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Treasured Images Special Edition: 100 Enduring Stars Part 1

Back in January of 2018, we showcased some actors 90 and above who were, at the time, still alive. Sadly, most have passed on. I thought it might be appropriate to begin a new list honouring those previous stars soldiering on and include some new arrivals to the nonagenarian and older age group, all of whom, as of this writing, are still with us. As before, we will spotlight one of their past memorable film characters.

#Edit: Each actor’s age is listed as of July 15, 2021. There are 50 named here.

Treasured Images Special Edition: Enduring Stars Part 1

Marsha Hunt - Born October 17, 1917 - Present age 103

Motion Pictures include: Born to the West (1937), Pride and Prejudice (1940), Kid Glove Killer (1942), The Human Comedy (1943), Cry 'Havoc' (1943), The Valley of Decision (1945), Raw Deal (1948), The Happy Time (1952) and Johnny Got His Gun (1971).

Marsha Hunt as Ann Martin with John Ireland as Fantail in Raw Deal

Marsha Hunt as Ann Martin with John Ireland as Fantail in Raw Deal

#Edit: Sadly, we mourn the passing of Marsha Hunt (October 17, 1917 - September 6, 2022) R.I.P.

Nehemiah Persoff - Born August 2, 1919 - Present age 101

Motion Pictures include: The Harder They Fall (1956), The Wrong Man (1956), Men in War (1957), Some Like It Hot (1959), Al Capone (1959), Day of the Outlaw (1959), The Comancheros (1961), Fate Is the Hunter (1965), Panic in the City (1968), Red Sky at Morning (1971), Voyage of the Damned (1976), Yentl (1983) and The Last Temptation of Christ (1988). 

Nehemiah Persoff as Sgt. Lewis in Men in War

Nehemiah Persoff as Sgt. Lewis in Men in War

#Edit: Sadly, we mourn the passing of Nehemiah Persoff (August 2, 1919 - April 5, 2022) R.I.P.



Betty White - Born January 17, 1922 - Present age 99

Motion Pictures include: Advise & Consent (1962), Hard Rain (1998), Lake Placid (1999), The Story of Us (1999) and The Proposal (2009).  

Betty White as Senator Bessie Adams in Advise & Consent

Betty White as Senator Bessie Adams in Advise & Consent

#Edit: Sadly, we mourn the passing of Betty White (January 17, 1922 - December 31, 2021) R.I.P.

Joan Copeland - Born June 1, 1922 - Present age 99

Motion Pictures include: The Goddess (1958), Middle of the Night (1959), It’s My Turn (1980), Happy New Year (1987), Her Alibi (1989), The Peacemaker (1997), The Object of My Affection (1998) and The Last Request (2006).

Joan Copeland as Lillian Englander with Martin Balsam as Jack Englander in Middle of the Night

Joan Copeland as Lillian Englander with Martin Balsam as Jack Englander in Middle of the Night

#Edit: Sadly, we mourn the passing of Joan Copeland (June 1, 1922 - January 4, 2022) R.I.P.

Micheline Presle - Born August 22, 1922 - Present age 98

Motion Pictures include: Paris Frills (1945), Devil in the Flesh (1947), Under My Skin (1950), American Guerrilla in the Philippines (1950), The Assassin (1961), The Seven Deadly Sins (1962), If a Man Answers (1962), The Prize (1963), King of Hearts (1966), Donkey Skin (1970), Thieves After Dark (1984), Good Weather, But Stormy Late This Afternoon (1986) and Bad Company (1999). 

Micheline Presle as Micheline Lafaurie in Paris Frills

Micheline Presle as Micheline Lafaurie in Paris Frills

#Edit: Sadly, we mourn the passing of Micheline Presle (August 22, 1922 - February 21, 2024) R.I.P.


Janis Paige - Born September 16, 1922 - Present age 98

Motion Pictures include: Of Human Bondage (1946), Cheyenne (1947), The Younger Brothers (1949), The House Across the Street (1949), This Side of the Law (1950), Two Gals and a Guy (1951), Silk Stockings (1951), Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1960), The Caretakers (1963), Welcome to Hard Times (1967) and Natural Causes (1994). 

