Question: Oldest living Film Actor and/or Actress
JeffinMS
Are any at all living from the early days of the silent film era?
TIA
Jeff
deb...@comcast.net
recently as 2005!
JeffinMS
<deb...@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> Johannes Heesters is a 102 year old Dutch actor who has film credits as
> recently as 2005!
>
Looked him up on ImDB and see he actually did a TV series Episode in 2006.
Interesting, but he seems to come from the begining of the talking period.
But would probably certainly qualify to answer my original question. Thanks
again.
wazzzy
JeffinMS wrote:
> Anyone know who the oldest living Film Actor and/or Actress today might be?
> Are any at all living from the early days of the silent film era?
per IMDb, Lilian Oldland - Date of birth (location)
7 May 1901
Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England, UK
British leading lady of the silent screen, began on stage in the early
1920s.
Changed her name to Mary Newland c. 1930 and was credited as such for
the last few years of her career.
Being the second wife of Reginald Denham, makes her Angela Lansbury's
mother's first husband's second wife.
James Neibaur
Anita Page is still living
wazzzy
JeffinMS wrote:
> Anyone know who the oldest living Film Actor and/or Actress today might be?
> Are any at all living from the early days of the silent film era?
per IMDb, Doris Eaton
Date of birth (location)
14 March 1904
Norfolk, Virginia, USA
Doris Eaton was born on March 14, 1904 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 1917. The following year, the
14-year-old Doris became a Ziegfeld Girl, performing in the "Ziegfeld
Follies" of 1918 and 1920 and the "Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic" in 1919.
After having served her dance apprenticeship in legendary theatrical
impresario Florenz Ziegfeld's chorus for three years, she decamped for
the movies. She made her screen debut in "At the Stage Door" (1921) in
support of Billie Love.
She moved to England to appear as the lead in three films, "Tell Your
Children" (1922), "His Supreme Sacrifice" (1922), and "The Call of the
East" (1922). Back in America, she made "The Broadway Peacock" (1922)
with Pearl White and "High Kickers" (1923) with Jack Cooper and the
Gorham Follies Girls.
Doris returned to Broadway in 1924, appearing in the musical "No Other
Girl" and the plays "The Sap" and "Excess Baggage." In 1925, she
co-starred with Al Jolson in the musical comedy "Big Boy." She then
appeared in the comedy "Excess Baggage" in 1927, and the musical comedy
"Cross My Heart" the next year. Moving to Hollywood in 1929, she began
a career as a featured dancer at the Music Box Review Theater on Sunset
Boulevard. It was there that she introduced the song "Singin' in the
Rain." Her last appearance on Broadway in a legitimate production was
in the comedy "Page Pygmalion" in 1932.
Her career as a dancer began to peter out during the Great Depression,
and she became an Arthur Murray dance instructor in 1936. Relocating to
the state of Michigan, she eventually became the operator of 18 Arthur
Murray dance schools. Eventually, Doris retired to Oklahoma with her
husband Paul Tavis, where they operated a quarter horse ranch. When
they built their house in Norman, Oklahoma, Doris demanded that the
house have a foyer large enough for dancing. Doris still dances in the
foyer at night.
"I have my little Victrola there and I play the records and I dance the
foxtrot and the waltz and the rumba, though swaying by myself."
Doris has become a regular performer at Broadway's annual AIDS benefit.
People express surprise that she was a Ziegfeld Girl.
"It seems that when people find out about it, they're astonished; and
possibly because I'm still walking around."
Since her husband passed away in the year 2000, Doris lets people use
the ranch to board their horses. Doris jokes, "I call it the Travis
Ranch Nursing Home for Horses."
She had dropped out of school to pursue her dance career, but in the
1980s, Travis went back to college and graduated from the University of
Oklahoma in 1992. She was named a member of the Phi Beta Kappa honor
society while at the university.
Now in her second century, the 101-year-old Doris was quoted as saying
dance is the primary reason for her longevity.
bx...@yahoo.com
I believed double Academy Award winner Luise Rainer (born Jan. 12,
1910) is still alive.
Brooke
bx...@yahoo.com
deb...@comcast.net
silent movies. She's still alive and turns106 next month!
SoHillsGuy
deb...@comcast.net wrote:
> Not an actress, but Frederica Maas wrote the screenplays for several
> silent movies. She's still alive and turns106 next month!
Charles Lane, who looked like he was in his 60s back in the 1940s,
turned 101 earlier this year. He hasn't acted in anything recently,
but as he said during a 100th birthday tribute to him at the 2005
Emmys, he's "available."
PirateJohn
mack
Bruce Bennett, who turned 100 on the 19th of May.
(also known as Herman Brix, a one time Tarzan.)
Charlene
wazzzy wrote:
> per IMDb, Lilian Oldland - Date of birth (location)
> 7 May 1901
> Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England, UK
> aka Mary Newland
She seems to be the oldest out of anybody who's been mentioned in this
thread. She isn't on Walter Breitzke "Noted Nonagenarians and
Centenarians" list.
