Methuselahs of the Movies
by yrnej | created - 12 Aug 2018 | updated - 18 Aug 2018 | PublicThe following actors are 90 years or older, and are still kickin' as of 2018. Which do you consider to have had the best career over their many years?
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*to be included the actor must be at least 90 on their birthday in 2018, which is the age listed on each entry
1. 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...
104 years old - 69 acting credits, 39 producing credits on IMDb Career highlights: Saboteur, Spellbound, Limelight, Dead Poets Society, St. Elsewhere
2. 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 ...
102 years old - 60 acting credits on IMDb
Career highlights: The Adventures of Robin Hood, Gone with the Wind, To Each his Own (lead actress Oscar), The Heiress (lead actress Oscar), A Midsummer Night's Dream
3. 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. ...
102 years old - 93 acting credits, 30 producing credits on IMDb
Career highlights: Champion, The Bad and the Beautiful, Lonely Are the Brave, Paths or Glory, Spartacus - honorary Oscar
4. Carol Channing
Actress | Thoroughly Modern Millie
Carol Channing was born January 31, 1921, at Seattle, Washington, the daughter of a prominent newspaper editor, who was very active in the Christian Science movement. She attended high school in San Francisco and later worked as a model in Los Angeles. She attended prestigious Bennington College in...
97 years old - 30 acting credits on IMDb Career highlights: Thoroughly Modern Millie, Hollywood Squares; on Broadway: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Hello, Dolly! (Best Actress Musical Tony), Lorelei - special award Tony in 1968, lifetime achievement Tony in 1995
5. 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 was of Danish, Greek, English, and Welsh descent.
Although she was best known as the devious Sue Ann Nivens on the ...
96 years old - 116 acting credits on IMDb Career highlights: The Mary Tyler Moore Show (supporting actress Emmy), Golden Girls (lead actress Emmy), Hot in Cleveland, The Proposal, known as the "First Lady of Game Shows" - two additional Emmys for guest acting
6. Carl Reiner
Writer | The Dick Van Dyke Show
Carl Reiner is a legend of American comedy, who achieved great success as a comic actor, a director, producer and recording artist. He won nine Emmy Awards, three as an actor, four as a writer and two as a producer. He also won a Grammy Award for his album "The 2,000 Year Old Man", based on his ...
96 years old - 99 acting credits, 25 writing credits, 21 directing credits, 12 producer credits on IMDb
Career highlights: Your Show of Shows/Caesar's Hour (two Emmys), The Dick Van Dyke Show (five Emmys), The Jerk, the Ocean's movies - one additional Emmy for writing and one for guest acting
7. Doris Day
Soundtrack | Love Me or Leave Me
One of America's most loved actresses was born Doris Mary Kappelhoff on April 3, 1922, in Cincinnati, Ohio, to Alma Sophia (Welz), a housewife, and William Joseph Kappelhoff, a music teacher and choir master. Her grandparents were all German immigrants. She had two brothers, Richard, who died ...
96 years old - 43 acting credits, 119 soundtrack credits on IMDb
Career highlights: Calamity Jane, The Man Who Knew Too Much, Pillow Talk, The Doris Day Show - lifetime achievement Grammy
8. Glynis Johns
Actress | Mary Poppins
Glynis Johns was the daughter of actor Mervyn Johns. Best known for her light comedy roles and often playful flirtation, Glynis was born in South Africa while her parents were on tour there (her mother was a concert pianist) but was always proud of her Welsh roots and took delight in playing the ...
95 years old - 91 acting credits on IMDb
Career highlights: Mary Poppins, The Sundowners, 49th Parallel, While You Were Sleeping; on Broadway: A Little Night Music (lead actress musical Tony)
9. 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 ...
94 years old - 80 acting credits on IMDb
Career highlights: On the Waterfront (supporting actress Oscar), North by Northwest, A Hatful of Rain, People Like Us (supporting actress in a special Emmy), Exodus
10. Cicely Tyson
Actress | The Help
Cicely Tyson was born in Harlem, New York City, where she was raised by her devoutly religious parents, who had come from the Caribbean island of Nevis. Her mother Theodosia was a domestic worker and her her father William was a carpenter and painter. Tyson was discovered by a fashion editor at ...