Janis Paige as Emily Carson in Cheyenne

Janis Paige as Emily Carson in Cheyenne

Jacqueline White - Born November 27, 1922 - Present age 98

Motion Pictures include: Song of Russia (1944), Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944), Crossfire (1947), Night Song (1947), Return of the Bad Men (1948), Mystery in Mexico (1948), The Capture (1950) and The Narrow Margin (1952).

Jacqueline White as Ann Sinclair with Charles McGraw as Det. Sgt. Walter Brown in The Narrow Margin

Jacqueline White as Ann Sinclair with Charles McGraw as Det. Sgt. Walter Brown in The Narrow Margin

Glynis Johns - Born October 5, 1923 - Present age 97

Motion Pictures include: The Fugitive (1939), 49th Parallel (1941), Frieda (1947), No Highway in the Sky (1951), The Sword and the Rose (1953), The Court Jester (1955), Another Time, Another Place (1958), Shake Hands with the Devil (1959), The Sundowners (1960), Mary Poppins (1964) and While You Were Sleeping (1995). 

Glynis Johns as Anna in 49th Parallel

Glynis Johns as Anna in 49th Parallel

#Edit: Sadly, we mourn the passing of Glynis Johns (October 5, 1923 - January 4, 2024) R.I.P.

Mike Nussbaum - Born December 29, 1923 - Present age 97

Motion Pictures include: T.R. Baskin (1971), Harry and Tonto (1974), House of Games (1987), Fatal Attraction (1987), Things Change (1988), Field of Dreams (1989), Desperate Hours (1990), Losing Isaiah (1995), Steal Big Steal Little (1995), Men in Black (1997) and The Game of Their Lives (2005).

Mike Nussbaum as Joey (centre) with Lindsay Crouse as Margaret Ford and Joe Mantegna as Mike (at right) in House of Games

Mike Nussbaum as Joey (centre) with Lindsay Crouse as Margaret Ford and Joe Mantegna as Mike (at right) in House of Games

#Edit: Sadly, we mourn the passing of Mike Nussbaum (December 29, 1923 - December 23, 2023) R.I.P.

Noreen Nash - Born April 4, 1924 - Present age 97

Motion Pictures include: The Southerner (1945), The Devil on Wheels (1947), The Big Fix (1947), The Red Stallion (1947), The Tender Years (1948), Assigned to Danger (1948), Storm Over Wyoming (1950), Road Agent (1952), Giant (1956) and The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold (1958).

Noreen Nash as Becky in The Southerner

Noreen Nash as Becky in The Southerner

#Edit: Sadly, we mourn the passing of Noreen Nash (April 4, 1924 - June 6, 2023) R.I.P.

Leslie Phillips - Born April 20, 1924 - Present age 97

Motion Pictures include: The Limping Man (1953), The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1957), Les Girls (1957), The Angry Hills (1959), Carry On Nurse (1959), Carry On Teacher (1959), Carry On Constable (1960), Out of Africa (1985), Empire of the Sun (1987), King Ralph (1991), Carry on Columbus (1992), The Jackal (1997), Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001), Venus (2006) and Is Anybody There? (2008).

Leslie Phillips as PC Tom Potter (at right) with Joan Sims as WPC. Gloria Passworthy and Kenneth Connor as PC Charlie Constable (centre) in Carry On Constable

Leslie Phillips as PC Tom Potter (at right) with Joan Sims as WPC. Gloria Passworthy and Kenneth Connor as PC Charlie Constable (centre) in Carry On Constable

#Edit: Sadly, we mourn the passing of Leslie Phillips (April 20, 1924 - November 7, 2022) R.I.P.



Priscilla Pointer - Born May 18, 1924 - Present age 97

Motion Pictures include: The Great Texas Dynamite Chase (1976), Carrie (1976), Nickelodeon (1976), Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977), The Onion Field (1979), Honeysuckle Rose (1980), The Competition (1980), Mommie Dearest (1981), Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983), Micki + Maude (1984), The Falcon and the Snowman (1985), Blue Velvet (1986), From the Hip (1987), A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987), A Show of Force (1990), Painted Desert (1993), Carried Away (1996) and Inferno (1999).

