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Who's still alive from the Golden Age of Hollywood?

Let's make a list.

Nancy Olson.

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by Anonymousreply 81May 5, 2024 9:34 AM

Caren Marsh Doll who was Judy's stand-in for TWOO is still alive at 104.

by Anonymousreply 1April 2, 2024 12:32 AM

Eva Marie Saint

Sophia Loren

Rita Moreno

Dyan Cannon

by Anonymousreply 2April 2, 2024 12:36 AM

Didn't realize that r2. Thanks!

by Anonymousreply 3April 2, 2024 12:36 AM

June Lockhart and Margaret O’Brien, both in Meet Me in St. Louis and both still alive.

by Anonymousreply 4April 2, 2024 12:44 AM

Thread over.

by Anonymousreply 5April 2, 2024 12:48 AM

Janis Paige Is 101.

by Anonymousreply 6April 2, 2024 1:04 AM

Shirley Jones just turned 90. Shirley MacLaine will be 90 at the end of this month.

by Anonymousreply 7April 2, 2024 1:05 AM

Ann Blyth is still getting by.

by Anonymousreply 8April 2, 2024 1:05 AM

Arlene Dahl

by Anonymousreply 9April 26, 2024 1:35 AM

R2 Eva Marie Saint will turn 100 this July 4th.

by Anonymousreply 10April 26, 2024 1:47 AM

Helen Lawson

by Anonymousreply 11April 26, 2024 1:52 AM

What’s the cutoff for the golden age? Do we include the 1960s stars?

Do we include Julie Andrews? Carol Burnett? Barbara Streisand?

by Anonymousreply 12April 26, 2024 2:04 AM

r12 I consider the 1950s the final decade, as I associate "Golden Age" with the studio system.

by Anonymousreply 13April 26, 2024 2:06 AM

R9, Arlene Dahl is off the list.

by Anonymousreply 14April 26, 2024 2:56 AM

Is Nancy Olson like the blonde Jane Wyman? They were both in Pollyanna, and I remember thinking as a kid how identical they looked in their appearance, only one was blonde and the other was brunette.

by Anonymousreply 15April 26, 2024 3:48 AM

Patty McCormack is a youngster, still, at age 78.

by Anonymousreply 16April 26, 2024 3:52 AM

Lee Grant and Robert Wagner

by Anonymousreply 17April 26, 2024 4:09 AM

Rita Moreno

Shirley Jones

Kim Novak

George Hamilton

by Anonymousreply 18April 26, 2024 4:11 AM

Shirley Maclaine

Leslie Caron

by Anonymousreply 19April 26, 2024 4:12 AM

Dick van dyke and Mitzi Gaynor

by Anonymousreply 20April 27, 2024 1:28 AM

Vera Miles is 94

by Anonymousreply 21April 27, 2024 2:24 AM

Gabrielle Carteris

by Anonymousreply 22April 27, 2024 2:30 AM

Angie Dickinson and Tippi Hedren

by Anonymousreply 23April 27, 2024 4:18 AM

R Kelly

by Anonymousreply 24April 27, 2024 5:14 AM

Joanne Woodward.

by Anonymousreply 25April 27, 2024 5:17 AM

Claire Trevor is 93

by Anonymousreply 26April 28, 2024 8:46 PM

Sophia Loren really is the last remaining icon...Mitzi Gaynor and Margaret O'Brien were A-list movie stars also, for a time and have some classic films in their repertoire. Oh and Catherine Zeta Jones, still only 33.

by Anonymousreply 27April 28, 2024 9:11 PM

Debra Paget

by Anonymousreply 28April 28, 2024 9:13 PM

Peggy Dow

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by Anonymousreply 29April 28, 2024 9:14 PM

Earl Holliman

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by Anonymousreply 30April 28, 2024 9:18 PM

George Chakiris

by Anonymousreply 31April 28, 2024 9:22 PM

Claire Trevor is 93 if this were 2003, but she died in 200 so it's a moot point.

I've always thought the Golden Age ended in 1959 but Universal was still putting people under contract through the mid1960s. I think a good marker is when the MPAA came out with movie ratings, whenever that was.

