Club 100
by dwgbarrie | created - 20 Mar 2017 | updated - 26 Feb 2023 | PublicA list of famous people who got to celebrate their centennial birthdays!
1. Ellen Albertini Dow
Actress | The Wedding Singer
The multifaceted Ellen Albertini was a student of dance and piano at the age of five, and obtained a B.A. and M.A. in theater from Cornell University. She moved to New York, and studied and worked with the legendary likes of Hanya Holm, Martha Graham, Michael Shurtleff, Uta Hagen, Marcel Marceau, ...
She lived to be 101.
2. Ray Anthony
Soundtrack | Sixteen Candles
Ray Anthony (real name Raymond Antonini) was born in Bentleyville, PA, on Jan. 20, 1922. His family moved to Cleveland, where he spent most of his early life. There he studied trumpet with his father. From 1940-1941 he played in Glenn Miller and His Orchestra. He enlisted in the US Navy in 1942 and...
The American trumpeter and songwriter is the last surviving member of the original Glenn Miller Orchestra.
3. Iris Apfel
Self | Iris
Iris Apfel was born on August 29, 1921 in Astoria, Queens, New York City, New York, USA. She was married to Carl Apfel. She died on March 1, 2024 in Palm Beach, Florida, USA.
The fashion mogul turned 101 in 2022.
4. Eileen Ash
Self | Anglia News
Eileen Ash was born on October 30, 1911 in Highbury, London, England, UK. She was married to Wilfrid Sidney Ash. She died on December 3, 2021 in England, UK.
The English cricketer lived to be 110.
5. Diana Athill
Self | Britain's Greatest Generation
Diana Athill was born on December 21, 1917 in Norfolk, England, UK. She died on January 23, 2019 in London, England, UK.
The British literary editor and novelist lived to be 101.
6. 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 ...
The silent movie actress lived to be 101.
7. Nancy Barbato Sinatra
Self | Nancy & Lee in Las Vegas
Nancy Barbato Sinatra was born on March 25, 1917 in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA. She was married to Frank Sinatra. She died on July 13, 2018 in Rancho Mirage, California, USA.
Frank Sinatra's first wife lived to be 101.
8. David Bartholomew
Soundtrack | The Blues Brothers
David Bartholomew was born on December 24, 1918 in Edgard, Louisiana, USA. He is known for The Blues Brothers (1980), Gangster Squad (2013) and Road House (1989). He was married to Pearl and Rhea Douse. He died on June 23, 2019 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
9. Eric Bentley
Writer | Kraft Television Theatre
Author, director, educator, educated at Oxford University (scholarship)(BA, Litt. B.); Yale University (Ph.D.); Guggenheim Fellowship. He taught literature and history in colleges throughout the USA and in Europe, 1948-1951. He directed plays and was assistant to Bertold Brecht. Between 1952 and ...
The British-American playwright and theatre critic lived to be 103.
10. Irving Berlin
Soundtrack | Alexander's Ragtime Band
Irving Berlin was born Israel Isidor Baline on May 11, 1888 in Mogilev, Belarus, Russian Empire. Towering composer, songwriter, ("God Bless America", "Always", "Blue Skies", "White Christmas") author and publisher, he came to the United States at age 5 and was educated in New York's public schools....
He lived to be 101.
11. Walter Bernstein
Writer | The Front
Blacklisted writer in the 1950s, a victim of the HUAC (House Un-American Activities Committee), he still continued to write under pseudonyms as did many other blacklisted writers such as Ring Lardner Jr. and Dalton Trumbo, and his biggest contribution during that time was probably his writing work ...
The American screenwriter lived to be 101.
12. Mary Borgstrom
Self | Mary Borgstrom: Potter
Mary Borgstrom was born on May 18, 1916 in Saskatchewan, Canada. She died on April 3, 2019 in Provost, Alberta, Canada.
The Canadian potter and ceramist lived to be 102.
13. Artur Brauner
Producer | Babij Jar
Artur Brauner was born on August 1, 1918 in Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland. He was a producer and writer, known for Babij Jar (2003), Europa Europa (1990) and The Vengeance of Doctor Mabuse (1972). He was married to Maria Brauner. He died on July 7, 2019 in Berlin, Germany.
14. George Burns
Actor | Oh, God!