Priscilla Pointer as Mrs. Snell in Carrie



Eva Marie Saint - Born July 4, 1924 - Present age 97

Motion Pictures include: On the Waterfront (1954), A Hatful of Rain (1957), North by Northwest (1959), All Fall Down (1962), 36 Hours (1964), The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming! (1966), Grand Prix (1966), The Stalking Moon (1968), Loving (1970) and I Dreamed of Africa (2000).

Eva Marie Saint as Eve Kendall in North by Northwest

Eva Marie Saint as Eve Kendall in North by Northwest

June Lockhart - Born June 25, 1925 - Present age 96

Motion Pictures include: All This, and Heaven Too (1940), Sergeant York (1941), Meet Me in St. Louis (1944), Son of Lassie (1945), Bury Me Dead (1947), T-Men (1947), Time Limit (1957), Lassie's Great Adventure (1963), Strange Invaders (1983) and Lost in Space (1998).

June Lockhart as Mary Genaro in T-Men

June Lockhart as Mary Genaro in T-Men

Miiko Taka - Born July 24, 1925 - Present age 95

Motion Pictures include: Sayonara (1957), Hell to Eternity (1960), Operation Bottleneck (1961), A Global Affair (1964), Walk Don't Run (1966), The Power (1968), Lost Horizon (1973), Paper Tiger (1975) and The Challenge (1982).

Miiko Taka as Hana-Ogi with Marlon Brando as Major Lloyd 'Ace' Gruver in Sayonara

Miiko Taka as Hana-Ogi with Marlon Brando as Major Lloyd 'Ace' Gruver in Sayonara

#Edit: Sadly, we mourn the passing of Miiko Taka (July 24, 1925 - January 4, 2023) R.I.P.

Arlene Dahl - Born August 11, 1925 - Present age 95

Motion Pictures include: My Wild Irish Rose (1947), A Southern Yankee (1948), Scene of the Crime (1949), Reign of Terror (1949), Ambush (1950), No Questions Asked (1951), Jamaica Run (1953), Slightly Scarlet (1956) and Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959).

Arlene Dahl as Madelon in Reign of Terror

Arlene Dahl as Madelon in Reign of Terror

#Edit: Sadly, we mourn the passing of Arlene Dahl (August 11, 1925 - November 29, 2021) R.I.P.

Angela Lansbury - Born October 16, 1925 - Present age 95

Motion Pictures include: Gaslight (1944), National Velvet (1944), The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945), The Harvey Girls (1946), The Hoodlum Saint (1946), State of the Union (1948), The Three Musketeers (1948), Kind Lady (1951), A Life at Stake (1955), A Lawless Street (1955), The Court Jester (1955), Please Murder Me! (1956), The Long, Hot Summer (1958), The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1960), All Fall Down (1962), The Manchurian Candidate (1962), The World of Henry Orient (1964), Something for Everyone (1970), Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971) and Death on the Nile (1978). 

Angela Lansbury as Mrs. Eleanor Shaw Iselin with Laurence Harvey as Raymond Shaw in The Manchurian Candidate

Angela Lansbury as Mrs. Eleanor Shaw Iselin with Laurence Harvey as Raymond Shaw in The Manchurian Candidate

#Edit: Sadly, we mourn the passing of Angela Lansbury (October 16, 1925 - October 11, 2022) R.I.P.

Carla Balenda - Born November 22, 1925 - Present age 95

Motion Pictures include: Swing in the Saddle (1944), Rustlers of the Badlands (1945), Hunt the Man Down (1950), Sealed Cargo (1951), The Whip Hand (1951), The Pace That Thrills (1952), Prince of Pirates (1953) and Phantom Stallion (1954).

