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

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

Eva Marie Saint

Sophia Loren

Rita Moreno

Dyan Cannon

Didn't realize that r2. Thanks!

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

Thread over.

Janis Paige Is 101.

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

Ann Blyth is still getting by.

Arlene Dahl

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

Helen Lawson

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

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

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

R9, Arlene Dahl is off the list.

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.

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

Lee Grant and Robert Wagner

Rita Moreno

Shirley Jones

Kim Novak

George Hamilton

Shirley Maclaine

Leslie Caron

Dick van dyke and Mitzi Gaynor

Vera Miles is 94

Gabrielle Carteris

Angie Dickinson and Tippi Hedren

R Kelly

Joanne Woodward.

Claire Trevor is 93

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.

Debra Paget

Peggy Dow

Earl Holliman

George Chakiris

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.

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.

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

Carroll Baker turns 93 next month.

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

Betty Boop

Mother Dolores Hart

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

Nancy Olson looks like a young Frances Feist

Richard Beymer

Russ Tamblyn

Mamie Van Mamie.

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

Kim Novak

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

Wow, didn't know Terry Moore was still around

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

hard to accept really.

R33- His hair is WHITE not gray.

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.

Mel brooks and Bob Newhart and William Shantner

Shatner on a recent Real Time

Mara Corday

Kathleen Hughes

[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)

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

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.

O'Brien age 20 @19:35

Susan Kohner, Sarah Jane from IMITATION OF LIFE.

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.

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.'

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.'

Yvonne Furneaux

Virginia McKenna

Are we including Joan Collins?

^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.

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

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.

Glenn Close.

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!

John Astin was also Glad Hand in WEST SIDE STORY.

And one of Patty Duke's husbands.

And one of Sean Astin's fathers.

And one of my fucks

Lois Smith

Elsa Cardenas

Tuesday Weld

Ann-Margret

Richard Eyer

Sherry Jackson

To me the Golden Age of Hollywood ended about 1949. It was like an age of empire - the studios had total control and ultimate power. There was a tone to the films, drama, comedy or musical. But it ended. The fifties saw change creeping in, the sixties killed the vibe of the old days. So to me there's nobody left from the Golden Age now. Some of the entries above I've never even heard of. But most weren't true stars or representative of that moment in time and history.

Elinor Donahue was one of the little girls in that Margaret O’Brien movie with the Ballerina falling through the trap door. The Forgotren Dance? ………. Jackie Joseph - Jen Berry’s ex and original Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors recently turned 90.

Oh my - my EYES are getting terrible I am SO sorry - I am blind as a bat - The FORGOTTEN Dance!! ^^^

[quote]To me the Golden Age of Hollywood ended about 1949. It was like an age of empire - the studios had total control and ultimate power. There was a tone to the films, drama, comedy or musical. But it ended. The fifties saw change creeping in, the sixties killed the vibe of the old days. So to me there's nobody left from the Golden Age now.

I beg to differ.

Margaret O'Brien (b. 1937) is still alive and was not just a child actress but also a box office star in her own right in the 1940s..

She was so popular, she twice made Quigley's annual list of Top 10 bankable actors (1945, 1946).

She co-starred with Judy Garland in MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS (1944) for which she won a Juvenile Oscar.

She also played 'Beth' in the 1949 version of LITTLE WOMEN co-starring June Allyson, Elizabeth Taylor, and Janet Leigh.

Jill St. John was in Tender is the Night, with Jennifer Jones. Does she count? Only 2 years younger than Natalie Wood.

Morgan Mason, son of James and Pamela Mason. Played the son of Elizabeth Taylor in The Sandpiper (1965). Not quite the Golden Age...married to Belinda Carlisle.

Jack Grinnage, one of the kids in Rebel Without A Cause (1955).

Lois Smith, who played the bar girl in East of Eden (1955) and was in Strange Lady in Town ('55) with Greer Garson - later appeared with Jack Nicholson in Five Easy Pieces (1970).

The Unfinished Dance, r86...

Clint Eastwood was in movies in the late '50s so he should qualify. Roger Corman, who made movies in the '50s.

David Ladd, son of Alan, was a child actor in the '50s.

Marion Ross had small parts and can be seen in The Glenn Miller Story, Lust For Life, Sabrina, Some Came Running, and other '50s films.

Richard Eyer, the kid in Friendly Persuasion, The Desperate Hours, The Invisible Boy.

Jackie Joseph always seemed unpleasant to me; wicked witch resting face. Wasn't she that sourpuss on Doris Day's sitcom?

I remember her going on and on and on about Ken Berry-always overrated in anything he did- on Donahue.

She was never attractive, like a low rent Michelle Lee.

I always kind of liked her.

R91 I'm surprised any actor from East of Eden (1955) is still alive. Lois Smith's scenes with James Dean were very memorable.

Has no one mentioned Mildred Pierce's daughter? b.1928 she appeared in Another Part of the Forest, Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid, Brute Force, The Helen Morgan Story, Our Very Own, Kismet, The Student Prince, and numerous other films during the 40s and 50s

And she did Hostess Twinkies commercials.

R100 Yes, R8 mentioned her.

I know I'll be accused of being the hall monitor by some here but what's the point of naming every actor who was in a movie before 1960 (or whatever year is your yardstick)?

It's those few who were starred ABOVE the title, preferably in more than one A list picture that matter. Thus, my list, cutting off at 1960, only includes:

SOPHIA LOREN

KIM NOVAK

ANN BLYTH

LESLIE CARON

SHIRLEY MAC LAINE

EVA MARIE SAINT

MARGARET O'BRIEN

MITZI GAYNOR

CARROLL BAKER

ROBERT WAGNER

JANIS PAIGE

SHIRLEY JONES

JOANNE WOODWARD

CLAIRE BLOOM

End of Thread.

