting credits)
Norwegian[F]
46. Luisa Garella
Actress | Grattacieli
Luisa Garella was born on January 6, 1913 in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. She was an actress, known for Grattacieli (1943), La scuola dei timidi (1941) and Il nemico (1943). She died on September 28, 1983 in Rome, Italy.
?103 years old?
47. Patricia Wright
Actress | Craig Kennedy, Criminologist
Patricia Wright was born on July 15, 1921 in Spokane, Washington, USA. She is an actress, known for Craig Kennedy, Criminologist (1952), Chained for Life (1952) and Scandal Incorporated (1956).
?103 years old?
48. Helga Marlo
Actress | La morte risale a ieri sera
Helga Marlo was born on September 18, 1921 in Letmathe, Westphalia, Germany. She is an actress, known for Death Occurred Last Night (1970), Mädchen hinter Gittern (1965) and The Fountain of Love (1966).
?103 years old?
48. Barbara Kent
Actress | Lonesome
A pretty, diminutive (4'11") actress of the silent and early sound era, Barbara Cloutman (later Kent) was born in Gadsby, Alberta, Canada on December 16, 1907. Upon graduating from Hollywood High School in 1925, Kent won the Miss Hollywood Pageant, and set her sights on a career in the movies. She ...
Died aged 103 years, 301 days.
(1907-12-16 - 2011-10-13)
American[F]
49. Marie Glory
Actress | Monte Cristo
Marie Glory was born on March 3, 1905 in Mortagne-au-Perche, Orne, France. She was an actress, known for Monte Cristo (1929), La femme idéale (1934) and ...And God Created Woman (1956). She died on January 24, 2009 in Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, France.
Died aged 103 years, 327 days.
(1905-03-03 - 2009-01-24)
French[F]
50. Kathleen Harrison
Actress | Scrooge
Although British actress Kathleen Harrison was born in 1892 in the Lancashire town of Blackburn, she was fondly known for her cockney characters throughout her career. Trained for the stage at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art she first married and lived overseas in Argentina for nearly eight years...
Died aged 103 years, 287 days.
(1892-02-23 - 1995-12-07)
British[F]
50. Maciej Maciejewski
Actor | Krótki film o zabijaniu
Maciej Maciejewski was born on October 1, 1914 in Augustów, Poland, Russian Empire [now Augustów, Podlaskie, Poland]. He was an actor, known for A Short Film About Killing (1988), Kanal (1957) and Young Chopin (1952). He died on May 17, 2018 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
Died aged 103 years, 228 days.
(1914-10-01 - 2018-05-17)
Polish[M]
51. Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia
Director | Amore
Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia was born on July 8, 1894 in Frosinone, Lazio, Italy. He was a director and writer, known for Amore (1935), Barbablù (1941) and La vita è bella (1943). He died on January 3, 1998 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
Died aged 103 years, 179 days.
(1894-07-08 - 1998-01-03)
Italian[M]
53. Gertrude Jeannette
Actress | Shaft
Gertrude Jeannette was born on November 28, 1914 in Urbana, Arkansas, USA. She was an actress and producer, known for Shaft (1971), Nothing But a Man (1964) and Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970). She was married to Joe Jeanette. She died on April 4, 2018 in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, ...
Died aged 103 years, 127 days.
(1914-11-28 - 2018-04-04)
American[F]
53. Miriam Seegar
Actress | Seven Keys to Baldpate
Miriam Seegar was born on September 1, 1907, to Frank and Carrie (née Wall) Seegar, both teachers. Raised in Greentown, Indiana, in the Seegar-Sewell home on 404 S. Main Street, she was the fourth of five daughters. Her sisters, known around town as the Seegar Sisters, were educator Helen ...
Died aged 103 years, 123 days.
(1907-09-01 - 2011-01-02)
American[F]
55. Gisèle Casadesus
Actress | Les aventures de Casanova
Gisèle Casadesus was born on June 14, 1914 in Paris, France. She was an actress, known for Loves of Casanova (1947), Paméla (1945) and Sous le figuier (2012). She was married to Lucien Pascal. She died on September 24, 2017 in Paris, France.
Died aged 103 years, 102 days.
(1914-06-14 - 2017-09-24)
French[F]
56. Vera Lynn
Soundtrack | Hellboy
Vera Lynn was born on March 20, 1917 in East Ham, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Hellboy (2004), Lolita (1997) and Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982). She was married to Harry Lewis. She died on June 18, 2020 in Ditchling, East Sussex, England, UK.
Died aged 103, 90 days.