94 years old - 91 acting credits on IMDb
Career highlights: Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All (supporting actress in a movie), The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (lead actress in a special Emmy), Fried Green Tomatoes, The Help; on Broadway: The Trip to Bountiful (lead actress play Tony)
11. Hal Holbrook
Actor | Into the Wild
Hal Holbrook was an Emmy and Tony Award-winning actor who was one of the great craftsmen of stage and screen. He was 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...
93 years old - 133 acting credits on IMDb
Career highlights: All the President's Men, Lincoln (lead actor limited series Emmy), The Firm, Into the Wild; on Broadway: Mark Twain Tonight (lead actor play Tony) - three additional Emmys for specials
12. 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 ...
93 years old - 172 acting credits on IMDb
Career highlights: Lost in Space, Lassie, Petticoat Junction, Meet Me in St. Louis; on Broadway: For Love or Money (performance by a newcomer Tony)
13. Honor Blackman
Actress | Goldfinger
One of four children, Blackman was born in London's East End, to Edith Eliza (Stokes), a homemaker, and Frederick Thomas Blackman, a statistician employed with the Civil Service. She received elocution lessons for her 16th birthday (at her own request), and later attended the Guildhall School of ...
93 years old - 114 acting credits on IMDb
Career highlights: The Avengers, Goldfinger, Jason and the Argonauts, The Upper Hand; on the London stage: Nunsense, My Fair Lady
14. Angela Lansbury
Actress | The Manchurian Candidate
Angela Lansbury was born in 1925 into a prominent family of the upper middle class living in the Regent's Park neighborhood of London. Her father was socialist politician Edgar Isaac Lansbury (1887-1935), a member of both the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) and the Labour Party. Edgar ...
93 years old - 111 acting credits, 29 soundtrack credits on IMDb
Career highlights: The Manchurian Candidate, Murder, She Wrote, Beauty and the Beast; on the London stage and Broadway: Mame (lead actress musical Tony), Dear World (lead actress musical Tony), Gypsy (lead actress musical Tony), Sweeney Todd (lead actress musical Tony), Blithe Spirit (lead and supporting actress play Tonys) - Honorary Oscar
15. 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 model, and Abraham Rosenthal, an educator and realtor. Her father was of Romanian Jewish descent, and her mother was a Russian Jewish immigrant. Lee ...
93 years old - 103 acting credits, 24 directing credits on IMDb
Career highlights: Peyton Place (supporting actress drama Emmy), In the Heat of the Night, Shampoo (supporting actress Oscar), Mulholland Drive, Down and Out in America (documentary Oscar); on Broadway: Two for the Seesaw, The Maids - additional Emmy for acting in a special
16. 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 was entertainer Jerry Van Dyke. His ancestry includes English, Dutch, Scottish, German and Swiss-German. Although he had ...
93 years old - 79 acting credits on IMDb
Career highlights: The Dick Van Dyke Show (four lead actor drama Emmys), Mary Poppins (soundtrack Grammy), Bye Bye Birdie (featured actor Tony), Diagnosis: Murder - additional Emmy for children's program
17. 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 ...
92 years old - 280 acting credits on IMDb
Career highlights: The Last Picture Show (supporting actress Oscar), Young Frankenstein, The Facts of Life, Malcolm in the Middle (two guest actress comedy Emmys), The Mary Tyler Moore Show (two supporting actress comedy Emmys) - five additional Emmys for various projects
18. 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 ...
92 years old - 56 acting credits, 44 acting credits, 27 soundtrack credits, 23 producing credits, 12 directing credits on IMDb
Career highlights: Get Smart, Spaceballs, Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein; on Broadway: The Producers (screenplay Oscar, three Tonys) - three Grammys, four Emmys, earned an EGOT
19. Michel Piccoli
Actor | Le mépris
This suave, elegant character star was a ubiquitous presence in French cinema for nearly seven decades. His distinguished career extended to both stage and screen and his versatility was such that he could take on just about any persona (in his own words: "I do not put on an act... I slip away ...
92 years old - 233 acting credits on IMDb
Career highlights: Belle de jour, Le Mépris, La Belle Noiseuse, Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie, Mauvais sang
20. Sidney Poitier
Actor | In the Heat of the Night
Sidney Poitier was a native of Cat Island, Bahamas, although born, two months prematurely, in Miami during a visit by his parents, Evelyn (Outten) and Reginald James Poitier. He grew up in poverty as the son of farmers, with his father also driving a cab in Nassau. Sidney had little formal ...