R103 If you want to make a thread about "those few who were starred above the title," no one's stopping you. This thread is called "Who's still alive from the Golden Age of Hollywood?"

No starlet types r103? Himbos?

No, R103 HAS SPOKEN

Carol Nugent was in 7 films in the '40s. In 'Green Dolphin Street,' she played older Veronica, but didn't get screen credit even though Gigi Perreau (R43) did for the same character.

Honorable mention also to the following who were either above or not far below the title in Hollywood films1960 or before:

Dwayne Hickman

Claude Jarman, Jr.

Claire Bloom

Vera Miles

Shirley Jones

Pat Boone

Barbara Eden

Debra Paget

Tina Louise

Julie Newmar

Constance Towers

Millie Perkins

Jane Fonda

James Darren

Barrie Chase

May Britt

Tommy Sands

Jack Nicholson

Dyan Cannon

Fabian

Richard Beymer

Diane Baker

Connie Stevens

Connie Francis

Nancy Kwan

France Nuyen

George Hamilton

Jill St. John

Frankie Avalon

And Vera Miles had good roles in two of the greatest American films: Psycho and The Searchers. That’s something right there, regardless of whether her name was above the title. Who cares.

I approve pf most of your choices as Honorable Mentions, r108, but if you're including the year 1960 you could add Jane Fonda, Tuesday Weld, Angie Dickinson and Warren Beatty.

And I probably should have included JOAN COLLINS in my list.

Hi R110, Jane Fonda is on my list, and I tried not to add anyone who's already been mentioned. I wanted to include Warren Beatty and Richard Chamberlain for the eye candy, but they just missed the 1960 cut unless we add Chamberlain for 1960's The Secret of the Purple Reef. Hard to believe he's 90 now.

Oops, sorry about that, r111, I do see Jane on your list now.

Much as I'd like, I don't think I can give you Richard Chamberlain but would you accept Earl Holliman? Or Paul Peterson? As a child actor he was in some pretty big films like 1959's Houseboat with Cary and Sophia.

Duly accepted, R112.

Besides being in Psycho and The Searchers, Vera Miles was in Hitchcock's The Wrong Man opposite Henry Fonda, Five Branded Womem, The FBI Story with Jimmy Stewart, Beau James opposite Bob Hope, worked with Van Johnson in 23 Paces to Baker Street and Web of Evidence and Joan in Autumn Leaves.

OK, put Vera Miles on the damned list already!!!

Also the first name on R108 should be Darryl Hickman, not Dwayne.

R108 Dwayne Hickman is dead, Darryl is alive.

R109 Nobody cares but R108

Darryl Hickman is 92. He appeared in "The Grapes of Wrath" (1940) and got himself drowned by Gene Tierney in "Leave Her to Heaven."

One site says "The Golden Age of Hollywood, also known as classical Hollywood cinema, is generally considered to have ended in the mid-1960s. This era began around 1927 with the introduction of sound film and lasted until the 1960s."

I'm inclined to agree, since movies like The Children's Hour, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Spencer's Mountain, and The VIPs, Cleopatra, Charade, My Fair Lady, and The Birds seem to be the last of the studio era type of film, rather than some new style.

Yes, R116, I corrected myself at R115.

Here's Darryl looking great at 85.

That should be addressed to R117 at R120.

Pat Crowley is also still alive (90), though you don't see her on a lot of lists. First big role was in Forever Female (1953), w/Ginger Rogers, William Holden and Paul Douglas. She was in a couple of Martin and Lewis pictures, she's maybe best known for the TV series, Please Don't Eat the Daisies. Guested on a ton of shows, including Family--as the woman Doug Lawrence had an affair with.

Lesser known actress Audrey Dalton, who was Irish born but has lived in the USA since the early 50s. She was in the Stanwyk Titanic picture and a cult sci-fi fave, The Monster that Challenged the World.

She had a lovely face in her day and worked a lot.

Whoops, sorry r39, I see you beat me to it!

I think Audrey Dalton also did a Dragnet episode.

The Golden Age of Hollywood ended when television became the most popular entertainment medium in the 1950s. That was also the decade when the studio system entered terminal decline. Calling movies from the 1960s "Golden Age" makes the term almost meaningless.

[quote]One site says "The Golden Age of Hollywood, also known as classical Hollywood cinema, is generally considered to have ended in the mid-1960s. This era began around 1927 with the introduction of sound film and lasted until the 1960s."

See R59

But is Abby Dalton still with us?

She was all over TV in the late 50s/early 6os, famous as Joey Bishop's TV wife and for her sexy over-bite.

And what about Nita Talbot?

Why don't you try looking them up?

Ruta Lee. Played one of the the brides in Seven Brides For Seven Brothers (1955). Ty Power's love interest in Witness For The Prosecution (1957).

If the golden age continued into the 60s then--Veronica Cartwright.

Patrick Wayne (son of John) - had some decent parts in the '50s, in Mister Roberts and The Searchers, for ex.

OP- You should have started a thread-

What Dataloungers are still alive from Hollywood’s Golden Age?

R85, Elinor Donahue was also in 'Tenth Avenue Angel'(1948) starring Margaret O'Brien.

Paul Sand is 92 and was everywhere during the 1970s.

...Which is not the Golden Age of Hollywood.

Hayley Mills

Rosemary Harris. She was in at least one Hollywood film (though made in England) in the '50s - Beau Brummell, with Stewart Granger and Elizabeth Taylor.