(1917-03-20 - 2020-06-18)
British[F]
58. Patricia Morison
Actress | The Song of Bernadette
Woefully misused while in her prime screen years at Paramount during the late '30s and '40s, Patricia Morison, lovely and exotic with Rapunzel-like long, dark hair, nevertheless became a star in her own right -- as a supremely talented diva on the singing stage.
Born on March 19, 1915, in New York ...
Died aged 103 years, 62 days.
(1915-03-19 - 2018-05-20)
American[F]
58. Kirk Douglas
Actor | The Final Countdown
Cleft-chinned, steely-eyed and virile star of international cinema who rose from being "the ragman's son" (the name of his best-selling 1988 autobiography) to become a bona fide superstar, Kirk Douglas, also known as Issur Danielovitch Demsky, was born on December 9, 1916 in Amsterdam, New York. ...
Died aged 103 years, 58 days.
(1916-12-09 - 2020-02-05)
American[M]
61. Wally Cassell
Actor | White Heat
Wally Cassell was born on March 3, 1912 in Agrigento, Sicily, Italy. He was an actor, known for White Heat (1949), Sands of Iwo Jima (1949) and Story of G.I. Joe (1945). He was married to Marcy McGuire. He died on April 2, 2015 in Palm Desert, California, USA.
Died aged 103 years, 30 days.
(1912-03-03 - 2015-04-02)
American[M]
62. Anita Farra
Actress | Madrid de mis sueños
Anita Farra was born on July 15, 1905 in Venice, Veneto, Italy. She was an actress and writer, known for Madrid de mis sueños (1942), I pirati della Malesia (1941) and Story of a Love Affair (1950). She died on August 4, 2008.
Died aged 103 years, 20 days.
(1905-07-15 - 2008-08-04)
Italian[F]
63. Leila Danette
Actress | Law & Order
Leila Danette was born on August 23, 1909 in Jacksonville, Florida, USA. She was an actress, known for Law & Order (1990), Running on Empty (1988) and The Rosary Murders (1987). She died on September 4, 2012.
Died aged 103 years, 12 days.
(1909-08-23 - 2012-09-04)
American[F]
64. Señor Wences
The Spanish born ventriloquist Senor Wences was one of the highest paid vaudeville acts in the world. Hugely popular with American TV audiences Wences was also a top nightclub favorite.
Born Wenceslao Moreno in Peñaranda de Bracamonte, Salamanca (Spain), Wences began performing ventriloquism as a ...
Died aged 103 years, 3 days.
(1896-04-17 - 1999-04-20)
American[M]
64. Mino Doro
Actor | La dolce vita
Mino Doro was born on May 6, 1903 in Venice, Veneto, Italy. He was an actor and production manager, known for La Dolce Vita (1960), 8½ (1963) and Una notte dopo l'opera (1942). He died on April 13, 1992 in Marino, Italy.
Died aged 103 years, 6 days.
(1903-05-06 - 2006-05-12)
Italian[M]
65. Janis Paige
Actress | Silk Stockings
Joyous scene-stealer Janis Paige started out playing rather bland film ingénues, but never seemed to be comfortable in those roles--she had too much snap, crackle and pop to be confined in such a formulaic way.
Born Donna Mae Tjaden in 1922 in Tacoma, Washington, she was singing in public from age 5...
??102 years old?
67. Jacqueline White
Actress | The Narrow Margin
Warm, charming leading lady of 1940s films, Jacqueline White was under contract to both MGM (which wasted her in mostly unbilled bits) and then RKO, where she appeared in two classics--Crossfire (1947) and The Narrow Margin (1952). RKO used her as a second lead in A pictures and leading roles in Bs.
...
??102 years old?
67. Micheline Presle
Actress | If a Man Answers
Elegant, dark-haired Parisian Micheline Presle (billed in the U.S. as Micheline Prelle) was the daughter of a businessman whose surname was Chassagne. Taking acting classes as a teen, she was discovered by Georg Wilhelm Pabst and cast in Jeunes filles en détresse (1939) (portraying ...
??102 years old?
68. Norman Lear
Producer | All in the Family
Norman Lear enjoyed a long career in television and film, political and social activism, and philanthropy.
Born in 1922 in New Haven, Connecticut, Lear flew 52 combat missions over Europe in World War II before beginning his television career. His classic shows of the 1970s and '80s - All in the ...
??102 years old?