George Burns was an American actor, comedian, singer, and published author. He formed a comedy duo with his wife Gracie Allen (1895-1964), and typically played the straight man to her zany roles. Following her death, Burns started appearing as a solo performer. He once won an Academy Award for Best...
15. 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 ...
The Bermudan-British actor lived to be 102.
16. Anna Campori
Actress | Biblioteca di Studio Uno
Anna Campori was born on September 22, 1917 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. She was an actress, known for Biblioteca di Studio Uno (1964), Un turco napoletano (1953) and Suor Maria (1955). She was married to Pietro De Vico. She died on January 19, 2018 in Rome, Italy.
17. 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 ...
She lived to be 104.
18. 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.
She lived to be 104.
19. Neus Català
Self | El convidat
Neus Català was born on October 6, 1915 in Els Guiamets, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. She was married to Albert Roger and Félix Sancho. She died on April 13, 2019 in Els Guiamets, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain.
The Spanish political activist and Holocaust survivor lived to be 103.
20. Marge Champion
Actress | The Party
One of the great dancer and choreographers in both movies and stage, Marge Champion was best known as the former wife of Gower Champion, when they worked together as a highly successfully dancing team in the MGM musical years. After retiring from movies, Champion worked as a dance teacher and as a ...
The dancer and actress lived to be 101.
21. Georges-Emmanuel Clancier
Writer | Chroniques de France
Georges-Emmanuel Clancier was born on May 3, 1914 in Limoges, Haute-Vienne, Limousin, France. He was a writer, known for Chroniques de France (1964), Le pain noir (1974) and La fabrique du roi (1965). He was married to Anne Marie Yvonne Gravelat. He died on July 4, 2018 in Paris, France.
The French poet and novelist lived to be 104.
22. Angela Clarke
Actress | The Great Caruso
Angela Clarke was born on August 14, 1909 in New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for The Great Caruso (1951), Houdini (1953) and The Harlem Globetrotters (1951). She died on December 16, 2010 in Moorpark, California, USA.
She lived to be 101.
23. Beverly Cleary
Writer | Ramona and Beezus
Beverly Cleary was born on April 12, 1916 in McMinnville, Oregon, USA. She was a writer, known for Ramona and Beezus (2010), Ramona (1988) and ABC Weekend Specials (1977). She was married to Clarence Thomas Cleary. She died on March 25, 2021 in Carmel, California, USA.
The American children's author lived to be 104.
24. Anton Coppola
Soundtrack | The Godfather Part III
Anton Coppola was born on March 21, 1917 in Ocean Hill, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The Godfather Part III (1990), Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) and NET Opera Theater (1967). He was married to Almerinda Drago and Marion Jane Miller. He died on March 9, 2020 in ...
The orchestra conductor was the uncle of Francis Ford Coppola and Talia Shire, and lived to be 102.
25. Paulette Coquatrix
Costume_designer | Le désordre et la nuit
Paulette Coquatrix was born on April 28, 1916 in Paris, France. She was a costume designer, known for The Night Affair (1958), Frou-Frou (1955) and Femmes de Paris (1953). She was married to Bruno Coquatrix. She died on May 28, 2018 in Les Clérimois, Yonne, France.
The French costume designer lived to be 102.
26. Diosa Costello
Actress | Miss Sadie Thompson
Diosa Costello was born on April 23, 1913 in Guayama, Puerto Rico. She was an actress, known for Miss Sadie Thompson (1953), They Met in Argentina (1941) and The Bullfighters (1945). She was married to Don Casino and Pupi Campo. She died on June 20, 2013 in Hollywood, Florida, USA.
27. Danielle Darrieux
Actress | 8 femmes
Danielle Darrieux was born in 1917 in Bordeaux, France, to Marie-Louise (Witkowski) and Germain Jean Darrieux, a physician. She was raised in Paris. She was only fourteen when she auditioned for a secondary role in Le bal (1931): she got the part, and the producer offered her a five-year contract. ...
28. 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 ...
Dame Olivia lived to be 104.
29. 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 (...
The French actress lived to be 102.
30. Gillo Dorfles
Writer | A proposito di 'Arden of Feversham'
Gillo Dorfles was born on April 12, 1910 in Trieste, Austria-Hungary [now Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy]. He was a writer, known for A proposito di 'Arden of Feversham' (1968), Ultra Dorfles (2018) and Latta e caffè - Riccardo Dalisi, Napoli e il teatro della decrescita (2009). He ...
He lived to be 107.