And I'm still angry that the Academy has been spending precious Special Oscar resources on people with scant filmographies. Irene Donne? Marsha Hunt? Shame on them.

by Anonymousreply 32April 28, 2024 9:25 PM

R31 Up until just recently George Chakiris was still dyeing his hair dark brown or black, which made him look sad. He finally went grey, which makes more sense since he is now 91.

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by Anonymousreply 33April 28, 2024 9:32 PM

R32 I meant Claire Bloom - my brain cells are trickling away

by Anonymousreply 34April 28, 2024 9:34 PM

Carroll Baker turns 93 next month.

by Anonymousreply 35April 28, 2024 9:39 PM

I could not think of one other Claire, so perhaps mine are too.

by Anonymousreply 36April 28, 2024 9:51 PM

Betty Boop

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by Anonymousreply 37April 28, 2024 9:54 PM

Mother Dolores Hart

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by Anonymousreply 38April 28, 2024 11:17 PM

Audrey Dalton, who co-starred in 1953 Titanic with Robert Wagner

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by Anonymousreply 39April 28, 2024 11:22 PM

Nancy Olson looks like a young Frances Feist

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by Anonymousreply 40April 28, 2024 11:26 PM

Richard Beymer

Russ Tamblyn

by Anonymousreply 41April 29, 2024 1:09 AM

Mamie Van Mamie.

by Anonymousreply 42April 29, 2024 1:11 AM

Child star Gigi Perreau (b.1941), now famous for being Meghan Markle's acting coach.

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by Anonymousreply 43April 29, 2024 2:33 AM

Kim Novak

by Anonymousreply 44April 29, 2024 3:00 AM

Terry Moore, now 95, has TWO upcoming gigs, according to IMDb.

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by Anonymousreply 45April 29, 2024 3:01 AM

Wow, didn't know Terry Moore was still around

by Anonymousreply 46April 29, 2024 3:03 AM

Bruce Vilanch was a writer for the 1989 Oscars with Rob Lowe and Snow White, and when all the geriatric Golden Age stars were trotted out. This is pretty funny.

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by Anonymousreply 47April 29, 2024 3:09 AM

Gena Rowlands 93 She worked with Rock Hudson, Kirk Douglas, Judy Garland, Frank Sinatra, Burt Lancaster, Jose Ferrer, James Garner, Ben Gazzara and Bette Davis

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by Anonymousreply 48April 29, 2024 3:14 AM

Astounding how many more of the survivors are women.

I'd say the only true A Listers left are Sophia Loren, Kim Novak, Leslie Caron, Eva Marie Saint, Joanne Woodward and Margaret O'Brien, who when she was a star was HUGE.

by Anonymousreply 49April 29, 2024 3:14 AM

Terry Kilburn, who played Tiny Tim in the 1938 version of A Christmas Carol

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by Anonymousreply 50April 29, 2024 3:16 AM

Peggy McIntyre (b. 1932) was in both 'The Best Years of Our Lives' and 'I Remember Mama.' Her last credit was at age 22.

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by Anonymousreply 51April 29, 2024 3:18 AM

wow...... this list is really down to very few.

hard to accept really.

by Anonymousreply 52April 29, 2024 3:19 AM

R33- His hair is WHITE not gray.

by Anonymousreply 53April 29, 2024 3:26 AM

R49, Margaret O'Brien was in an episode of 'Adam-12 (S3, Ep12) when she was 33 and I didn't recognize her until I looked up the cast on IMDb. It will be coming up soon on MeTV as they're back to season one. 'Adam-12' is also on another retro channel (FeTV?). Margaret O;Brien, now 87, also has two credits listed as in post-production on IMDb.

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by Anonymousreply 54April 29, 2024 3:32 AM

Mel brooks and Bob Newhart and William Shantner

by Anonymousreply 55April 29, 2024 4:44 AM

Shatner on a recent Real Time

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by Anonymousreply 56April 29, 2024 4:56 AM

Mara Corday

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by Anonymousreply 57April 29, 2024 4:56 AM

Kathleen Hughes

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by Anonymousreply 58April 29, 2024 5:04 AM

[quote]I've always thought the Golden Age ended in 1959 but Universal was still putting people under contract through the mid1960s. I think a good marker is when the MPAA came out with movie ratings, whenever that was.

