Oldest Living Actors and Celebrities 2020

1. Norman Lloyd

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...

Born 11/8/14, age 105

2. Olivia de Havilland

Actress | The Heiress

Olivia Mary de Havilland was born 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 ...

Born 7/1/16, age 104

Sister of actress Joan Fontaine

3. 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 ...

Born 10/17/17, age 102

4. Dusty Anderson

Actress | A Thousand and One Nights

Dusty Anderson was born on December 17, 1918 in Toledo, Ohio, USA as Ruth Laura Anderson. She is an actress, known for A Thousand and One Nights (1945), The Phantom Thief (1946) and Cover Girl (1944). She was previously married to Jean Negulesco and Charles Louis Arthur Mathieu Jr.

Born 12/17/18, age 101

5. Nehemiah Persoff

Actor | An American Tail

Born in 1919 in Jerusalem, Nehemiah Persoff immigrated 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 ...

Born 8/2/19, age 100

6. Marge Champion

Actress | The Party

One of the great dancer and choreographers in both movies and stage, Marge Champion is best known today 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 now works as a dance teacher ...

Born 9/2/19, age 100

7. George Shultz

Self | The League

George Shultz was born on December 13, 1920 in New York City, New York, USA as George Pratt Shultz. He has been married to Charlotte Mailliard Shultz since August 15, 1997. He was previously married to Helena Maria O'Brien.

Born 12/13/20, age 99

Economist and businessman who served in various cabinet positions under 3 different U.S. presidents

8. Jack Rader

Actor | The Blob

Jack Rader was born on February 23, 1921 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an actor, known for The Blob (1988), Outbreak (1995) and Braddock: Missing in Action III (1988).

Born 2/23/21, age 99

9. Prince Philip

The Good Life

Prince Phillip was born on 10 June 1921 as a Prince of Greece and Denmark. His family was deposed and he lived in France and finally went to boarding school in Gordonstoun in Scotland. Eventually he sent his boys there. When he was 18 he met 13 year old Princess (later Queen) Elizabeth, his third ...

Born 6/10/21, age 99

Was born as Prince of Greece and Denmark; he and Queen Elizabeth II have been married for 71 years; retired from royal duties in August 2017

10. Iris Apfel

Self | Iris

Iris Apfel was born on August 29, 1921 in Astoria, Queens, New York City, New York, USA as Iris Barrel. She is an actress, known for Iris (2014), Carol Alt's Living Room (2018) and Bill Cunningham New York (2010). She was previously married to Carl Apfel.

Born 8/29/21, age 98

11. Lois Ranson

Actress | Meet the Missus

Lois Ranson was born on November 7, 1921 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Meet the Missus (1940), Money to Burn (1939) and Earl of Puddlestone (1940).

Born 11/7/21, age 98

12. 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 ...

Born 11/8/21, age 98

13. Jackie Stallone

Actress | Beach Babes from Beyond

Jackie Stallone was born on November 29, 1921 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA as Jacqueline Labofish. She is an actress, known for Beach Babes from Beyond (1993), The Appointment (1996) and Stallone's Knockouts (1990). She has been married to Levine, Stephen Marcus since November 13, 1998....

Born 11/29/21; age 98

Mother of actors Sylvester Stallone and Frank Stallone

14. Betty White

Actress | The Proposal

Betty White was born in Oak Park, Illinois, to Christine Tess (Cachikis), a homemaker, and Horace Logan White, a lighting company executive for the Crouse-Hinds Electric Company. She is of Danish, Greek, English, and Welsh descent.

Although best known as the devious Sue Ann Nivens on the classic ...

Born 1/17/22, age 98

15. 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...

Born 1/20/22, age 98

Last surviving member of the Glenn Miller Orchestra

16. 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...

Born 4/7/22, age 98

17. Helen Mowery

Actress | The Fighting Frontiersman

Helen Mowery was born on April 25, 1922 in Casper, Wyoming, USA as Helen Emily Inkster. She was an actress, known for The Fighting Frontiersman (1946), All About Eve (1950) and Across the Badlands (1950). She was married to Dale Murell Webster and Francis Mitchell Mowery. She died on July 14, 2008 ...