69. Margia Dean
Actress | The Quatermass Xperiment
Stunning, dark-haired '40s and '50s leading lady Margia Dean was the daughter of a Greek lawyer. Her parents moved from Athens to the US in 1913, a number of years before her birth on April 7, 1922, in Chicago, Illinois. The youngest of three girls, she was christened Marguerite Louise Skliris. Her...
??102 years old?
71. Earl Cameron
Actor | Inception
Earl Cameron did not set out to be an actor. Bermudian by birth, Cameron joined the British Merchant Navy in the 1930s for the travel opportunities that it afforded. By the early 1940s, with World War II in full swing, Cameron found himself in London working menial jobs to survive. After seeing a ...
Died aged 102 years, 330 days.
(1917-08-09 - 2020-07-03)
American[M]
72. Nehemiah Persoff
Actor | An American Tail
Born in 1919 in Jerusalem, Nehemiah Persoff emigrated with his family to America in 1929.
Following schooling at the Hebrew Technical Institute of New York, he found a job as a subway electrician doing signal maintenance until an interest in the theater altered the direction of his life.
He joined ...
Died aged 102 years, 245 days.
(2019-08-02 - 2022-04-05)
American[M]
72. Rina Franchetti
Actress | Le avventure di Nicola Nickleby
Rina Franchetti was born on December 23, 1907 in Naples, Campania, Italy. She was an actress, known for Le avventure di Nicola Nickleby (1958), David Copperfield (1965) and The Mean Machine (1973). She died on August 18, 2010 in Formello, Lazio, Italy.
Died 102 years, 238 days.
(1907-12-23 - 2009-08-18)
Italian[F]
74. Elmo Williams
Editor | High Noon
Elmo Williams was born James Elmo Williams in Lone Wolf, Oklahoma. Orphaned at 16, he attended schools in Oklahoma and New Mexico before moving to Los Angeles. In 1933 he struck up a relationship with film editor Merrill G. White, who hired Williams as his assistant on a business trip to England. ...
Died aged 102 years, 209 days.
(1913-04-30 - 2015-11-25)
American[M]
75. Shep Houghton
Actor | Dragnet
Born George Shephard Houghton on June 4, 1914, in Salt Lake City, Utah, Shep is the youngest of two sons born to George Henry Houghton and Mabell Viola Shephard. Far from being born into show business, his father was an insurance company representative who moved his family to Hollywood for business...
Died aged 102 years, 194 days.
(1914-06-04 - 2016-12-15)
American[M]
76. Irwin Corey
Actor | The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
Professor Irwin Corey, "The World's Foremost Authority," was born on July 29, 1914, in Brooklyn, New York. He and his five siblings were wards of the Brooklyn Hebrew Orphan Asylum, and during the Great Depression, he worked for the Civilian Conservation Corp. Possessing brawn as well as brains, ...
Died aged 102 years, 192 days.
(1914-07-29 - 2017-02-06)
American[M]
77. Carl Esmond
Actor | From the Earth to the Moon
Born Willy Eichberger in Vienna, Austria, he changed his name to the ethnically nondescript Carl Esmond and went on to become a well-regarded actor both here and in Europe, a career that sustained itself for nearly 50 years. He initially studied drama in Vienna at the State Academy of Dramatic Arts...
Died aged 102 years, 173 days.
(1902-06-14 - 2004-12-04)
American[M]
78. Charles Lane
Actor | You Can't Take It with You
Mean, miserly and miserable-looking, they didn't come packaged with a more annoying and irksome bow than Charles Lane. Glimpsing even a bent smile from this unending sourpuss was extremely rare, unless one perhaps caught him in a moment of insidious glee after carrying out one of his many nefarious...
Died aged 102 years, 164 days.
(1903-01-26 - 2005-07-09)
American[M]
79. Zohra Sehgal
Actress | Kal Ho Naa Ho
Sahibzadi Zohra Begum Mumtaz-ullah Khan, better known as Zohra Sehgal, was born into a Sunni Muslim Rohilla Pathan family of Rampur, Uttar Pradesh, on 27th April, 1912 in Rampur, Uttar Pradesh, India. However, unlike most other children of traditional households, Zohra Sehgal was a tomboy, who ...
Died aged 102 years, 74 days.
(1912-04-27 - 2014-07-10)
Indian[F]
80. Suzy Delair
Actress | L'assassin habite... au 21
Prototype of the sexy cheeky French lady, Suzy Delair was discovered by Henri-Georges Clouzot, who became her companion and gave her two memorable roles : Mila Malou, inspector Wens' unbearable girlfriend in two films, Le dernier des six (1941), which he wrote, and The Murderer Lives at Number 21 (...