Carla Balenda as Janet Keller in The Whip Hand

Carla Balenda as Janet Keller in The Whip Hand

Dick Van Dyke - Born December 13, 1925 - Present age 95

Motion Pictures include: Bye Bye Birdie (1963), What a Way to Go! (1964), Mary Poppins (1964), Divorce American Style (1967), Fitzwilly (1967), Never a Dull Moment (1968), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968), The Comic (1969), Cold Turkey (1971), The Runner Stumbles (1979), Dick Tracy (1990) and Night at the Museum (2006).

Dick Van Dyke as Bert in Mary Poppins

Dick Van Dyke as Bert in Mary Poppins

Jane Withers - Born April 12, 1926 - Present age 95

Motion Pictures include: Bright Eyes (1934), The Farmer Takes a Wife (1935), The North Star (1943), Danger Street (1947), Giant (1956) and Captain Newman, M.D. (1963).  

Jane Withers as Joy Smythe (at left) with Shirley Temple as Shirley Blake in Bright Eyes

Jane Withers as Joy Smythe (at left) with Shirley Temple as Shirley Blake in Bright Eyes

#Edit: Sadly, we mourn the passing of Jane Withers (April 12, 1926 - August 7, 2021) R.I.P.

Yvonne Furneaux - Born May 11, 1926 - Present age 95

Motion Pictures include: Affair in Monte Carlo (1952), The Beggar's Opera (1953), The Master of Ballantrae (1953), Lisbon (1956), The Mummy (1959), La dolce vita (1960), The Story of the Count of Monte Cristo (1961), Charge of the Black Lancers (1962), Night Train to Milan (1962), Repulsion (1965) and The Champagne Murders (1967).

Yvonne Furneaux as Helen with Ian Hendry as Michael in Repulsion

Yvonne Furneaux as Helen with Ian Hendry as Michael in Repulsion

Marilyn Knowlden - Born May 12, 1926 - Present age 95

Motion Pictures include: The Cisco Kid (1931), Little Women (1933), Imitation of Life (1934), David Copperfield (1935), Les Misérables (1935), Show Boat (1936), Anthony Adverse (1936), Marie Antoinette (1938), Angels with Dirty Faces (1938), Hidden Power (1939), The Way of All Flesh (1940) and All This, and Heaven Too (1940).

Marilyn Knowlden as Agnes (centre) with Lewis Stone as Mr. Wickfield (at left) and Freddie Bartholomew as David (at right) in David Copperfield

Marilyn Knowlden as Agnes (centre) with Lewis Stone as Mr. Wickfield (at left) and Freddie Bartholomew as David (at right) in David Copperfield

Mel Brooks - Born June 28, 1926 - Present age 95

Motion Pictures include: The Twelve Chairs (1970), Blazing Saddles (1974), Silent Movie (1976), High Anxiety (1977), To Be or Not to Be (1983), Spaceballs (1987), Life Stinks (1991) and Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993).

Mel Brooks as Tikon in The Twelve Chairs

Mel Brooks as Tikon in The Twelve Chairs

Carleton Carpenter - Born July 10, 1926 - Present age 95

Motion Pictures include: Lost Boundaries (1949), Three Little Words (1950), Summer Stock (1950), Two Weeks with Love (1950), Vengeance Valley (1951), The Whistle at Eaton Falls (1951), Take the High Ground! (1953) and Up Periscope! (1959).

Carleton Carpenter as Dan Healy with Debbie Reynolds as Helen Kane in Three Little Words

Carleton Carpenter as Dan Healy with Debbie Reynolds as Helen Kane in Three Little Words

#Edit: Sadly, we mourn the passing of Carleton Carpenter (July 10, 1926 - January 31, 2022) R.I.P.

Betty Lynn - Born August 29, 1926 - Present age 94

Motion Pictures include: Sitting Pretty (1948), Apartment for Peggy (1948), June Bride (1948), Mother Is a Freshman (1949), Father Was a Fullback (1949), Cheaper by the Dozen (1950), Payment on Demand (1951), Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956), Behind the High Wall (1956), Gun for a Coward (1956), The Hangman (1959) and The Louisiana Hussy (1959).

