1950s TV Stars Who Are Still With Us

Keith Thibodeaux ("I Love Lucy") is still with us. He's 73.

Shelley Fabares and Paul Peterson and most of the sons from My Three Sons. Or is Tim Considine still with us, too?

Also, aren't all 3 kids from Father Knows Best still with us?

R2, did you somehow miss the OP?

June Lockhart

Jon Provost

[quote]most of the sons from My Three Sons. Or is Tim Considine still with us, too?

"MTS" premiered in 1960. And of the four sons, only the Livingston brothers are still alive.

Angela Cartwright of Make Room for Daddy is still with us!

Carol Burnett.

Burnett was cast in a minor role on The Paul Winchell and Jerry Mahoney Show in 1955. She played the girlfriend of a ventriloquist's dummy on the popular children's program. This role led to her starring role opposite Buddy Hackett in the short-lived sitcom Stanley from 1956 to 1957. She also worked as a regular on one of television's earliest game shows, Pantomime Quiz. On January 10, 1958, just as she was achieving her first small successes, her mother died. In October 1960, Burnett debuted at New York City's Blue Angel Supper Club, where she was discovered by scouts for The Jack Paar Show and The Ed Sullivan Show.

Ms Loren is the biggest by far.

Bobby Burgess, Mouseketeer. Later went on to be a regular on The Lawrence Welk Show in the 60s.

Ms Loren was never a TS Star. Not even in the 1950s.

Carol Burnett's biggest early fame came as a regular on The Garry Moore Show.

Patty McCormack was the star of 'Peck's Bad Girl' (1959).

The guy who was in the many loves of Doby Gillis is still alive, although his brother died a few years ago.

No, both Hickman brothers are gone.

R13, Patty McCormack (which doesn't pass spellcheck, BTW) was only 13 when the show first aired.

Tina Louise

Tina Louise has been dead for years.

You're just seeing the Stepford Wives' decaying animatronic in recent years.

It seems to enjoy being photographed holding on to cars while entering Craigs' in WeHo.

Robert Fuller- Laramie 1959-1963

Warren Beatty- The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis 1959

Sheila Kuehl- The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis 1959-1963

Tina Louise is still alive but was never a regular on a 1950s TV series.

Robert Fuller's costar Bobby Crawford from "Laramie" is alive.

Ronnie Howard started as Opie in 1960 so maybe he doesn't count?

Jay North (Dennis the Menace)

R16 I’ve always hated her. Ugly girl with an ugly hairstyle

Everybody died

The Beaver is still alive, show started in 1957

Leave It to Beaver 1959-1963

Jerry Mathers & Rusty Stevens

Dennis the Menace 1959-1963

Jay North & Jeanne Russell

R26 That's Jerry Mathers in the OP

Paul Peterson, Donna Reed Show

Sorry, I missed that but here’s one:

Will Hutchins!

Sugarfoot 1957

Jada Rowland from “The Secret Storm” Eva Marie Saint from “One Man’s Family” Lee Grant from “Search for Tomorrow” Nita Talbot from “Search for Tomorrow” Dennis Parnell from “Love of Life” Don Hastings from “Captain Video” and “The Edge of Night” Rosemary Prinz from “As The World Turns”

R30 Nice catch! The dude is 94.

Sorry, Paul Peterson was mentioned earlier.

Bonnie Bartlett from “Love of Life” Kathleen Widdoes and Joyce Van Patten are both credited with roles on “Young Doctor Malone” in the late 1950s

Elinor Donohue of Father Knows Best is still here at 87,.

Petersen.

Has anybody mentioned Paul Petersen? How about Jerry Mathers?

Patricia Crowley from the early 1950s show “A Date With Judy”

Tuesday Weld, no?

Lee Meriwether was a regular on early 'The Today Show'.

R40 she and her daughter have advanced dementia

The biggest star of all of those mentioned here : Pat Boone

"The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom" 1957 -1960

Kathleen Nolan "The Real McCoys' 1957 to 1962

Kathie Lee "Kathie Lee's Breakfast Club" 1949-1952 on the DuMont Television Network

Jacqueline Beer 77 Sunset Strip

Connie Stevens Hawaiian Eye

Julie Newmar. She was on 'The Phil Silvers Show' (1957) and 'Omnibus' (1959).

R46 She was not " a regular on a US series before 1960.

Wasn't Estelle Parsons one of the original Today Girls?

The Lennon Sisters "The Lawrence Welk Show" 1955 to 1971.

All four are still alive.

Micky Dolenz "Circus Boy" 1956-1957

Ray Anthony "The Ray Anthony Show" 1956

r50 You couldn't even read the original post?

^ Ooops!

Ok, to make up for it: Lydia Reed as Hassie on "The Real McCoys"

Jeannie Carson "The Jeannie Carson Show" 1956

The TV performer still alive that goes back the farthest is Jaye P. Morgan, a regular vocalist on "Stop the Music" 1954-1955.

She also had her own show "The Jaye P. Morgan Show" 1956.

Shirley Jones is still alive. 90 years old.

So is Joanne Woodward who appeared in a lot of 1950s TV (before she became a movie star), unlike Shirley Jones.

[quote]Shirley Jones is still alive. 90 years old.

And what 1950s TV series was she a regular on?

[quote]So is Joanne Woodward who appeared in a lot of 1950s TV (before she became a movie star), unlike Shirley Jones.

Joanne Woodward, Shirley Jones, Julie Newmar have nothing to do with what this thread is about.

Susan Hallaran "Norby" 1955.

It was the first sitcom in color.

It seems there is no one, no TV regular, earlier than 1954.

Leslie Uggams appeared on Beulah in 1951 as Beulah's niece but for only one episode. Uggams might be the only actor still alive who appeared on national TV earlier than '54.

R61 in January 1953 in the I Love Lucy Episode “Lucy Goes to the Hospital” newborn Little Ricky was played by 15 month old twins Joe and Mike Mayer. They played the role until Keith Thibodeaux (Richard Keith) took over in 1955.

As far as I can find the Mayer brothers are still alive. As is as another poster already pointed out, Keith Thibodeaux.

Some of the Mousketeers are still going.

Earl Holliman starred on Hotel de Paree

[quote]As is as another poster already pointed out, Keith Thibodeaux.

Keith Thibodeaux. didn't turn up on the show until 1955.

The 15 month old twins were not actors.

Yes, R65. I stated Thibodeaux took over the role in 1955.

And those twins may not have been “actors”, but they appeared on that show sporadically for 2 years so that must count for something.

Joanne Woodward may have never been a regular on a TV series but her IMDb credits list 39 guest starring episodes on various TV series from 1954 to 1958. That's a lot of TV.

Bingo!

Lugene Sanders for six seasons the daughter on "The Life of Riley" starting in 1953.

I remember Lugene! She was what I accepted as an ideal teenager.

Even her character's name - Babs!

AND Wesley Morgan. Played Lugene's brother Junior Riley. Still with us .

Gigi Perreau was in more than half of the thirty episodes of 'The Betty Hutton Show,' beginning in 1959 when she was 18. She is now known for being Meghan Markle's acting coach.