# Bakers Dozen **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 4, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173 "2010-08-04T17:56:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1138
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22744 "2014-02-11T14:38:17Z")
Figure Skating pairs 1. Meryl Davis and Charles White 2. Tai Babilonia and Randy Gardner 3. Torvill and Dean 4. Oleg and Ludmilla Protopopov 5. Chazz Michael Michaels and Jimmy MacElroy 6. Kate Moseley and Doug Dorsey 7. Ekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov 8. Isabelle Brasseur and Lloyd Eisler 9. Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir 10. JoJo Starbuck and Ken Shelley ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22745 "2014-02-11T14:47:27Z")
Figure Skating pairs 1. Meryl Davis and Charles White 2. Tai Babilonia and Randy Gardner 3. Torvill and Dean 4. Oleg and Ludmilla Protopopov 5. Chazz Michael Michaels and Jimmy MacElroy 6. Kate Moseley and Doug Dorsey 7. Ekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov 8. Isabelle Brasseur and Lloyd Eisler 9. Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir 10. JoJo Starbuck and Ken Shelley 11.Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze ---
**Author:** ![Bellhorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@Bellhorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bellhorn)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22746 "2014-02-11T15:22:07Z")
Figure Skating pairs 1. Meryl Davis and Charles White 2. Tai Babilonia and Randy Gardner 3. Torvill and Dean 4. Oleg and Ludmilla Protopopov 5. Chazz Michael Michaels and Jimmy MacElroy 6. Kate Moseley and Doug Dorsey 7. Ekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov 8. Isabelle Brasseur and Lloyd Eisler 9. Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir 10. JoJo Starbuck and Ken Shelley 11.Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze 11. Irina Rodnina and Alexei Ulanov and Alexander Zaitsev (Rodnina is now a Russina Pol and Putin favorite who was part of the Torch-lighting ceremony in Sochi. As a skater, she switched partners during a run of 12 straight World Championships, 3 successive Olympic Golds) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22747 "2014-02-11T22:29:02Z")
Figure Skating pairs 1. Meryl Davis and Charles White 2. Tai Babilonia and Randy Gardner 3. Torvill and Dean 4. Oleg and Ludmilla Protopopov 5. Chazz Michael Michaels and Jimmy MacElroy 6. Kate Moseley and Doug Dorsey 7. Ekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov 8. Isabelle Brasseur and Lloyd Eisler 9. Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir 10. JoJo Starbuck and Ken Shelley 11.Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze 11. Irina Rodnina and Alexei Ulanov and Alexander Zaitsev 12. Helene Engelmann and Alfred Berger Gold medal winners in 1924. In recognition of Shirley Temple’s passing, Actors/Actresses who had major roles in films before 1950 who are still alive. 1. Maureen O’Hara ---
**Author:** ![Bellhorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@Bellhorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bellhorn)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22748 "2014-02-11T23:03:26Z")
**Actors/Actresses who had major roles in films before 1950 who are still alive.** 1. Maureen O’Hara 2. Lauren Bacall (We better do this category quickly… I’m not sure everyone on the list will be alive when we’re done!) ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22749 "2014-02-11T23:07:13Z")
Actors/Actresses who had major roles in films before 1950 who are still alive. 1. Maureen O’Hara 2. Lauren Bacall 3. Luise Rainer (as of this typing. She’s 104) ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22750 "2014-02-11T23:37:32Z")
Actors/Actresses who had major roles in films before 1950 who are still alive. 1. Maureen O’Hara 2. Lauren Bacall 3. Luise Rainer (as of this typing. She’s 104) 4. [Julie Adams](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0011105/) ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22751 "2014-02-11T23:37:51Z")
Actors/Actresses who had major roles in films before 1950 who are still alive. 1. Maureen O’Hara 2. Lauren Bacall 3. Luise Rainer (as of this typing. She’s 104) 4. Angela Lansbury ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22752 "2014-02-11T23:38:45Z")
