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Michael Musto's List of Oldest Entertainers

1. CAREN MARSH DOLL (Judy Garland’s stand-in in The Wizard of Oz and Ziegfeld Girl; pictured), 104

2. JUNE SPENCER (BBC radio legend), 104

3. RAY ANTHONY (Former bandleader who was once married to Mamie Van Doren, who's now 93 ),102

4. JANIS PAIGE (Delightful star of stage and screen musicals and a Mary Tyler Moore episode), 101

5. JACQUELINE WHITE (Unsung Hollywood actress), 101

6. JANE MORGAN (Recording artist and Broadway star), 99

7. GLORIA STROOCK (McMillan & Wife and other shows), 99 8. EVA MARIE SAINT (Oscar winner), 99

9. MARIA RIVA (Actor/Author/Marlene Dietrich’s daughter), 99

10. JUNE LOCKHART (Best known for “Lassie” and “Lost in Space”), 98

11. ALAN BERGMAN (Wrote classic songs with late wife Marilyn and was also a performer), 98

12. LEE GRANT (Oscar winning actor, also a director), 98

13. DICK VAN DYKE (The legend), 98

14. GENE SHALIT (mustachioed film critic), 98

15. PETER MARSHALL (Hollywood Squares host), 98

16. BAMBI LINN (Dancer, actor and choreographer, was in the original production of Oklahoma!), 97

17. DAVID ATTENBOROUGH (Biologist, historian, broadcaster and author), 97

18. MEL BROOKS (The comic genius), 97

19 HELEN GALLAGHER (Ryan’s Hope star and Tony winner for No, No, Nanette), 97

20. TERENCE KILBURN (One-time child actor), 97

by Anonymousreply 61April 16, 2024 3:49 AM

Did he get paid to publish this somewhere?

by Anonymousreply 1April 7, 2024 1:57 AM

William Daniels is 97.

by Anonymousreply 2April 7, 2024 1:59 AM

It would be more interesting oldest entertainers still working.

by Anonymousreply 3April 7, 2024 2:08 AM

Good evening. You were a bit faulty with your formatting for Eva Marie Saint. I think we can forgive you though.

by Anonymousreply 4April 7, 2024 2:09 AM

[quote] It would be more interesting oldest entertainers still working.

Fuck off.

by Anonymousreply 5April 7, 2024 2:10 AM

Where the fuck am I?

Oh, wait…

by Anonymousreply 6April 7, 2024 2:48 AM

where is Joy Behar on the list?

by Anonymousreply 7April 7, 2024 2:48 AM

Joy is only 80.

by Anonymousreply 8April 7, 2024 3:14 AM

How many of them have active OnlyFans accounts?

by Anonymousreply 9April 7, 2024 3:20 AM

[quote] How many of them have active OnlyFans accounts?

Well Dick Van Dyke is his porn name. So…

by Anonymousreply 10April 7, 2024 3:23 AM

Anne Vernon from The Umbrellas of Cherbourg is 100

by Anonymousreply 11April 7, 2024 3:25 AM

Caren Marsh Doll turned 105 today.

by Anonymousreply 12April 7, 2024 3:25 AM

Invalid list! Catherine Zeta-Jones isn't on it

by Anonymousreply 13April 7, 2024 3:26 AM

^^^^

That's because she is still 31.

by Anonymousreply 14April 7, 2024 3:30 AM

Musto himself is close to making the list 🤪🤭🤭

by Anonymousreply 15April 7, 2024 3:31 AM

The Barbra Thorndyke actress is in her 90s. Shame he didn't have her on the list.

by Anonymousreply 16April 8, 2024 3:30 AM

That's what I was thinking too, R3. Wonder why most of them haven't booked much work lately.

by Anonymousreply 17April 8, 2024 3:46 AM

Timoro Hashikourito is 104.

by Anonymousreply 18April 8, 2024 4:19 AM

Gallagher...

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by Anonymousreply 19April 8, 2024 4:23 AM

Here's MM with Little Rhoda from "The Bad Seed" in 1999 -

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by Anonymousreply 20April 8, 2024 2:39 PM

Maria Riva was already old when she was promoting her Marlene Mommie Dearest book 30 YEARS AGO.

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by Anonymousreply 21April 8, 2024 2:58 PM

So young.

by Anonymousreply 22April 8, 2024 3:00 PM

Peggy Dow is around 97, I think

by Anonymousreply 23April 8, 2024 4:46 PM

I thought Gene Shalit was dead, but good for him! Loved him when I was a kid.

by Anonymousreply 24April 8, 2024 4:50 PM

^ I thought he was too.

by Anonymousreply 25April 8, 2024 4:57 PM

I wonder how many journalists who orbited fame like Musto and Perez Hilton are now struggling to place content and make any money in this new media economy. It must be rough.

by Anonymousreply 26April 8, 2024 5:14 PM

Datalounge has a more complete archive of the aged.