31. Anne Douglas
Producer | Scalawag
Anne Douglas was born on April 23, 1919 in Hanover, Germany. She was a producer and actress, known for Peg Leg, Musket & Sabre (1973), Deep River (2009) and Kirk Douglas: Before I Forget (2009). She was married to Kirk Douglas and Albert Buydens. She died on April 29, 2021 in Beverly Hills, ...
The wife of Kirk Douglas lived to be 102.
32. 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. ...
He lived to be 103.
33. David Douglas Duncan
Underfire: The Untold Story of Pfc. Tony Vaccaro
David Douglas Duncan was born on January 23, 1916 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. He is known for Underfire: The Untold Story of Pfc. Tony Vaccaro (2016), The Mike Douglas Show (1961) and The David Frost Show (1969). He was married to Sheila Macauley and Leila Khanki. He died on June 7, 2018 in ...
The American photojournalist lived to be 102.
34. Orlando Drummond
Actor | Mahha GoGoGo
Orlando Drummond was born on October 18, 1919 in São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. He was an actor, known for Speed Racer (1967), Bonga, O Vagabundo (1971) and Rei do Movimento (1954). He was married to Glória Drummond. He died on July 27, 2021 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The Brazilian actor and comedian lived to be 101.
35. 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 ...
She lived to be 106.
36. 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, ...
She lived to be 105.
37. Mary Ellis
Self | Spitfire Sisters
Mary Ellis was born on February 2, 1917 in Leafield, Oxfordshire, England, UK. She was married to Donald Gordon Ellis. She died on July 24, 2018 in Sandown, Isle of Wight, England, UK.
The WW2 British ferry pilot lived to be 101.
38. Jean Erdman
Actress | Medusa
Jean Erdman was born on February 20, 1916 in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. She was an actress, known for Medusa (1949), Camera Three (1955) and The Hero's Journey: The World of Joseph Campbell (1987). She was married to Joseph Campbell. She died on May 4, 2020 in Kailua. Hawaii, USA.
The American dancer and choreographer lived to be 104.
39. Margaret Everly
Self | The Mike Douglas Show
She is 102 as of August 2021. Margaret is the mother of her two deceased sons, Don and Phil, known famously as The Everly Brothers.
40. Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Writer | Camera Three
Lawrence Ferlinghetti was born on March 24, 1919 in Yonkers, New York, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for Camera Three (1955), Tonight in Person (1963) and To Paint the Portrait of a Bird (2007). He was married to Selden Kirby-Smith. He died on February 22, 2021 in San Francisco, California,...
The founder of the City Lights Bookstore in San Francisco lived to be 101.
41. Helio Fernandes
Actor | Garota de Ipanema
Helio Fernandes is known for Girl of Ipanema (1967), Disaster Movie (1979) and Em Nome da Segurança Nacional (1985).
42. Armando Francioli
Actor | Il cavaliere di Maison Rouge
Armando Francioli was born on October 21, 1919 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was an actor, known for Il cavaliere di Maison Rouge (1954), The Pharaohs' Woman (1960) and Barber of Seville (1961). He died on April 6, 2020 in Rome, Italy.
43. Jolie Gabor
Jolie Gabor was born on September 30, 1896 in Budapest, Austro-Hungarian Empire (now Budapest, Hungary). She is known for Captain Blackjack (1950), The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950) and All Star Revue (1950). She was married to Count Edmond de Szigethy, Peter Howard Christman and Vilmos Gabor. She ...
She was the mother of Magda, Zsa Zsa and Eva Gabor.
44. Zoe Gail
Actress | Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium
Zoe Gail was born on February 20, 1920 in Cape Town, South Africa. She was an actress, known for Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium (1955), No Orchids for Miss Blandish (1948) and Lady Luck (1948). She was married to Bert Bernard and Hubert Gregg. She died on February 20, 2020 in ...
45. Hal Geer
Producer | How Bugs Bunny Won the West
Hal Geer was born on September 13, 1916 in Oronogo, Missouri, USA. He was an editor and producer, known for How Bugs Bunny Won the West (1978), Bugs Bunny: All American Hero (1981) and Bugs Bunny's Mad World of Television (1982). He was married to Carol Jones and Nancy Walker. He died on January 26...
46. Julie Gibson
Self | Sightings
47. Annie Glenn
Self | I've Got a Secret
Annie Glenn was born on February 17, 1920 in Columbus, Ohio, USA. She was married to John Glenn. She died on May 19, 2020 in Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA.