Born 4/25/22, age 98

18. Joan Copeland

Actress | Brother Bear

Joan Copeland, the sister of famed playwright Arthur Miller, is a renowned actress in her own right. She made her name on Broadway, debuting there in 1945 to begin a career that lasted more than 60 years. She also had a long career on television, where she appeared in a number of that medium's most...

Born 6/1/22, age 98

Sister of famed playwright Arthur Miller

19. Pierre Cardin

Costume_department | The Avengers

Pierre Cardin was born on July 7, 1922, near Venice, Italy, to the parents of French origin. His father was a wine maker and was preparing his son to take over the family trade. Young Cardin was fond of ballet and theatre, he was dreaming of an acting career, and was also fascinated with the beauty...

Born 7/2/22, age 98

French fashion designer

20. Norman Lear

Writer | All in the Family

Norman Lear is a World War II veteran, actor, writer, producer, director, and creator of such legendary sitcoms that defined and revolutionized American television.

Norman Milton Lear was born in New Haven, Connecticut, to Enie/Jeanette (Sokolovsky) and Hyman "Herman" Lear, a traveling salesman. His...

Born 7/27/22, age 97

21. 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...

Born 9/16/22, age 97

22. Bert I. Gordon

Director | Empire of the Ants

Bert I. Gordon, affectionately nicknamed "Mr. B.I.G." by Forrest J. Ackerman, produced, directed, and wrote more than twenty-five Sci/Fi and Horror features, such as The Magic Sword (1962), The Amazing Colossal Man (1957), Village of the Giants (1965), The Cyclops (1957), in addition to comedies ...

Born 9/24/22, age 97

23. Martha Stewart

Actress | In a Lonely Place

Born in rural Kentucky she and her family relocated to Brooklyn where her father worked as a businessman. Following her high school graduation she was recommended to partake in a singing contest held by a local radio station from friends and was so successful that she worked professionally as a ...

Born 10/7/22, age 97

24. Larry Storch

Actor | The Great Race

As a kid in the 1930s growing up in a tough New York neighborhood, kinetic wiseguy Larry Storch took in the multi-ethnic flavor of his surroundings and started blurting out various accents as a juvenile to provoke laughs and earn attention. Little did he know that this early talent would take him ...

Born 1/8/23, age 97

25. Chuck Yeager

Actor | The Right Stuff

The first pilot to break the sound barrier, born in Myra, West Virginia. He trained as a fighter pilot, flying over 60 missions in Europe. On March 5, 1944, Yeager was shot down over France, fought with the Maquis, escaped over the Pyrenees carrying a wounded airman. On 14 October 1947, Yeager flew...

Born 2/13/23, age 97

First pilot to fly faster than the speed of sound (i.e., he broke the sound barrier)

26. Gloria Henry

Actress | Air Hostess

New Orleans-born second-string actress Gloria Henry was born Gloria Eileen McEniry on April 2, 1923, and lived on the edge of the Garden District growing up. Educated at the Worcester Art Museum School, she moved to Los Angeles in her very late teens and worked on a number of radio shows and ...

Born 4/2/23, age 97

27. Henry Kissinger

Tomorrow Never Dies

Henry Kissinger was born on May 27, 1923 in Fürth, Bavaria, Germany as Heinz Alfred Kissinger. He is an actor, known for Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), Brother's Keeper (1998) and Dynasty (1981). He has been married to Nancy Maginnes since March 30, 1974. He was previously married to Ann Fleisher.

Born 5/27/23, age 97

Former U.S. Secretary of State, former U.S. National Security Adviser; winner of 1973 Nobel Peace Prize

28. Jimmy Lydon

Actor | Strange Illusion

Born to a large Irish Catholic family (the fifth of nine children) and raised in New York City, Lydon overcame a birth defect and alcoholic father to begin a Broadway career in 1937, acting opposite Van Heflin, Sidney Lumet and Uta Hagen in separate productions. After a number of films with ...

Born 5/30/23, age 97

29. Bob Dole

Mr. & Mrs. Bridge

Bob Dole was born on July 22, 1923 in Russell, Kansas, USA as Robert Joseph Dole. He is an actor, known for Mr. & Mrs. Bridge (1990), National Geographic Explorer (1985) and Murphy Brown (1988). He has been married to Elizabeth Dole since December 6, 1975. He was previously married to Phyllis ...