Betty Lynn as Boo Brinker (at right) with Bette Davis as Linda Gilman in June Bride

Betty Lynn as Boo Brinker (at right) with Bette Davis as Linda Gilman in June Bride

#Edit: Sadly, we mourn the passing of Betty Lynn (August 29, 1926 - October 16, 2021) R.I.P.


Terry Kilburn - Born November 25, 1926 - Present age 94

Motion Pictures include: A Christmas Carol (1938), Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939), They Shall Have Music (1939), The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939), Swiss Family Robinson (1940), National Velvet (1944), Black Beauty (1946), Bulldog Drummond at Bay (1947), Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back (1947), Only the Valiant (1951) and Fiend Without a Face (1958).

Terry Kilburn as Tiny Tim in A Christmas Carol

Terry Kilburn as Tiny Tim in A Christmas Carol

Barbara Rush - Born January 4, 1927 - Present age 94

Motion Pictures include: When Worlds Collide (1951), It Came from Outer Space (1953), Taza, Son of Cochise (1954), Magnificent Obsession (1954), Bigger Than Life (1956), No Down Payment (1957), The Young Lions (1958), The Young Philadelphians (1959), Strangers When We Meet (1960), Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964), Hombre (1967) and Summer Lovers (1982). 

Barbara Rush as Ellen Fields in It Came from Outer Space

Barbara Rush as Ellen Fields in It Came from Outer Space

#Edit: Sadly, we mourn the passing of Marsha Hunt (January 4, 1927 - March 31, 2024) R.I.P.

Sidney Poitier - Born February 20, 1927 - Present age 94

Motion Pictures include: No Way Out (1950), Cry, the Beloved Country (1951), Blackboard Jungle (1955), Edge of the City (1957), The Defiant Ones (1958), A Raisin in the Sun (1961), Lilies of the Field (1963), The Bedford Incident (1965), A Patch of Blue (1965), Duel at Diablo (1966), To Sir, with Love (1967), In the Heat of the Night (1967), Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967), Shoot to Kill (1988), Sneakers (1992) and The Jackal (1997).

Sidney Poitier as Virgil Tibbs (at left) with Rod Steiger as Gillespie in In the Heat of the Night

Sidney Poitier as Virgil Tibbs (at left) with Rod Steiger as Gillespie in In the Heat of the Night

#Edit: Sadly, we mourn the passing of Sidney Poitier (February 20, 1927 - January 6, 2022) R.I.P.

Harry Belafonte - Born March 1, 1927 - Present age 94

Motion Pictures include: Carmen Jones (1954), Island in the Sun (1957), The World, the Flesh and the Devil (1959), Odds Against Tomorrow (1959), The Angel Levine (1970), Buck and the Preacher (1972), Uptown Saturday Night (1974), White Man's Burden (1995), Kansas City (1996) and Bobby (2006). 

Harry Belafonte as Johnny Ingram in Odds Against Tomorrow

Harry Belafonte as Johnny Ingram in Odds Against Tomorrow

#Edit: Sadly, we mourn the passing of Harry Belafonte (March 1, 1927 - April 25, 2023) R.I.P. 

William Daniels - Born March 31, 1927 - Present age 94

Motion Pictures include: Ladybug Ladybug (1963), A Thousand Clowns (1965), Two for the Road (1967), The President's Analyst (1967), The Graduate (1967), 1776 (1972), The Parallax View (1974), Black Sunday (1977), All Night Long (1981), Reds (1981), Blind Date (1987) and Her Alibi (1989). 

William Daniels as Albert in A Thousand Clowns

William Daniels as Albert in A Thousand Clowns

Cora Sue Collins - Born April 19, 1927 - Present age 94

Motion Pictures include: The Unexpected Father (1932), Picture Snatcher (1933), Queen Christina (1933), Black Moon (1934), The Scarlet Letter (1934), Evelyn Prentice (1934), Anna Karenina (1935), Magnificent Obsession (1935), The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938) and Week-End at the Waldorf (1945). 