She was the wife of late US astronaut and politician John Glenn.
48. Sid Hartman
Self | ESPN SportsCentury
Sid Hartman was born on March 15, 1920 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. He died on October 18, 2020 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
49. Bobby Hill
50. Bob Hope
Actor | The Ghost Breakers
Comedian Bob Hope was born Leslie Townes Hope in Eltham, London, England, the fifth of seven sons of Avis (Townes), light opera singer, and William Henry Hope, a stonemason from Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. His maternal grandmother was Welsh. Hope moved to Bristol before emigrating with his parents...
51. Dolores Hope
Actress | Soup for Nuts
Dolores Hope was born on May 27, 1909 in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Soup for Nuts (1934), There Were Times, Dear (1985) and The Christophers (1952). She was married to Bob Hope. She died on September 19, 2011 in Toluca Lake, Los Angeles, ...
Bob Hope's wife/widow lived to be 102.
52. 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 ...
The American actress lived to be 104.
53. Katherine Johnson
Self | 1969
Katherine Johnson was born on August 26, 1918 in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, USA. She was married to James Arthur Johnson and James Francis Goble. She died on February 24, 2020 in Newport News, Virginia, USA.
The NASA mathematician profiled in Hidden Figures lived to be 101.
54. Marjorie Johnson
Actress | Spring Night Summer Night
Marjorie Johnson is known for Spring Night Summer Night (1967), Duplicates (1992) and The House Is Burning (2006).
55. Rose Kennedy
Self | Jack: The Last Kennedy Film
Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy was born Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald on July 22, 1890 to Josie Hannon and the future mayor of Boston, John Francis Fitzgerald. She grew up with several brothers and sisters and thanks to her father, the family was very well off. Rose went to a series of Catholic Schools in ...
The mother of President John F. Kennedy, and Senators Bobby and Ted Kennedy lived to be 104.
56. Mac Klein
The owner of Mac's Club Deuce bar in Miami lived to be 101. (Klein once made a guest appearance on an episode of Anthony Bourdain's Parts Unknown.)
57. Durward Knowles
Self | Chartered Course
Durward Knowles was born on November 2, 1917 in Nassau, Bahamas. He died on February 24, 2018 in Nassau, Bahamas.
Sir Durwald Knowles was a Bahamian sailor who shared a gold medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
58. John Kundla
Self | ESPN SportsCentury
John Kundla was born on July 3, 1916 in Star Junction, Pennsylvania, USA. He was married to Marie Fritz. He died on July 23, 2017 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
He lived to be 101.
59. Malva Noevna Landa
Self | Turning Back the Waves
60. 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...
He lived to be 102.
61. 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 ...
62. Nikolay Lebedev
Director | Zvezda
Nikolay Lebedev was born on November 16, 1966 in Kishinyov, Moldavian SSR, USSR [now Chisinau, Moldova]. He is a director and writer, known for The Star (2002), Flight Crew (2016) and The Source of Snakes (1997).
63. Matti Lehtinen
Actor | Fidelio Savonlinnan Oopperajuhlilla
Matti Lehtinen was born on April 24, 1922 in Lappee, Finland. He was an actor, known for Fidelio Savonlinnan Oopperajuhlilla (1967), Windy Day (1962) and The Count (1971). He was married to Airi Johanna Juutilainen. He died on August 16, 2022 in Helsinki, Finland.
64. Bernard Lewis
Self | Charlie Rose
Bernard Lewis was born on May 31, 1916 in London, England, UK. He was married to Ruth Hélène Oppenhejm. He died on May 19, 2018 in Voorhees Township, New Jersey, USA.
The British-American historian lived to be 101.
65. Lily Lian
Actress | The Cut Runs Deep
Lily Lian was born on May 1, 1917 in France. She was an actress, known for The Cut Runs Deep (1999) and La chance aux chansons (1984). She died on May 24, 2020 in Ivry-sur-Seine, Val-de-Marne, France.
The French singer lived to be 103.
66. 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...
The American actor. director and producer lived to be 106.
67. 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, ...
The veteran animator lived to be 105.
68. 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.
The British singer lived to be 103.
69. Dorothy Maclean
Self | Findhorn
Dorothy Maclean was born on January 7, 1920 in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. She was married to John Wood. She died on March 12, 2020 in Findhorn, Moray, Scotland, UK.