Born 7/22/23, age 96

Former U.S. senator; presidential and vice-presidential nominee

30. Rhonda Fleming

Actress | Out of the Past

A native-born Californian, Rhonda Fleming attended Beverly Hills public and private schools. Her father was Harold Cheverton Louis (1896-1951). Her mother, Effie Olivia Graham (1891-1985), was a famous model and actress in New York. She has a son (Kent Lane), two granddaughters (Kimberly and Kelly)...

Born 8/10/23, age 96

31. Glynis Johns

Actress | Mary Poppins

Husky voiced Glynis is 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 ...

Born 10/5/23, age 96

32. Bob Barker

Producer | The New Price Is Right

For 35 years Bob Barker had been the host of The New Price Is Right (1972) game show. Not only is it the highest-rated daytime game show, it's 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 the show's ...

Born 12/12/23, age 96

Hosted "The Price is Right" a record 35 years

33. Mike Nussbaum

Actor | Men in Black

Mike Nussbaum was born on December 29, 1923 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is an actor, known for Men in Black (1997), Fatal Attraction (1987) and House of Games (1987). He was previously married to Annette Brenner.

Born 12/29/23, age 96

34. Carole Cook

Actress | Sixteen Candles

Actress Carole Cook showed a knack for comic timing from early on, so much so that the legendary Lucille Ball took her on as a protégée. Cook would make many appearances on Ball's TV shows The Lucy Show (1962) and Here's Lucy (1968), as well as other shows like Magnum, P.I. (1980), Dynasty (1981), ...

Born 1/14/24, age 96

35. Noreen Nash

Actress | Phantom from Space

Noreen Nash was born on April 4, 1924 in Wenatchee, Washington, USA as Norabelle Jean Roth. She is an actress and writer, known for Phantom from Space (1953), Giant (1956) and The Devil on Wheels (1947). She was previously married to James Whitmore and Dr. Lee Edward Siegel.

Born 4/4/24, age 96

36. Leslie Phillips

Actor | Venus

A much-loved comic actor who has specialized in playing plummy, quintessentially English stereotypes, Leslie Phillips' heart was in acting from a very young age. He received elocution lessons as a child in order to lose his natural cockney accent (at that time a regional British accent was a major ...

Born 4/20/24, age 96

37. Priscilla Pointer

Actress | Blue Velvet

Though character actress Priscilla Pointer may be better known as the mother of Amy Irving, she has enjoyed a major stage, film and TV career herself for over four decades. The New York-born performer was trained on the stage and appeared in several tours and Broadway shows, including "A Streetcar ...

Born 5/18/24, age 96

Mother of actress Amy Irving

38. Eva Marie Saint

Actress | On the Waterfront

Actress and producer Eva Marie Saint was born on July 4, 1924 on Newark, New Jersey. She is known for starring in Elia Kazan's On the Waterfront (1954), for which she won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, and Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest (1959). Her film career also includes ...

Born 7/4/24, age 96

39. Jimmy Carter

Actor | The American President

Jimmy Carter was born on October 1, 1924 in Plains, Georgia, USA as James Earl Carter Jr. He has been married to Rosalynn Carter since July 7, 1946. They have four children.

Born 10/1/24, age 95

39th President of the United States

40. Joyce Randolph

Actress | The Honeymooners

Joyce Randolph was born on October 21, 1924 in Detroit, Michigan, USA as Joyce Sirola. She is an actress, known for The Honeymooners (1955), Everything's Jake (2000) and Toast of the Town (1948). She was previously married to Richard Charles.

Born 10/21/24, age 95

41. Maria Riva

Actress | Scrooged

Maria Riva was born on December 13, 1924 in Berlin, Germany as Maria Elisabeth Sieber. She is an actress, known for Scrooged (1988), The Scarlet Empress (1934) and Suspense (1949).

Born 12/13/24, age 95

Is the daughter of iconic actress Marlene Dietrich

42. Cicely Tyson

Actress | The Help

Cicely Tyson was born in Harlem, New York City, where she was raised by her devoutly religious parents, from the Caribbean island of Nevis. Her mother, Theodosia, was a domestic, and her father, William Tyson, was a carpenter and painter. She was discovered by a fashion editor at Ebony magazine and...

