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Here is a list of famous people you didn’t realize are still alive. These old actors and actresses were stars decades ago, but have dropped off the face of the planet in recent years. Maybe you thought it was because they died. It wasn’t. They just had other things to do. This list includes some of the oldest living actors who were once acclaimed by critics and nominated for many prestigious awards, including Kirk Douglas and Dick Van Dyke.
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Richard Wayne “Dick” Van Dyke is an American actor, comedian, writer, singer, dancer, and producer with a career spanning almost seven decades. He is the older brother of Jerry Van Dyke and father of Barry Van Dyke. Van Dyke starred in the films Bye Bye Birdie, Mary Poppins and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang …more
- Age: 91
- Birthplace: West Plains, Missouri, United States of America
- Profession: Comedian, Television producer, Film Producer, Screenwriter, Radio announcer, + more
- Credits: Diagnosis Murder, The Dick Van Dyke Show, Mary Poppins, Night at the Museum
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Ann-Margret is a Swedish-American actress, singer and dancer. As an actress, she is best known for her roles in Bye Bye Birdie, Viva Las Vegas, The Cincinnati Kid, Carnal Knowledge, and Tommy. She has won five Golden Globe Awards and been nominated for two Academy Awards, two Grammy Awards, a Screen …more
- Age: 75
- Birthplace: Stockholm, Sweden
- Profession: Actor, Singer, Dancer
- Credits: Bye Bye Birdie, Tommy, Grumpy Old Men, Any Given Sunday
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Doris Day is an American actress, singer, and animal rights activist. Day began her career as a big band singer in 1939. Her popularity began to rise after her first hit recording “Sentimental Journey”, in 1945. After leaving Les Brown & His Band of Renown to embark on a solo career, Day started her …more
- Age: 93
- Birthplace: Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
- Profession: Television producer, Actor, Singer
- Credits: The Doris Day Show, The Man Who Knew Too Much, Pillow Talk, Calamity Jane
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Melvin James “Mel” Brooks is an American film director, screenwriter, comedian, actor, producer, composer, and songwriter. He is best known as a creator of broad film farces and comic parodies. He began his career as a comic and a writer for the early TV variety show Your Show of Shows. He became well …more
- Age: 90
- Birthplace: New York City, New York, United States of America
- Profession: Television producer, Theatrical producer, Film Producer, Actor, Voice Actor, + more
- Credits: The Producers, Spaceballs, Blazing Saddles, History of the World: Part I
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Sir Roger George Moore is an English actor. He is perhaps best known for playing British secret agent James Bond in seven films between 1973 and 1985 and he is the oldest actor to have played Bond. Moore also portrayed Simon Templar in The Saint from 1962 to 1969. He is a Goodwill Ambassador for the …more
- Age: 89
- Birthplace: Stockwell, London, United Kingdom
- Profession: Television director, Soldier, Television producer, Film Producer, Actor, + more
- Credits: The Spy Who Loved Me, Live and Let Die, For Your Eyes Only, Octopussy
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+7,900–2,063Kim Novak is an American actress. She began her career in 1954 at age 21, and came to prominence almost immediately with a leading role in the film Picnic. Other films from this period of her career include The Man With the Golden Arm, The Eddy Duchin Story, Pal Joey, Jeanne Eagels, the Alfred Hitchcock …more
moreABOUT- Age: 84
- Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Profession: Actor, Artist
- Credits: Vertigo, The Man with the Golden Arm, Picnic, Bell Book and Candle
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+7,347–2,002Tippi Hedren is an American actress, former fashion model and an animal rights activist. She made her film debut in The Birds followed by the title role Marnie. She has been involved with animal rescue at Shambala Preserve, an 80-acre wildlife habitat which she founded in 1983. Hedren was also …more
moreABOUT- Age: 87
- Birthplace: New Ulm, Minnesota, United States of America
- Profession: Fashion Model, Actor
- Credits: The Birds, Marnie, Roar, I Heart Huckabees
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+5,412–1,497Kirk Douglas is an American film and stage actor, film producer and author. After an impoverished childhood with immigrant parents and six sisters, he had his film debut in The Strange Love of Martha Ivers, with Barbara Stanwyck. Douglas soon developed into a leading box-office star throughout the 1950s …more
moreABOUT- Age: 100
- Birthplace: Amsterdam, New York, United States of America
- Profession: Businessperson, Soldier, Film Producer, Author, Actor, + more
- Credits: Spartacus, Paths of Glory, 20, 000 Leagues Under the Sea, The Final Countdown
Photo: Metromedia/via Wikimedia Commons/Public domain 9 of 25
+5,723–1,779Jerry Lewis AM is an American comedian, actor, singer, film producer, screenwriter and film director. He is known for his slapstick humor in film, television, stage and radio. He was originally paired up with Dean Martin in 1946, forming the famed comedy team of Martin and Lewis. In addition to the …more