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by Anonymousreply 27April 8, 2024 5:27 PM

R24 & R25, Gene Shalit makes an appearance on all these related threads. Do try to keep up,

by Anonymousreply 28April 8, 2024 6:37 PM

R28 Not all of us on the DL hang out at senior centers.

by Anonymousreply 29April 8, 2024 9:47 PM

What year was this old list from? Most are dead now.

by Anonymousreply 30April 8, 2024 9:54 PM

[quote] Not all of us on the DL hang out at senior centers.

DL IS a senior center.

by Anonymousreply 31April 8, 2024 10:02 PM

R31 Only certain threads (like this one).

by Anonymousreply 32April 8, 2024 10:08 PM

So young.

by Anonymousreply 33April 8, 2024 11:14 PM

[quote] Not all of us on the DL hang out at senior centers.

Yet you found your way here.

by Anonymousreply 34April 8, 2024 11:46 PM

^ I enjoyed MM since his days on Geraldo's old talk show.

by Anonymousreply 35April 9, 2024 6:16 AM

Michael Musto was always one ugly ass motherfucker. That make explain why he was always a bitchy and bitter old queen.

by Anonymousreply 36April 9, 2024 6:44 AM

William Russell, the first male companion in 'Doctor Who' back in the 1960's, is 99 (will be 100 in November).

He made a cameo in the new series a couple of years ago (and made the Guinness Book of Records).

He's also the father of Alfred Enoch ('Harry Potter' and 'How to Get Away with Murder'):

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by Anonymousreply 37April 9, 2024 7:42 AM

Only on DL are old and outdated lists featured like its new

by Anonymousreply 38April 9, 2024 11:23 AM

Singer Barbara Dane turns 97 next month

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by Anonymousreply 39April 9, 2024 3:12 PM

Some of us never seem to age. Right, boys?

by Anonymousreply 40April 9, 2024 5:48 PM

Did we miss Vera Miles? She’s 94, so I guess she’s not yet among the very oldest.

by Anonymousreply 41April 14, 2024 3:57 AM

Barbara Bain is approaching 93 years of age.

by Anonymousreply 42April 14, 2024 4:11 AM

Helen Gallagher actually has *two* Tony Awards. The first was for the Pal Joey revival, about 20 years prior to Nanette.

by Anonymousreply 43April 14, 2024 4:20 AM

He left out Leontyne Price, 97

by Anonymousreply 44April 14, 2024 4:21 AM

I thought Gene Shalit was a film critic.

by Anonymousreply 45April 14, 2024 5:07 AM

Lee Grant (born Lyova Haskell Rosenthal) October 31, during the mid-1920s[a] (age 96–98).

by Anonymousreply 46April 14, 2024 5:10 AM

Is she 96 or 98?

by Anonymousreply 47April 14, 2024 5:10 AM

Alfie Enoch’s father is 100 years old? Fuck me.

by Anonymousreply 48April 14, 2024 6:40 AM

R48, yes, Alfie Enoch is from William Russell's 2nd marriage. He fathered Alfie in the late 1980's when he was in his mid-60's. Alfie's mother is Brazilian.

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by Anonymousreply 49April 14, 2024 7:17 AM

Alfie is so handsome.

by Anonymousreply 50April 14, 2024 8:48 AM

He left out Nancy Olson, Abbe Lane and Gale Gordon. All in their 90s.

by Anonymousreply 51April 16, 2024 1:29 AM

I hadn't realized Shalit, Marshall and Attenborough were, in fact, still with us.

by Anonymousreply 52April 16, 2024 1:37 AM

R51 Gale Gordon has been dead for years.

by Anonymousreply 53April 16, 2024 1:38 AM

21. Madonna

by Anonymousreply 54April 16, 2024 1:51 AM

Nancy Olson 7 months ago.

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by Anonymousreply 55April 16, 2024 1:53 AM

95-year-old Nancy Olson could easily pass for 75 or 80.

by Anonymousreply 56April 16, 2024 2:04 AM

I know some 75 year old women. No.

by Anonymousreply 57April 16, 2024 2:08 AM

R55 That young woman is so dumb. Couldn't she have at least held the book up properly and said the title? What a contrast between her and the gracious Nancy Olson.

by Anonymousreply 58April 16, 2024 2:09 AM

Ok, R57, Nancy Olson looks very good for 95. Let's leave it at that.

by Anonymousreply 59April 16, 2024 2:22 AM

wow Lee Grant is old!

by Anonymousreply 60April 16, 2024 3:39 AM

These fuckers are so old they fart dust!

by Anonymousreply 61April 16, 2024 3:49 AM
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