91 years old - 55 acting credits on IMDb
Career highlights: Lilies of the Valley (lead actor Oscar), To Sir with Love, In the Heat of the Night, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner; on Broadway: A Raisin in the Sun - one Tony, one Grammy, honorary Oscar
21. 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,...
91 years old - 21 acting credits, 54 soundtrack credits on IMDb
Career highlights: Carmen Jones, Island in the Sun, the Banana Boat Song and Day-O, BlacKkKlansman, known as the "King of Calypso" - Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Oscar, one Emmy, one Tony, three Grammys plus one honorary Grammy
22. 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,...
91 years old - 120 acting credits on IMDb
Career highlights: St. Elsewhere (two lead drama Emmys), Boy Meets World, The Graduate, Knight Rider; on Broadway: 1776, A Little Night Music
23. Jerry Stiller
Actor | The Heartbreak Kid
As the short, straight-man counterpart of the stellar husband-and-wife comedy team "Stiller & Meara", Jerry Stiller and wife Anne Meara were on top of the comedy game in the 1960s, a steady and hilarious presence on television variety, notably The Ed Sullivan Show (1948), on which they appeared 36 ...
91 years old - 113 acting credits on IMDb
Career highlights: Seinfeld, The King of Queens, The Ed Sullivan Show, The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, Hairspray, half of the Stiller and Meara comedy duo
24. 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 ...
91 years old - 68 acting credits on IMDb
Career highlights: The Wayward Wife, Woman of Rome, Sheba and Solomon, The Hunchback of Notre Dame
25. Rosemary Harris
Actress | Spider-Man
Rosemary Harris is an English actress. She has won 4 Drama Desk Awards, and nominated 9 times for Tony Awards. In 1966, she won the "Tony Award for Best Actress" for her role as Eleanor of Aquitaine in "The Lion in Winter". In films, she is better known for portraying May Reilly Parker in the "...
91 years old - 60 acting credits on IMDb
Career highlights: Notorious Woman (lead actress limited series Emmy), Tom & Viv, Spider-Man and sequels; on the London stage and Broadway: The Lion in Winter (actress play Tony), The Seven Year Itch, Hamlet
26. Mitchell Ryan
Actor | Grosse Pointe Blank
American character actor born in Cincinnati and raised in Louisville, Mitchell Ryan was a well known supporting actor in films and television. Joined the Navy in 1951 at age 17 and was later assigned to the Special Services Entertainment and became hooked on acting. After his term in the Navy, he ...
90 years old - 136 acting credits on IMDb
Career highlights: Dark Shadows, Dharma & Greg, Lethal Weapon, North and South; on Broadway: Wait Until Dark
27. 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 ...
90 years old - 196 acting credits on IMDb
Career highlights: White Mischief, Lethal Weapon 2, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Hunt for Red October; on Broadway and London stage: Evita, A Little Night Music
28. Estelle Harris
Actress | Toy Story 2
Estelle Harris was an American actress and comedienne, known for her exaggerated shrill and grating comedic voice. She often worked as a voice actress in animation, voicing supporting characters and guest stars. Her best known roles are the obnoxious mother Estelle Costanza in the sitcom "Seinfeld"...
90 years old - 97 acting credits on IMDb
Career highlights: The Toy Story movies, Seinfeld, The Suite Life of Zack and Cody, Dave the Barbarian, The Brothers Flub
29. Orson Bean
Actor | Being John Malkovich
Orson Bean, the American actor, television personality and author, was born Dallas Frederick Burrows on July 22, 1928 in Burlington, Vermont to George Frederick Burrows, a policeman who later went on to become the chief of campus police at Harvard University, and the former Marion Ainsworth Pollard...
90 years old - 103 acting credits on IMDb
Career highlights: Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, Desperate Housewives, Being John Malkovich, Anatomy of a Murder; on Broadway: Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
30. Marion Ross
Actress | Superhero Movie
The lovely, cheery, continuously upbeat All-American mom from the classic Happy Days (1974) TV sitcom had fervent desires of becoming an actress while growing up in her obscure Minnesota town. Born Marian Ross (with an "a") on October 25, 1928, she grew up in her native state and, at one time, ...
90 years old - 192 acting credits on IMDb
Career highlights: Happy Days, The Glenn Miller Story, The Drew Carey Show, Teacher's Pet, The Evening Star
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