Died aged, 102 years, 75 days.
(1917-12-31 - 2020-03-15)
French[F]
81. Dorothy Dickson
Actress | The Ringer
Dorothy Dickson was an American-born London theater star, who popularized the song, "Look for the Silver Lining", in Britain when she introduced it in London in 1921 in the Jerome Kern musical "Sally". She appeared on the New York stage and in the Ziegfield Follies before World War II.
In 1914, she ...
Died aged 102 years, 62 days.
(1893-07-25 - 1995-09-25)
British[F]
82. John Calvert
Actor | Dark Venture
John Calvert was born on August 5, 1911 in New Trenton, Indiana, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Dark Venture (1956), Search for Danger (1949) and Gold Fever (1952). He was married to Tammy and Ann Cornell. He died on September 27, 2013 in Lancaster, California, USA.
Died aged 102 years, 53 days.
(1911-08-05 - 2013-09-27)
American[M]
83. Tatyana Karpova
Actress | Na podmostkakh stseny
Tatyana Karpova was born on January 17, 1916 in Kharkov, Kharkov Governorate, Russian Empire [now Kharkiv, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine]. She was an actress, known for Na podmostkakh stseny (1956), Tyoshcha (1974) and Igra bez pravil (1965). She was married to Sergey Mayorov, Evgeny Alexandrovich, ...
Died aged 102 years, 40 days.
(1916-01-17 - 2018-02-26)
Russian[F]
84. Risto Orko
Producer | Ne 45000
Risto Orko was born on September 15, 1899 in Rauma, Finland. He was a producer and production manager, known for Ne 45000 (1933), Aktivistit (1939) and VMV 6 (1936). He was married to Liisa Orko. He died on September 29, 2001 in Helsinki, Finland.
Died aged 102 years, 14 days.
(1899-09-15 - 2001-09-29)
Finnish[M]
85. Danuta Szaflarska
Actress | Pora umierac
Danuta Szaflarska was born on February 6, 1915 in Kosarzyska, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Kosarzyska, Piwniczna-Zdrój, Malopolskie, Poland]. She was an actress, known for Time to Die (2007), Diably, diably (1991) and Pozegnanie z Maria (1993). She was married to Janusz Kilanski and Jan Ekier. She...
Died aged 102 years, 13 days.
(1915-02-06 - 2017-02-19)
Polish[F]
85. Roger Karl
Actor | Le prince Jean
One of the very few actors to have spent more than a hundred years on this earth and to have performed his art until he was over 90, Roger Karl (1882-1984) was an exceptionally gifted person who could have become an artist ('Pablo Picasso' was a friend of his) or a writer (he was close to Guillaume...
Died aged 102 years, 5 days.
(1882-04-29 - 1984-05-04)
French[M]
86. Vincent Ball
Actor | Where Eagles Dare
With the outbreak of war Vincent left his job with the Australian General Electric Company and became a pilot with the Australian Air Force in England. He returned to Australia and his old job in 1945 but couldn't settle. He tried amateur dramatics but his dialect was a mixture of Australian, ...
??101 years old?
88. Bob Barker
Producer | The New Price Is Right
For 35 years, Bob Barker had been the host of The Price is Right (1972) game show. Not only is it the highest-rated daytime program, it is also the longest-running game show in TV history, surpassing the prime-time hit What's My Line? (1950), which ran for 18 years. He also served as the executive ...
??101 years old?
88. Glynis Johns
Actress | Mary Poppins
Glynis Johns was the daughter of actor Mervyn Johns. Best known for her light comedy roles and often playful flirtation, Glynis was born in South Africa while her parents were on tour there (her mother was a concert pianist) but was always proud of her Welsh roots and took delight in playing the ...
??101 years old?
90. Baby Peggy
Actress | Helen's Babies
Silent moppet star Jackie Coogan, immortalized as Charles Chaplin's The Kid (1921), had only one screen rival during the early 1920s, and that was none other than Baby Peggy. She was "discovered" while visiting the Century Studios lot on Sunset Boulevard with her mother when she was a mere 19 ...
Died aged 101 years, 118 days.
(1918-10-29 - 2020-02-24)
American[F]
90. Fern Persons
Actress | Hoosiers
Fern Persons was born on July 27, 1910 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She was an actress, known for Hoosiers (1986), Risky Business (1983) and Field of Dreams (1989). She was married to Max Persons. She died on July 22, 2012 in Littleton, Colorado, USA.
Died aged 101 years, 361 days.