Born 12/19/24, age 95

43. Hal Holbrook

Actor | Into the Wild

Hal Holbrook is an Emmy- and Tony-Award winning actor who is one of the great craftsman of stage and screen. He is best known for his performance as Mark Twain, for which he won a Tony and the first of his ten Emmy Award nominations. Aside from the stage, Holbrook made his reputation primarily on ...

Born 2/17/25, age 95

44. June Lockhart

Actress | Lost in Space

Born in New York City on June 25, 1925, the daughter of actors Gene Lockhart and Kathleen Lockhart, June Lockhart made her professional debut at age eight in a Metropolitan Opera production of "Peter Ibbetson", playing Mimsey in the dream sequence. In the mid-1930s, the Lockharts relocated to ...

Born 6/25/25, age 95

45. Virginia Patton

Actress | It's a Wonderful Life

Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Virginia Patton was raised in Portland, Oregon, where she graduated from Jefferson High School in 1942. Her high school goal was to "make it in Hollywood". She relocated to Los Angeles and attended the University of Southern California, where she starred in a play written ...

Born 6/25/25, age 95

46. Cara Williams

Actress | The Defiant Ones

This perky, talented, blue-eyed redhead had acting aspirations from the get-go. She was born in Brooklyn on June 29, 1925, as Bernice Kamiat, to an Austrian Jewish father and a Russian Jewish mother. Cara began performing as a child and continued into her teens. After her parents' divorce, she ...

Born 6/29/25, age 95

47. Mikis Theodorakis

Composer | Z

Mikis Theodorakis was born in the Greek island of Chios, in 1925. The exact same year that the other great composer of Greece was born in Xanthi, Manos Hatzidakis. He fought during the 2nd World War, and he was captured at the city of Tripoli. He was tortured, but when he was set free, he joined ...

Born 7/29/25, age 94

Greek songwriter and composer who has written over 1000 songs

48. Arlene Dahl

Actress | Journey to the Center of the Earth

Elegance and femininity are fitting descriptions for Arlene Dahl. She is considered to be one of the most beautiful actresses to have graced the screen during the postwar period. Audiences were captivated by her breathtaking beauty and the way she used to it to her advantage, progressing from ...

Born 8/11/25, age 94

Mother of actor Lorenzo Lamas

49. Michel Bouquet

Actor | Renoir

Michel Bouquet is an actor born in the 14th arrondissement of Paris on the 6 November 1925. His father, Georges Bouquet, was a World War One veteran and a wine-maker. His mother Marie was a milliner. He had three older brothers: Georges, Bernard and Serge. Michel's father was always a shadowy ...

Born 11/6/25, age 94

French actor who is a two-time Cesar Award winner; is still acting and recently completed a film in early 2020

50. Angela Lansbury

Actress | The Manchurian Candidate

Angela Lansbury was born on October 16, 1925 in Regent's Park, London, England as Angela Brigid Lansbury. She is an actress and producer, known for The Manchurian Candidate (1962), Anastasia (1997) and Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971). She was previously married to Peter Shaw and Richard Cromwell.

Born 10/16/25, age 94

51. Lee Grant

Actress | In the Heat of the Night

Academy Award-winner Lee Grant was born Lyova Haskell Rosenthal on October 31, 1925 in Manhattan, New York City, to Witia (Haskell), a teacher and actress, and Abraham Rosenthal, an educator and realtor. Her father was of Romanian Jewish descent, and her mother was a Russian Jewish immigrant. Lee ...

Born 10/31/25, age 94

Mother of actress Dinah Manoff

52. Carla Balenda

Actress | Prince of Pirates

Carla Balenda was born on November 22, 1925 in Carthage, New York, USA as Sally Bliss. She is an actress, known for Prince of Pirates (1953), The Whip Hand (1951) and The Mickey Rooney Show (1954).

Born 11/22/25, age 94

53. Dick Van Dyke

Actor | Mary Poppins

Dick Van Dyke was born Richard Wayne Van Dyke in West Plains, Missouri, to Hazel Victoria (McCord), a stenographer, and Loren Wayne Van Dyke, a salesman. His younger brother is entertainer Jerry Van Dyke. His ancestry includes English, Scottish, German, Swiss-German, and Dutch. Although he'd had ...