Hollywood's Golden Age coincides with the Motion Picture Production Code (aka 'Hayes Code') which lasted from 1934 to 1968, when it was abolished and replaced with the ratings system (G. PG, R, X; later PG-13, NC-17).

SILENT FILMS (1890s - 1927)

PRE-CODE HOLLYWOOD (1927-1934)

GOLDEN AGE (1934 - 1968)

NEW HOLLYWOOD (1968 - 1980)

by Anonymousreply 59April 29, 2024 5:38 AM

Golden Age was Our Dancing Daughters to the Story Of Esther Costello.

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by Anonymousreply 60April 29, 2024 5:42 AM

Jimmy Thompson (b. December 9, 1923) was not a star, but he performed this popular number from SINGIN' IN THE RAIN and recently turned 100 several months ago.

As a gayling, I used to rewind this scene ad nauseam, because I thought he was so handsome.

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by Anonymousreply 61April 29, 2024 5:49 AM

O'Brien age 20 @19:35

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by Anonymousreply 62April 29, 2024 6:04 AM

Susan Kohner, Sarah Jane from IMITATION OF LIFE.

by Anonymousreply 63April 29, 2024 7:15 AM

Mel Brooks, Bob Newhart and William Shanter (or Shatner) may be older than dirt but they were never part of the Golden Age of Hollywood.

by Anonymousreply 64April 29, 2024 12:35 PM

Child star Sandy Descher (b. 1945) has 50 credits to her credit despite retiring at age 23. Probably best known for playing the screaming little girl in 'Them,' she also played the screaming little girl in 'The Bad and the Beautiful' and the daughter of Elizabeth Taylor's character in 'The Last Time I Saw Paris.'

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by Anonymousreply 65April 30, 2024 2:18 AM

R59, if the '60s are included in The Golden Age, Candace Hilligoss (b.1935), best known for 'Carnival of Souls,' is still living, despite also starring in 'The Curse of the Living Corpse,' co-starring Roy Scheider. Let's just say he was a much better actor by the time he did 'Jaws.'

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by Anonymousreply 66April 30, 2024 1:16 PM

Yvonne Furneaux

Virginia McKenna

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by Anonymousreply 67May 1, 2024 4:53 AM

Are we including Joan Collins?

by Anonymousreply 68May 1, 2024 5:07 AM

^The only thing golden about Joan are the showers she use to take from wealthy men during the 50-70s to pay her rent, sweetheart.

by Anonymousreply 69May 1, 2024 6:29 AM

Kathryn Grant b.1933 aka Kathryn Crosby appeared in films of the 50s: Anatomy of a Murder, Operation Mad Ball, Mister Cory, The Brothers Rico, 1001 Arabian Nights, The Phenix City Story, 5 Against the House . . . Married Bing in 1957

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by Anonymousreply 70May 5, 2024 12:38 AM

Golden Age to me is until the very early 60s at most. Once movies become more risque and the code lost its power (about 1962) it ushered in a new era.

by Anonymousreply 71May 5, 2024 1:23 AM

Glenn Close.

by Anonymousreply 72May 5, 2024 1:28 AM

I’m sure that I missed it up there - John Astin. Loved him driving Doris Day to that motel in ASBURY Park in That Touch of Mink!

by Anonymousreply 73May 5, 2024 4:43 AM

John Astin was also Glad Hand in WEST SIDE STORY.

by Anonymousreply 74May 5, 2024 4:51 AM

And one of Patty Duke's husbands.

by Anonymousreply 75May 5, 2024 8:48 AM

And one of Sean Astin's fathers.

by Anonymousreply 76May 5, 2024 8:54 AM

And one of my fucks

by Anonymousreply 77May 5, 2024 9:00 AM

Lois Smith

by Anonymousreply 78May 5, 2024 9:29 AM

Elsa Cardenas

by Anonymousreply 79May 5, 2024 9:30 AM

Tuesday Weld

by Anonymousreply 80May 5, 2024 9:32 AM

Ann-Margret

by Anonymousreply 81May 5, 2024 9:34 AM
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