Cora Sue Collins as Ruth (at right) with Irene Dunne as Helen Hudson in Magnificent Obsession

Cora Sue Collins as Ruth (at right) with Irene Dunne as Helen Hudson in Magnificent Obsession



Michael Constantine - Born May 22, 1927 - Present age 94

Motion Pictures include: The Last Mile (1959), The Hustler (1961), Beau Geste (1966), Hawaii (1966), If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium (1969), Justine (1969), The Reivers (1969), Peeper (1975), Voyage of the Damned (1976), Deadfall (1993), The Juror (1996), My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002) and My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 (2016).

Michael Constantine as Big John in The Hustler

Michael Constantine as Big John in The Hustler

#Edit: Sadly, we mourn the passing of Michael Constantine (May 22, 1927 – August 31, 2021) R.I.P.

Gina Lollobrigida - Born July 4, 1927 - Present age 94

Motion Pictures include: Campane a martello (1949), The Unfaithfuls (1953), Beat the Devil (1953), Crossed Swords (1954), Trapeze (1956), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1956), The Law (1959), Solomon and Sheba (1959), Never So Few (1959), Come September (1961), Woman of Straw (1964), Strange Bedfellows (1965) and Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell (1968). 

Gina Lollabrigida as Lola with Burt Lancaster as Mike Ribble (at left) and Tony Curtis as Tino Orsini (at right) in Trapeze

Gina Lollabrigida as Lola with Burt Lancaster as Mike Ribble (at left) and Tony Curtis as Tino Orsini (at right) in Trapeze

#Edit: Sadly, we mourn the passing of Gina Lollobrigida (July 4 1927 – January 16 2023) R.I.P.

Joe Turkel - Born July 15, 1927 - Present age 94

Motion Pictures include: Southside 1-1000 (1950), The Glass Wall (1953), The Killing (1956), Paths of Glory (1957), The Sand Pebbles (1966), The Hindenburg (1975), The Shining (1980) and Blade Runner (1982). 

Joe Turkel as Lloyd in The Shining

Joe Turkel as Lloyd in The Shining

#Edit: Sadly, we mourn the passing of Joe Turkel (July 15, 1927 - June 27, 2022) R.I.P.

L.Q. Jones - Born August 19, 1927 - Present age 93

Motion Pictures include: An Annapolis Story (1955), Between Heaven and Hell (1956), Men in War (1957), The Young Lions (1958), Buchanan Rides Alone (1958), The Naked and the Dead (1958), Torpedo Run (1958), Flaming Star (1960), Hell Is for Heroes (1962), Major Dundee (1965), Hang 'Em High (1968), The Wild Bunch (1969), The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970), Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973), Casino (1995), The Edge (1997) and The Patriot (1998).  

L.Q. Jones as T.C. in The Wild Bunch

L.Q. Jones as T.C. in The Wild Bunch

#Edit: Sadly, we mourn the passing of L.Q. Jones (August 19, 1927 - July 9, 2022) R.I.P.

Rosemary Harris - Born September 19, 1927 - Present age 93

Motion Pictures include: Beau Brummell (1954), The Shiralee (1957), Uncle Vanya (1963), A Flea in Her Ear (1968), The Boys from Brazil (1978), The Ploughman’s Lunch (1983), Crossing Delancey (1988), The Delinquents (1989), The Bridge (1991), Tom & Viv (1994), Hamlet (1996), My Life So Far (1999), Sunshine (1999), The Gift (2000), Spider-Man (2000), Spider-Man 2 (2004), Being Julia (2004), Spider-Man 3 (2007), Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead (2007) and This Means War (2012).

Rosemary Harris as Mrs. Maria Anne Fitzherbert with Peter Ustinov as the Prince of Wales in Beau Brummell

Rosemary Harris as Mrs. Maria Anne Fitzherbert with Peter Ustinov as the Prince of Wales in Beau Brummell



Estelle Parsons - Born November 20, 1927 - Present age 93

Motion Pictures include: Ladybug Ladybug (1963), Bonnie and Clyde (1967), Rachel, Rachel (1968), I Walk the Line (1970), I Never Sang for My Father (1970), For Pete's Sake (1974), Dick Tracy (1990) and That Darn Cat (1997).