Born 12/13/25, age 94

Brother of actor Jerry Van Dyke

54. Robert Clary

Actor | The Bold and the Beautiful

Born in France, Robert Clary early suffered the pangs of war, being interned in a Nazi concentration camp as a child. After WWII he became a singing star in France, and in 1949 came to the United States to promote his career. He appeared on The Ed Wynn Show (1949); still learning English he ...

Born 3/1/26, age 94

55. Alan Greenspan

Self | The Men Who Built America

Alan Greenspan was born on March 6, 1926 in New York City, New York, USA. He has been married to Andrea Mitchell since April 6, 1997. He was previously married to Barbara Joan Mitchell.

Born 3/6/26, age 94

Economist and former Chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve

56. Gene Shalit

Actor | Mystery!

Gene Shalit was born on March 25, 1926 in New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for Mystery! (1980), To Tell the Truth (1969) and SpongeBob SquarePants (1999).

Born 3/25/26, age 94

57. Peter Marshall

Self | The Hollywood Squares (Daytime)

Peter Marshall was born on March 30, 1926 in Huntington, West Virginia, USA as Ralph Pierre LaCock. He is an actor and writer, known for The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1965), Annie (1982) and Harold Robbins' 79 Park Avenue (1977). He has been married to Laurie Marshall since August 19, 1989. He ...

Born 3/30/26, age 94

58. Roger Corman

Actor | The Silence of the Lambs

Roger William Corman was born April 5, 1926, in Detroit, Michigan. Initially following in his father's footsteps, Corman studied engineering at Stanford University but while in school, he began to lose interest in the profession and developed a growing passion for film. Upon graduation, he worked a...

Born 4/5/26, age 94

59. Shecky Greene

Actor | History of the World: Part I

On March 24th, 2020, Shecky Greene was inducted into the National Comedy Hall of Fame . He was voted by 100 Hollywood luminaries in various areas of entertainment along with many members of the esteemed Friar's Club for his induction. The ceremony took place in Las Vegas, Nevada. Greene received an...

Born 4/8/26, age 94

60. Jane Withers

Actress | Giant

During the early times of the Depression when life was more famine than feast, child stars became the blue plate special of the day, served up by Hollywood to help nourish a nation besieged with troubles. Following 20th Century-Fox monumental success with Shirley Temple in the early 1930s, every ...

Born 4/12/26, age 94

61. Queen Elizabeth II

The Good Life

Queen Elizabeth II was born on April 21, 1926 in 17 Bruton Street, Mayfair, London, England as Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor (Her Royal Highness Princess Elizabeth Alexandra Mary of York). She has been married to Prince Philip since November 20, 1947. They have four children.

Born 4/21/26, age 94

Queen of the United Kingdom; longest-lived and longest reigning British monarch; is also the oldest and longest-serving current head of state; has been married to Prince Philip for 71 years

62. Cloris Leachman

Actress | The Last Picture Show

The legendary actress set a record when at age 82, she appeared on Dancing with the Stars (2005). Cloris Leachman was born on April 30, 1926 in Des Moines, Iowa to Berkeley Claiborne "Buck" Leachman and the former Cloris Wallace. Her father's family owned a lumber company, Leachman Lumber Co. She ...

Born 4/30/26, age 94

63. Val Bisoglio

Actor | The Frisco Kid

Val Bisoglio was born on May 7, 1926 in New York City, New York, USA as Italo Valentino Bisoglio. He is an actor, known for The Frisco Kid (1979), Saturday Night Fever (1977) and Quincy M.E. (1976).

Born 5/7/26, age 94

64. David Attenborough

Self | Blue Planet II

Born 8 May 1926, the younger brother of actor Lord Richard Attenborough. He never expressed a wish to act and, instead, studied Natural Sciences at Cambridge University, graduating in 1947, the year he began his two years National Service in the Royal Navy. In 1952, he joined BBC Television at ...

Born 5/8/26, age 94

Brother of actor Richard Attenborough

65. Yvonne Furneaux

Actress | Repulsion

Eclectic is the qualificative that best defines the career of Yvonne Furneaux. Born in Roubaix (a big industrial town in the North of France) in 1926, the little girl was immediately placed under the sign of bilingualism, her father being English and her mother French. As a result, once this ...