70. Mahlaghah Mallah
Self | All My Trees
The Iranian librarian and environmental activist lived to be 104.
71. Margery Mason
Actress | The Princess Bride
Margery Mason was born on September 27, 1913 in Hackney, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Princess Bride (1987), Love Actually (2003) and Les Misérables (1998). She was married to Peter Daminoff. She died on January 26, 2014 in Swiss Cottage, Camden, London, England, UK.
72. Roberta McCain
Self | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Roberta McCain was born on February 7, 1912 in Muskogee, Oklahoma, USA. She was married to John S. McCain Jr.. She died on October 12, 2020 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
The mother of the late US senator John McCain lived to be 108.
73. Hazel McCallion
Self | Hurricane Warning! The Life & Times of Hazel McCallion
Hazel McCallion was born on February 14, 1921 in Port Daniel, Quebec, Canada. She was married to Sam McCallion. She died on January 29, 2023 in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.
The longest-serving former mayor of Mississauga, a city located near Toronto, Canada, lived to be 101.
74. Dave McCoy
Dave McCoy was born on August 24, 1915 in El Segundo, California, USA. He was married to Roma. He died in February 2020 in Bishop, California, USA.
The founder of the Mammoth Mountain Ski Area Resort in eastern California lived to be 104.
75. Fay McKenzie
Actress | The Party
Fay Eunice McKenzie was born February 19, 1918 into a show business family where she was the youngest of two sisters and an actress cousin, and made her screen debut at only ten weeks old in "Station Content" (1918) in which she was carried in the arms of Gloria Swanson. Her parents, Eva & Bob "...
Gene Autry's movie sidekick lived to be 101.
76. Walter Mirisch
Producer | In the Heat of the Night
Walter Mirisch and brothers Marvin Mirisch and Harold Mirisch were one of the most successful producing teams in Hollywood history. Their Mirisch Company produced such diverse hits as Some Like It Hot (1959), The Magnificent Seven (1960), West Side Story (1961), The Great Escape (1963), The Pink ...
The Oscar-winning American movie producer lived to be 101.
77. 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 ...
She lived to be 103.
78. John G. Morris
Self | Fred Lyon: Living Through the Lens
John G. Morris was born on December 7, 1916 in Maple Shade, New Jersey, USA. He was married to Marjorie Smith, Tana Hoban and Mary Adele Crosby. He died on July 28, 2017 in Paris, France.
79. Walter Munk
Self | Spirit of Discovery
Walter Munk was born on October 19, 1917 in Vienna, Austria. He was married to Mary Coakley, Judith Horton and Mary Chapin. He died on February 8, 2019 in La Jolla, California, USA.
The American oceanographer lived to be 101.
80. Yasuhiro Nakasone
Self | Turmoil & Triumph: The George Shultz Years
Yasuhiro Nakasone was born on May 27, 1918 in Takasaki, Gunma, Japan. He was married to Tsutako . He died on November 29, 2019 in Tokyo, Japan.
The former Prime Minister of Japan lived to be 101.
81. Gladys O'Connor
Actress | The Long Kiss Goodnight
Gladys O'Connor was born on November 28, 1903 in East London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996), Billy Madison (1995) and Half Baked (1998). She died on February 21, 2012 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
She lived to be 108.
82. Nelly Omar
Actress | Canto de amor
Nelly Omar was born on September 10, 1911 in Guaminí City, Guaminí, Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was an actress, known for Canto de amor (1940), Melodías de América (1942) and Andartu Terlampau... 21 Hari Mencari Suami! (2010). She died on December 20, 2013 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
She lived to be 102.
83. Juan Orrego Salas
Composer | Confesiones al amanecer
Juan Orrego Salas was born on January 18, 1919 in Santiago de Chile, Chile. He was a composer, known for Confesiones al amanecer (1954) and La caleta olvidada (1958). He died on November 24, 2019 in Bloomington, Indiana, USA.
84. Giuseppe Ottaviani
Actor | Senior's Not Dead
Giuseppe Ottaviani was born on May 20, 1916 in Sant'Ippolito, Marche, Italy. He is an actor, known for Senior's Not Dead (2015) and Festival di Sanremo (1951).
He lived to be 104.
85. 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 ...
The actor and painter lived to be 102.
86. Bill Pitman
Self | The Wrecking Crew!