Estelle Parsons as Blanche Barrow in Bonnie and Clyde

Estelle Parsons as Blanche Barrow in Bonnie and Clyde


Donna Martell - Born December 24, 1927 - Present age 93

Motion Pictures include: Apache Rose (1947), Illegal Entry (1949), Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff (1949), Elephant Stampede (1951), The Golden Hawk (1952), Project Moon Base (1953), Give a Girl a Break (1953), Ten Wanted Men (1955), Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955) and Hell on Devil's Island (1957).

Donna Martell as Colonel Briteis in Project Moon Base

Donna Martell as Colonel Briteis in Project Moon Base



Conrad Janis - Born February 11, 1928 - Present age 93

Motion Pictures include: Snafu (1945), Margie (1946), The Brasher Doubloon (1947), That Hagen Girl (1947), Beyond Glory (1948), Let’s Rock (1958), Airport 1975 (1974), The Buddy Holly Story (1978), Brewster’s Millions (1985), Mr. Saturday Night (1992), The Cable Guy (1996) and Bad Blood (2006).

Conrad Janis as Leslie Murdock in The Brasher Doubloon

Conrad Janis as Leslie Murdock in The Brasher Doubloon

#Edit: Sadly, we mourn the passing of Conrad Janis (February 11, 1928 - March 1, 2022) R.I.P.



Peggy Dow - Born March 18, 1928 - Present age 93

Motion Pictures include: Undertow (1949), Woman in Hiding (1950), The Sleeping City (1950), Shakedown (1950), Harvey (1950), Bright Victory (1951), You Never Can Tell (1951) and I Want You (1951).

Peggy Dow as Miss Kelly with James Stewart as Elwood P. Dowd (centre) and Charles Drake as Dr. Lyman Sanderson (at left) in Harvey

Peggy Dow as Miss Kelly with James Stewart as Elwood P. Dowd (centre) and Charles Drake as Dr. Lyman Sanderson (at left) in Harvey



Nancy Olson - Born July 14, 1928 - Present age 93

Motion Pictures include: Sunset Boulevard (1950), Union Station (1950), Force of Arms (1951), Submarine Command (1951), So Big (1953), Battle Cry (1955), Pollyanna (1960), The Absent Minded Professor (1961), Airport 1975 (1974) and Making Love (1982).

Nancy Olson as Betty Schaefer with William Holden as Joe Gillis in Sunset Boulevard

Nancy Olson as Betty Schaefer with William Holden as Joe Gillis in Sunset Boulevard

Irene Papas - Born September 3, 1929 - Present age 91

Motion Pictures include: The Man from Cairo (1953), Tribute to a Bad Man (1956), The Guns of Navarone (1961), Electra (1962), Zorba the Greek (1964), We Still Kill the Old Way (1967), The Brotherhood (1968), Z (1969), A Dream of Kings (1969), Anne of the Thousand Days (1969), The Message (1976), Iphigenia (1977), Christ Stopped at Eboli (1979), Lion of the Desert (1980) and A Talking Picture (2003).

Irene Papas as Maria in The Guns of Navarone

Irene Papas as Maria in The Guns of Navarone

#Edit: Sadly, we mourn the passing of Irene Papas (September 3, 1929 - September 14, 2022) R.I.P.

Joan Plowright - Born October 28, 1929 - Present age 91

Motion Pictures include: Time Without Pity (1957), The Entertainer (1960), Uncle Vanya (1963), Three Sisters (1970), Equus (1977), Britannia Hospital (1982), Brimstone & Treacle (1982), Revolution (1985), Drowning by Numbers (1988), The Dressmaker (1988), I Love You to Death (1990), Avalon (1990), Enchanted April (1991), Last Action Hero (1993), Dennis the Menace (1993), Widows’ Peak (1994), Jane Eyre (1996), Surviving Picasso (1996), Tea with Mussolini (1999), Callas Forever (2002), Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont (2005) and The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008).