Born 5/11/26, age 94

66. Marilyn Knowlden

Actress | Show Boat

In 1931, a one-day effort by Marilyn Knowlden's attorney father led to an interview, a next-day screen test and a large part for four-year-old Marilyn in one of the early "talkies", Women Love Once (1931). A ten-year movie career followed, where she played the daughter of such stars as Claudette ...

Born 5/12/26, age 94

67. Mel Brooks

Actor | Spaceballs

Mel Brooks was born Melvin Kaminsky on June 28, 1926 in Brooklyn, New York. He served in WWII, and afterwards got a job playing the drums at nightclubs in the Catskills. Brooks eventually started a comedy act and also worked in radio and as Master Entertainer at Grossinger's Resort before going to ...

Born 6/28/26, age 94

68. Carleton Carpenter

Actor | The Whistle at Eaton Falls

Actor, songwriter ("Christmas Eve"), composer and author, educated at Bennington (VT) High School. He appeared on Broadway, in "Bright Boy", "Three to Make Ready", and "John Murray Anderson's Almanac". He appeared on television, and made many records. He wrote special material for Debbie Reynolds, ...

Born 7/10/26, age 94

69. Norman Jewison

Director | In the Heat of the Night

Norman Frederick Jewison was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, to Dorothy Irene (Weaver) and Percy Joseph Jewison, who managed a post office and a convenience store. His mother was an English immigrant, and his father was of English and Ulster-Scots descent. Jewison got his BA at Victoria College, ...

Born 7/21/26, age 93

70. Tony Bennett

Soundtrack | Jurassic World

Tony Bennett, one of the legends of jazz and popular music who served during the Second World War and then developed a career spanning over half a century, is now giving another concert tour across the United States and Europe.

He was born Anthony (Antonio) Dominick Benedetto on August 3, 1926, in ...

Born 8/3/26, age 93

71. Betty Lynn

Actress | The Andy Griffith Show

Missouri born-and-bred Betty Ann Lynn was born in Kansas City. Her name is as light, breezy and innocent as the characters she played on film and TV. She is pleasantly remembered for playing TV's sweet-as-apple-pie "Thelma Lou" who had the tough end of the bargain as the ever-patient girlfriend of ...

Born 8/29/26, age 93

72. Irene Papas

Actress | The Guns of Navarone

Irene Papas was born on September 3, 1926 in Chilimodion, Corynth, Greece as Eiríni Lelékou. She is an actress, known for The Guns of Navarone (1961), The Message (1976) and Ilektra (1962).

Born 9/3/26, age 93

73. Biff McGuire

Actor | Serpico

Biff McGuire was born on October 25, 1926 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA as William Joseph McGuire Jr. He is an actor and writer, known for Serpico (1973), The Thomas Crown Affair (1968) and Firebird 2015 AD (1981). He has been married to Jeannie Carson since November 29, 1960.

Born 10/25/26, age 93

74. Barbara Rush

Actress | It Came from Outer Space

The epitome of poise, charm, style and grace, beautiful brunette Barbara Rush was born in Denver, Colorado in 1927 and enrolled at the University of California before working with the University Players and taking acting classes at the Pasadena Playhouse. It didn't take long for talent scouts to ...

Born 1/4/27, age 93

75. Kenneth Anger

Director | Fireworks

Kenneth Anger grew up in Hollywood and started out as a child actor, but his interest in filmmaking was evident at an early age: he made his first film, Who Has Been Rocking My Dreamboat (1941) , at age 9. Anger developed into one of the pioneers of the American underground film movement. His ...

Born 2/3/27, age 93

76. Sidney Poitier

Actor | In the Heat of the Night

A native of Cat Island, The Bahamas (although born, two months prematurely, in Miami during a visit by his parents), Poitier grew up in poverty as the son of farmers Evelyn (nee Outten) and Reginald James Poitier, who also drove a cab. He had little formal education and at the age of 15 was sent to...

Born 2/20/27, age 93

First Black man to win an Academy award for Best Actor; father of actress Sydney Poitier

77. Harry Belafonte

Actor | Bobby

Harold George Belafonte was born on March 1, 1927 in New York City. He was educated at the New York Dramatic Workshop. He grew up in Jamaica, British West Indies, and did folk-singing in nightclubs and theaters, and on television and records. His debut was at the Village Vanguard in New York. Also,...