Good heavens. 106!
wd42
R H Draney
>
>
>Bruce Bennett, who turned 100 on the 19th of May.
>
>(also known as Herman Brix, a one time Tarzan.)
I make it three times...(yes, I know how you meant it)....r
--
It's the crack on the wall and the stain on the cup that gets to you
in the very end...every cat has its fall when it runs out of luck,
so you can do with a touch of zen...cause when you're screwed,
you're screwed...and when it's blue, it's blue.
wazzzy
Charlene wrote:
She isn't on Walter Breitzke "Noted Nonagenarians and
Centenarians" list.
I found her here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centenarians
Philip
"R H Draney" <dado...@spamcop.net> wrote in message
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> mack filted:
>>
>>
>>Bruce Bennett, who turned 100 on the 19th of May.
>>
>>(also known as Herman Brix, a one time Tarzan.)
>
> I make it three times...(yes, I know how you meant it)....r
No, he played Tarzan only once, in a serial. The other two IMDb entries are
for features re-edited from the serial. So the OP was right in both senses.
Philip
"Charlene" <charlene...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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I keep hearing her name brought up in these sort of discussions, but apart
from the fact that the IMDb shows no death date I have seen no confirmation
that she is alive. There's usually someone who can report that an old-timer
is living in a particular location or attending some screening or was
interviewed at some time in the recent past. Nothing on Ms Oldland though.
I'm guessung she probably died years ago. Note that numerous old time
British stars, supporting players and crew managed to vanish so completely
that their passing went unreported for years. Examples include Eve Gray and
Betty Balfour (a BIG star in her day).
Also, Oldland's year of birth is variously given as 1901, 1905 or 1906. If
anyone has some concrete info that she is alive, please share it.
Philip
"JeffinMS" <tank...@123yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Anyone know who the oldest living Film Actor and/or Actress today might
> be? Are any at all living from the early days of the silent film era?
There are about 70 WWI veterans still alive, so this list is probably also
missing quite a few people.
Adult actors in silent films:
Anita Page b 1910
Marie Glory b 1903 or 1905
Jean Delannoy b 1908
Barbara Kent b 1906
Isuzu Yamada b 1917 (starred in a Japanese silent in 1935)
Johannes Heesters b 1903
Doris Eaton b 1904
Renate Brausewetter b 1905
Norah Baring b 1907
Miriam Seegar b 1908
Dorothy Janis b 1910
Lupita Tovar b 1911 (first film was a part-silent)
Conchita Montenegro b 1912
Child actors in silents:
Mickey Rooney b 1920
Frank Coghlan Jr b 1916
Baby Marie Osborne b 1911
Baby Peggy b 1918
Jean Darling b 1922
Dickie Moore b 1925
Virginia Davis b 1918
Jack Totheroh b 1914
Jack Cardiff b 1914
Coy Watson, Jr. b 1912
June Havoc b 1913 or 1916
Henki Kolstad b 1915
Directors:
Manoel de Oliveira b 1908 (directed a silent short in 1931, still making
features!)
Screenwriters:
Frederica Sagor Maas b 1900
Other:
Ronald Neame b 1911 - assistant cameraman on Hitchcock's BLACKMAIL, which
was made in sound and silent versions
Charlene
Philip wrote:
>
> I keep hearing her name brought up in these sort of discussions, but apart
> from the fact that the IMDb shows no death date I have seen no confirmation
> that she is alive. There's usually someone who can report that an old-timer
> is living in a particular location or attending some screening or was
> interviewed at some time in the recent past. Nothing on Ms Oldland though.
> I'm guessung she probably died years ago. Note that numerous old time
> British stars, supporting players and crew managed to vanish so completely
> that their passing went unreported for years. Examples include Eve Gray and
> Betty Balfour (a BIG star in her day).
>
> Also, Oldland's year of birth is variously given as 1901, 1905 or 1906. If
> anyone has some concrete info that she is alive, please share it.
You're absolutely correct, of course. Perhaps one of our film
historians has some information on her.
wd42
James Neibaur
still available for parts!)
Oldest living actress I could find was Luise Rainer, 96, who was mentioned
already in this thread
deb...@comcast.net
>
> Oldest living actress I could find was Luise Rainer, 96, who was mentioned
> already in this thread
Imdb lists French actress Marie Glory, born Mar.3, 1905, as still
living.
James Neibaur
Ah, yes, and I can confirm she was alive for sure ten years ago because she
appeared in a documentary shot then. If she died since it would probably be
somewhere (I do not trust imdb).
good one
JN
Hyfler/Rosner
"James Neibaur"
>> Imdb lists French actress Marie Glory, born Mar.3, 1905,
>> as still
>> living.
>
> Ah, yes, and I can confirm she was alive for sure ten
> years ago because she
> appeared in a documentary shot then. If she died since it
> would probably be
> somewhere (I do not trust imdb).
>
> good one
>
> JN
>
There was a tribute to her at Cannes at about the same time.
Nothing I can see in the news since then.