(1910-07-27 - 2012-07-22)
American[F]
91. Dorothy Stickney
Actress | I Never Sang for My Father
Stickney, who was born in Dickinson, North Dakota, studied acting in Minneapolis, after which she spent several years in summer stock and vaudeville. Her father, Victor Hugo Stickney, was a doctor who made house calls on horseback; he was among the first 10 elected to the National Cowboy Hall of ...
Died aged 101 years, 346 days.
(1896-06-21 - 1998-06-02)
American[F]
92. Irving Rapper
Irving Rapper was one of the last surviving directors from the "Golden Age of Hollywood," passing away on Dec. 20, 1999, at the age of 101, four weeks shy of his 102nd birthday. Rapper is best remembered for the films he made with Bette Davis, including the classics Now, Voyager (1942) and The Corn...
Died aged 101 years, 338 days.
(1898-01-16 - 1999-12-20)
American[M]
93. Xiaodan Tang
Director | Nan zheng bei zhan
Xiaodan Tang was born on February 22, 1910 in Hua'an, Fujian, China. Xiaodan was a director and writer, known for Nan zheng bei zhan (1952), Liao Zhongkai (1983) and Jin wu shi er chai xu ji (1938). Xiaodan died on January 21, 2012 in Shanghai, China.
Aged 101 years, 333 days.
(1910-02-22 - 2012-01-21)
Chinese[M]
94. Nina Andrycz
Actress | Uczta Baltazara
Nina Andrycz was born on November 11, 1912 in Brzesc, Poland, Russian Empire [now Brest, Belarus]. She was an actress, known for Uczta Baltazara (1954), Horror w Wesolych Bagniskach (1995) and And a Warm Heart (2008). She was married to Józef Cyrankiewicz. She died on January 31, 2014 in Warsaw, ...
Died aged 101 years, 284 days.
(1912-11-11 - 2014-01-31)
Polish[F]
95. Vilma Jamnická
Actress | Keby som mal pusku
Vilma Jamnická was born on November 13, 1906 in Barchov, Austria-Hungary. She was an actress, known for Keby som mal pusku (1971), Fontána pre Zuzanu (1986) and Kto odchádza v dazdi (1975). She died on August 12, 2008 in Bratislava, Slovakia.
Died aged 101 years, 272 days.
(1906-11-13 - 2008-08-12)
Czechoslovakian[F]
96. Vladimir Zeldin
Actor | Desyat negrityat
Russian actor Vladimir Zeldin was born 10 February 1915 in Moscow, Russia. A centenarian, he was among the longest-serving stage performers and continued acting up until his death.
Zeldin became an all-Union celebrity in 1941 starring in the leading role in the musical comedy They Met in Moscow (...
Died aged 101 years, 264 days.
(1915-02-10 - 2016-10-31)
Russian[M]
97. Mártha Eggerth
Actress | La chanson du souvenir
From the day she was born Martha lived in a world of music. For sure her father was a banker but he was also an amateur pianist. As for her mother, she was a housewife but also a very talented opera singer who had given up her career for the joys of matrimony and motherhood. It does not come as a ...
Died aged 101 years, 253 days.
(1912-04-17 - 2013-12-26)
German[F]
98. Leslie H. Martinson
Director | Batman: The Movie
Leslie H. Martinson was born on January 16, 1915 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He was a director and assistant director, known for Batman: The Movie (1966), Mission: Impossible (1966) and Hot Rod Girl (1956). He was married to Connie Martinson. He died on September 3, 2016 in Los Angeles, ...
Died aged 101 years, 231 days.
(1915-01-16 in - 2016-09-03)
American[M]
99. Richard L. Bare
Director | 77 Sunset Strip
Richard L. Bare was born on August 12, 1913 in Turlock, California, USA. He was a director and writer, known for 77 Sunset Strip (1958), The Islanders (1960) and I Sailed to Tahiti with an All Girl Crew (1969). He was married to Gloria Jean Bailey, Jeanne Evans, Julie Van Zandt, Phyllis Coates, ...
Died aged 101 years, 228 days.
(1913-08-12 - 2015-03-28)
American[M]
100. Ester Carloni
Actress | Piedone d'Egitto
Ester Carloni was born on May 12, 1897 in Naples, Campania, Italy. She was an actress, known for Flatfoot in Egypt (1980), Totò, Fabrizi e i giovani d'oggi (1960) and Fantasma d'amore (1981). She died on December 24, 1998 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
Died aged 101 years, 226 days.
(1897-05-12 - 1998-12-24)
Italian[F]
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