Born 3/1/27, age 93

Father of actress Shari Belafonte and actress-producer Gina Belafonte

78. William Daniels

Actor | St. Elsewhere

William Daniels is an American actor, born in Brooklyn, New York City. He was born in 1927, to bricklayer David Daniels and his wife Irene.

Daniels was a member of the singing Daniels family in Brooklyn. He made his television debut in 1943 at the age of 16, as part of a variety act. That same year,...

Born 3/31/27, age 93

79. Peter Mark Richman

Actor | Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan

Before he became an actor, Mark Richman played football for two years in a Pennsylvania league called the Eastern Pro Conference. Sidelined by a serious knee injury, he became a registered pharmacist and managed a Rosemont, Pennsylvania, drug store for a year. His interests later turned to acting ...

Born 4/16/27, age 93

80. Pat Carroll

Actress | The Little Mermaid

She has played everything from chatterbox wives to wicked stepsisters on TV, and from Gertrude Stein to Shakespeare's Falstaff on stage. At age 80 plus, the plucky comedienne shows no signs of stopping any time soon. The riotous Pat Carroll was born in Shreveport, Louisiana in 1927, the daughter of...

Born 5/5/27, age 93

81. Mort Sahl

Actor | Johnny Cool

Crowned as leading the new breed of modern comedians by Time magazine in 1960, Mort Sahl is the first entertainer ever to appear on its cover. Before comedy clubs existed, Sahl began performing at the hungry i music club in San Francisco in the early 1950s. He differed from other comedians, ...

Born 5/11/27, age 93

82. Michael Constantine

Actor | My Big Fat Greek Wedding

Award-winning Greek-American actor Michael Constantine (born 22 May 1927) is best known for his portrayal of the Windex bottle-toting family patriarch "Gus Portokalos" in the sleeper hit My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002). Before his appearance in that movie and the subsequent TV series based on it, ...

Born 5/22/27, age 93

83. Gina Lollobrigida

Actress | Notre-Dame de Paris

Gina Lollobrigida was born on July 4, 1927 in Subiaco, Italy. Destined to be called "The Most Beautiful Woman in the World", Gina possibly had St. Brigid as part of her surname. She was the daughter of a furniture manufacturer, and grew up in the pictorial mountain village. The young Gina did some ...

Born 7/4/27, age 93

84. Doc Severinsen

Soundtrack | Sharky's Machine

Doc Severinsen was born on July 7, 1927 in Arlington, Oregon, USA as Carl Hilding Severinsen. He is known for his work on Sharky's Machine (1981), Isn't She Great (2000) and Gracie (2007). He has been married to Emily Marshall since May 17, 1980. He was previously married to Evonne Nyman and Jane ...

Born 7/7/27, age 93

85. Ed Ames

Actor | Daniel Boone

Born Malden, Massachusetts on July 9, 1927 (real name Urick), Ed, Vic Ames, Gene Ames and Joe Ames were sons of Ukrainian Jewish parents and four of nine children. They were very poor but Ed attended Boston Public Latin School along with brother Joe. The singing group, The Ames Brothers, was formed...

Born 7/9/27, age 93

86. Ann Blyth

Actress | Mildred Pierce

The dark, petulant beauty of this petite American film and musical star worked to her advantage, especially in her early dramatic career. Anne Marie Blythe was born of Irish stock to Harry and Annie (nee Lynch) Blythe on August 16, 1927 in Mt. Kisco, New York. Her parents split while she was young ...

Born 8/16/27, age 92

87. L.Q. Jones

Actor | The Edge

Tall, sandy haired, mustachioed actor from Texas born Justus McQueen, who adopted the name of the character he portrayed in his first film, Battle Cry (1955). Jones, with his craggy, gaunt looks, first appeared in minor character roles in plenty of WWII films including The Young Lions (1958), The ...

Born 8/19/27, age 92

88. Norm Crosby

Actor | Grown Ups 2

Norm Crosby was born on September 15, 1927 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Grown Ups 2 (2013), Cougar Club (2007) and Alright Already (1997). He has been married to Joan Crane Foley since November 1, 1966. They have two children.