Joan Plowright as Jean Rice with Laurence Olivier as Archie Rice in The Entertainer

Joan Plowright as Jean Rice with Laurence Olivier as Archie Rice in The Entertainer

Edward Asner - Born November 15, 1929 - Present age 91

Motion Pictures include: The Satan Bug (1965), The Slender Thread (1965), El Dorado (1966), Gunn (1967), They Call Me Mister Tibbs! (1970), The Todd Killings (1971), Fort Apache the Bronx (1981), JFK (1991), Hard Rain (1998), The Commission (2003) and Citizens United (2015).

Edward Asner as Bart Jason in El Dorado

#Edit: Sadly, we mourn the passing of Edward Asner (November 15, 1929 - August 29, 2021) R.I.P.

Tippi Hedren - Born January 19, 1930 - Present age 91

Motion Pictures include: The Birds (1963), Marnie (1964), A Countess from Hong Kong (1967), Tiger by the Tail (1970), Satan’s Harvest (1970), The Harrad Experiment (1973), Roar (1981), Pacific Heights (1990), Citizen Ruth (1996), I Heart Huckabees (2004), Return to Babylon (2013).

Tippi Hedren as Melanie Daniels in The Birds


Mara Lane - Born August 1, 1930 - Present age 90

Motion Pictures include: Treasure Hunt (1952), Affair in Monte Carlo (1952), Decameron Nights (1953), Susan Slept Here (1954), Angela (1954), Sins of Casanova (1955), Good Evening Paris (1956), Monpti (1957), The Old Testament (1962) and La grande avventura (1967).

Mara Lane as Yvonne in Treasure Hunt

Mara Lane as Yvonne in Treasure Hunt

Mario Adorf - Born September 8, 1930 - Present age 90

Motion Pictures include: The Girl and the Legend (1957), The Devil Strikes at Night (1957), Rosemary (1958), Ship of the Dead (1959), Brainwashed (1960), The Taste of Violence (1961), The Visit (1963), Major Dundee (1965), That Man in Istanbul (1965), Ten Little Indians (1965), The Treasure of San Gennaro (1966), The Red Tent (1969), The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970), Short Night of Glass Dolls (1971), Caliber 9 (1972), When Women Lost Their Tails (1972), Without Warning (1973), Il delitto Matteotti (1973), The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum (1975), I Am Afraid (1977), Fedora (1978), The Tin Drum (1979), Lola (1981), Invitation au voyage (1982), The Holcroft Covenant (1985), Momo (1986), Francesco (1989), Mother (1990), Rossini (1997), Smilla's Sense of Snow (1997) and Real Fight (2021).

Mario Adorf as Schukert (at left) with Armin Mueller-Stahl as Von Bohm in Lola

Mario Adorf as Schukert (at left) with Armin Mueller-Stahl as Von Bohm in Lola

Carroll Baker - Born May 28, 1931 - Present age 90

Motion Pictures include: Giant (1956), Baby Doll (1956), The Big Country (1958), The Carpetbaggers (1964), Harlow (1965), Star 80 (1983) and The Game (1997).

Carroll Baker as Luz Benedict II in Giant

Carroll Baker as Luz Benedict II in Giant

Marla Gibbs - Born June 14, 1931 - Present age 90

Motion Pictures include: Up Against the Wall (1991), The Meteor Man (1993), Border to Border (1998), Foolish (1999), Lost & Found (1999), The Visit (2000), Stanley’s Gig (2000), The Brothers (2001), Madea’s Witness Protection (2012), The Last Revolutionary (2017) and El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (2019)

Marla Gibbs as Maxine Reed in Meteor Man

James Tolkan - Born June 20, 1931 - Present age 90

Motion Pictures include: They Might Be Giants (1971), The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973), Serpico (1973), Love and Death (1975), The Amityville Horror (1979), Prince of the City (1981), Author! Author! (1982), WarGames (1983), The River (1984), Back to the Future (1985), Top Gun (1986), True Blood (1989), Back to the Future Part II (1989), Back to the Future Part III (1990), Dick Tracy (1990), Boiling Point (1993) and Bone Tomahawk (2015).

James Tolkan as Napoleon in Love and Death

James Tolkan as Napoleon in Love and Death

Next Time: In Part 2, 50 more nonagenarian (and one above) actors still with us.

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