moreABOUT- Age: 91
- Birthplace: Newark, New Jersey, United States of America
- Profession: Television director, Comedian, Film Producer, Screenwriter, Actor, + more
- Credits: The Nutty Professor, The King of Comedy, The Bellboy, The Colgate Comedy Hour
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+5,244–1,813Olivia Mary de Havilland is a British-born American actress known for her early ingenue roles, as well as her later more substantial roles. Born in Tokyo to English parents, de Havilland and her younger sister, actress Joan Fontaine, moved to California in 1919. She performed as Melanie Hamilton in Gone …more
moreABOUT- Age: 100
- Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan
- Profession: Actor
- Credits: The Adventures of Robin Hood, Gone with the Wind, The Heiress, The Snake Pit
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+1,672–518Dame Angela Brigid Lansbury, DBE is an Anglo-Irish-American actress and singer who has appeared in theatre, television, and films. Her career has spanned seven decades, much of it based in the United States, and her work has attracted international attention. Lansbury was born in central London to …more
moreABOUT- Age: 91
- Birthplace: Poplar, London, United Kingdom
- Profession: Television producer, Author, Actor, Voice acting, Singer, + more
- Credits: Murder, She Wrote, Beauty and the Beast, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, The Manchurian Candidate
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+4,723–1,661Carl Reiner is an American stand-up comedian, actor, director, producer, writer, and singer. He is best known for his role in a comedy duo with Mel Brooks. He is also known for his role on Your Show of Shows, as Alan Brady on The Dick Van Dyke Show, Saul Bloom in the Oceans Trilogy, as the voice of Shep …more
moreABOUT- Age: 95
- Birthplace: New York City, New York, United States of America
- Profession: Television director, Comedian, Television producer, Film Producer, Screenwriter, + more
- Credits: Your Show of Shows, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Thrill of It All, Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid
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+4,562–1,616Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer CC is a Canadian theatre, film and television actor. After making his film debut in 1958’s Stage Struck, Plummer went on to successful film career that has spanned over five decades. Some of his most notable film performances include roles in films such as The Return of …more
moreABOUT- Age: 87
- Birthplace: Toronto, Canada
- Profession: Actor, Voice acting
- Credits: Up, A Beautiful Mind, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Sound of Music
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+4,681–1,674Edward “Ed” Asner is an American film, television, and stage actor, voice actor, and a former president of the Screen Actors Guild. He is primarily known for his Emmy Award-winning role as Lou Grant during the 1970s and early 1980s, on both The Mary Tyler Moore Show and its spin-off series Lou Grant, …more
moreABOUT- Age: 87
- Birthplace: Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
- Profession: Actor, Voice acting
- Credits: Up, Elf, JFK, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Gargoyles, + more
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+4,353–1,695Carol Elaine Channing is an American actress, singer, dancer, comedian, and voice artist. She won the Golden Globe Award and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as Muzzy Van Hossmere in Thoroughly Modern Millie. Other film appearances include playing the …more
moreABOUT- Age: 96
- Birthplace: Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- Profession: Comedian, Actor, Singer
- Credits: Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, Thumbelina, Thoroughly Modern Millie, The Addams Family, The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars, + more
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+4,239–1,654Eva Marie Saint is an American actress and producer. She is known for starring in Elia Kazan’s On the Waterfront, for which she won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, and Alfred Hitchcock’s North by Northwest. She received Golden Globe and BAFTA Award nominations for A Hatful of Rain and won …more
moreABOUT- Age: 92
- Birthplace: Newark, New Jersey, United States of America
- Profession: Actor
- Credits: North by Northwest, Superman Returns, On the Waterfront, Exodus
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+4,265–1,735James Thurston “Jim” Nabors is an American actor and singer. Born and raised in Sylacauga, Alabama, Nabors moved to southern California because of his asthma. While working at a Santa Monica nightclub, The Horn, he was discovered by Andy Griffith and later joined The Andy Griffith Show, playing Gomer …more
moreABOUT- Age: 86
- Birthplace: Sylacauga, Alabama, United States of America
- Profession: Businessperson, Comedian, Actor, Singer
- Credits: Gomer Pyle: USMC, The Jim Nabors Hour, The Jim Nabors Show, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
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