Born 9/15/27, age 92

89. Rosemary Harris

Actress | Spider-Man

Rosemary Harris was born on September 19, 1927 in Ashby, Suffolk, England as Rosemary Ann Harris. She is an actress, known for Spider-Man (2002), Spider-Man 2 (2004) and Spider-Man 3 (2007). She was previously married to John Ehle and Ellis Rabb.

Born 9/19/27, age 92

90. Tommy Lasorda

Actor | Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco

Tommy Lasorda was one of the best managers in baseball until his retirement in July 1996. He was involved with the Los Angeles Dodgers for over 50 years. He managed the team from 1976 to 1996. He retired due to a heart attack. He thought being a manager would be too stressful.

Born 9/22/27, age 92; manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers for 20 years

91. Eileen Ryan

Actress | Feast

Eileen Ryan was born on October 15, 1927 in New York City, New York, USA as Eileen Rose Annucci. She is an actress, known for Feast (2005), Parenthood (1989) and Eight Legged Freaks (2002). She was previously married to Leo Penn.

Born 10/15/27, age 92

Mother of actors Sean Penn and Chris Penn

92. Estelle Parsons

Actress | Bonnie and Clyde

The charming, witty, and immeasurably gifted Estelle Parsons was born November 20, 1927 in Lynn, Massachusetts, to Elinor and Eben Parsons. She attended the Oak Grove School for Girls in Maine, and later graduated from Connecticut College in 1949. She worked as a singer with a band before she ...

Born 11/20/27, age 92

93. Walter Mondale

Self | The Reagan Presidency

Walter Mondale was born on January 5, 1928 in Ceylon, Minnesota, USA as Walter Frederick Mondale. He was previously married to Joan Adams.

Born 1/5/28, age 92

42nd Vice-President of the United States

94. Mitchell Ryan

Actor | Grosse Pointe Blank

American character actor born in Cincinnati and raised in Louisville, Mitchell Ryan is a well known supporting actor in films and television. During his term in the Navy in 1951, he was assigned to the Special Services Entertainment and became hooked on acting. After his term in the Navy, he ...

Born 1/11/28, age 92 (some sources say he was born in 1934)

95. Joanne Linville

Actress | Star Trek

Joanne Linville made her mark on television from the 1950s-1980s, appearing in such respected anthology series as Studio One (1948), Kraft Television Theatre (1947) and Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955), among others. While her film work consisted mainly of smaller character roles and she never had ...

Born 1/15/28, age 92

96. Roger Mudd

Writer | CBS Reports

Roger Mudd was born on February 9, 1928 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA as Roger Harrison Mudd. He is a writer and actor, known for CBS Reports (1959), Time Machine: True Stories of the NYPD (2000) and What's It All About? (1973). He was previously married to Emma Jeanne Spears.

Born 2/9/28, age 92

97. Conrad Janis

Actor | The Cable Guy

Conrad Janis was born on February 11, 1928 in New York City, New York, USA as Conrad Janowitz. He is an actor and director, known for The Cable Guy (1996), Airport 1975 (1974) and Bad Blood (2012). He has been married to Maria Grimm since November 30, 1987. He was previously married to Ronda Copland...

Born 2/11/28, age 92

98. Paul Dooley

Actor | Hairspray

Dooley was a keen cartoonist as a youth and drew a strip for a local paper in Parkersburg, West Virginia. He joined the Navy before discovering acting while at college. Moving to New York, he soon found success as a regular on the stage. Also having an interest in comedy, Dooley was a stand-up ...

Born 2/22/28, age 92

99. Tempest Storm

Actress | Mundo depravados

A staple for many years at the El Ray Berlesk theater in Oakland, Tempest Storm had a name suiting her past. She had run away from her home in Eastman, Georgia, after surviving abuse as a child and a rape by a local gang. Ariving in Studio City, Tempest got along well, managing not only on her ...

Born 2/29/28, age 92

100. Joss Ackland

Actor | The Hunt for Red October

Joss Ackland, the distinguished English actor who has appeared in over 100 movies, scores of plays and a plethora of television programs in his six-decade career, was born Sidney Edmond Jocelyn Ackland on February 29, 1928, in North Kensington, London. After attending London's Central School of ...

Born 2/29/28, age 92