Bill Pitman was born on February 12, 1920 in Belleville, New Jersey, USA. He is known for The Wrecking Crew! (2008). He was married to Janet Valentine, Mildred Hurty. and Debbie Yajacovic. He died on August 11, 2022 in La Quinta, California, USA.
The American guitarist was a member of the session group The Wrecking Crew. He lived to be 102.
87. Marc Platt
Actor | Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
One of Hollywood's more high-flying dancers on film, dimpled, robust, fair-haired Marc Platt provided fancy footwork to a handful of "Golden Era" musicals but truly impressed in one vigorous 1950s classic.
Born to a musical family on December 2, 1913 in Pasadena, California as Marcel Emile Gaston ...
88. Tao Porchon
Actress | I Married Joan
Tao Porchon was born on August 13, 1918 in Pondicherry, French India [now Puducherry, India]. She was an actress, known for I Married Joan (1952), The Adventures of McGraw (1957) and I Know a Woman Like That (2009). She was married to Bill Lynch. She died on February 21, 2020 in White Plains, New ...
The yoga instructor lived to be 101.
89. Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother
Soundtrack | The Autobiography of a 'Jeep'
Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother was born on August 4, 1900 in St. Paul's Waldenbury, Hertfordshire, England, UK. She was married to King George VI. She died on March 30, 2002 in Windsor, Berkshire, England, UK.
The mother of the late British Queen Elizabeth II and the late Princess Margaret lived to be 101.
90. Red Wing
Actress | The Squaw Man
Red Wing was born on February 13, 1884 on the Winnebago Reservation, Nebraska, USA as Lillian St. Cyr. Her parents were Julia De Cora (Winnebago) and Mitchell St. Cyr (French Canadian and Sauk). She was graduated in 1902 from the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Pennsylvania. Red Wing was an ...
91. 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 ...
She lived to be 104.
92. Livia Rev
Soundtrack | Brakes
Livia Rev was born on July 5, 1916 in Budapest, Hungary. She was married to Pierre Aubé. She died on March 28, 2018 in Paris, France.
The Hungarian concert pianist lived to be 101.
93. Hal Roach
Producer | One Million B.C.
Hal Roach was born in 1892 in Elmira, New York. After working as a mule skinner, wrangler and gold prospector, among other things, he wound up in Hollywood and began picking up jobs as an extra in comedies, where he met comedian Harold Lloyd in 1913 in San Diego. By all accounts, including his own,...
94. David Rockefeller
Self | Empire City
David Rockefeller is an American banker who served as chairman and chief executive of Chase Manhattan Corporation. He was the oldest living member of the third generation of the Rockefeller family, and family patriarch from August 2004 until his death in March 2017. Rockefeller was the youngest ...
He lived to be 101.
95. Jack Rollins
Producer | Match Point
Jack Rollins was born on March 23, 1915 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was a producer and actor, known for Match Point (2005), Cassandra's Dream (2007) and Blue Jasmine (2013). He was married to Pearl (Jane) Rose Levine. He died on June 18, 2015 in Manhattan, New York City, New York,...
96. Betty Rowland
Actress | Love & Kisses
Burlesque dancer and stripper Betty Jane Rowland was born on January 23, 1916 in Columbus, Ohio. Her father was an accountant who lost his job during the Great Depression. Betty and her sisters Dian and Roz Elle all started out as dancers in vaudeville before making the transition into burlesque. ...
She lived to be 106.
97. Jean Rouverol
Actress | It's a Gift
Jean Rouverol was born on July 8, 1916 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. She was a writer and actress, known for It's a Gift (1934), Bar 20 Rides Again (1935) and Guiding Light (1952). She was married to Hugo Butler. She died on March 24, 2017 in Wingdale, New York, USA.
98. Witold Sadowy
Actor | Teatr Telewizji
Witold Sadowy was born on January 7, 1920 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland. He was an actor, known for Television Theater (1953), Wielka milosc Balzaka (1973) and Punkt widzenia (1980). He died on November 15, 2020 in Skolimów, Konstancin-Jeziorna, Mazowieckie, Poland.
99. 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.
She lived to be 105.
100. Alfie Scopp
Actor | Fiddler on the Roof
Alfie Scopp was born on September 15, 1919 in London, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for Fiddler on the Roof (1971), Howdy Doody (1954) and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964). He died on July 24, 2021 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
The voice of Fireball and Charlie-in-the-Box in Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer lived to be 101.
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