_ahem_ ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22753 "2014-02-11T23:43:05Z")
Actors/Actresses who had major roles in films before 1950 who are still alive. 1. Maureen O’Hara 2. Lauren Bacall 3. Luise Rainer (as of this typing. She’s 104) 4. Angela Lansbury 5. Julie Adams 6. Olivia deHavilland ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22754 "2014-02-11T23:45:49Z")
Actors/Actresses who had major roles in films before 1950 who are still alive. 1. Maureen O’Hara 2. Lauren Bacall 3. Luise Rainer (as of this typing. She’s 104) 4. Angela Lansbury 5. Julie Adams 6. Olivia deHavilland 7. Mickey Rooney ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2014, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22755 "2014-02-12T00:02:58Z")
Actors/Actresses who had major roles in films before 1950 who are still alive. 1. Maureen O’Hara 2. Lauren Bacall 3. Luise Rainer (as of this typing. She’s 104) 4. Angela Lansbury 5. Julie Adams 6. Olivia deHavilland 7. Mickey Rooney 8. Kirk Douglas Nominated for an Oscar in 1949 ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2014, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22756 "2014-02-12T00:13:42Z")
Actors/Actresses who had major roles in films before 1950 who are still alive. 1. Maureen O’Hara 2. Lauren Bacall 3. Luise Rainer (as of this typing. She’s 104) 4. Angela Lansbury 5. Julie Adams 6. Olivia deHavilland 7. Mickey Rooney 8. Kirk Douglas 9. Lupita Tovar ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2014, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22757 "2014-02-12T01:17:40Z")
Actors/Actresses who had major roles in films before 1950 who are still alive. 1. Maureen O’Hara 2. Lauren Bacall 3. Luise Rainer (as of this typing. She’s 104) 4. Angela Lansbury 5. Julie Adams 6. Olivia deHavilland 7. Mickey Rooney 8. Kirk Douglas 9. Lupita Tovar 10. Robert Blake ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2014, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22758 "2014-02-12T02:03:29Z")
Actors/Actresses who had major roles in films before 1950 who are still alive. 1. Maureen O’Hara 2. Lauren Bacall 3. Luise Rainer (as of this typing. She’s 104) 4. Angela Lansbury 5. Julie Adams 6. Olivia deHavilland 7. Mickey Rooney 8. Kirk Douglas 9. Lupita Tovar 10. Robert Blake 11. Nancy Olsen Made her film debut in 1948. She’s not only still alive but she’s still working. She appeared in [_Dumbbells_](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1978428/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_1), which was released last month. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2014, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22759 "2014-02-12T03:18:08Z")
Actors/Actresses who had major roles in films before 1950 who are still alive. 1. Maureen O’Hara 2. Lauren Bacall 3. Luise Rainer (as of this typing. She’s 104) 4. Angela Lansbury 5. Julie Adams 6. Olivia deHavilland 7. Mickey Rooney 8. Kirk Douglas 9. Lupita Tovar 10. Robert Blake 11. Nancy Olsen 12. Doris Day Made her film debut in 1948. (Since we’re into sparsely populated territory, feel free to include any notable actor who film debuted before 1950- doesn’t have to be a major role.) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2014, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22760 "2014-02-12T04:15:14Z")
I was thinking Betty White. But I checked and I was surprised to see that while she appeared on television as early as 1939, her first film appearance wasn’t until 1962 (and her second film appearance was in 1998). ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2014, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22761 "2014-02-12T04:28:15Z")
Actors/Actresses who had major roles in films before 1950 who are still alive. 1. Maureen O’Hara 2. Lauren Bacall 3. Luise Rainer (as of this typing. She’s 104) 4. Angela Lansbury 5. Julie Adams 6. Olivia deHavilland 7. Mickey Rooney 8. Kirk Douglas 9. Lupita Tovar 10. Robert Blake 11. Nancy Olsen 12. Doris Day 13. Margaret O’Brien Next: James Bond villains and the actors who portrayed them 1. Scaramanga–Christopher Lee ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2014, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22762 "2014-02-12T04:32:42Z")
Next: James Bond villains and the actors who portrayed them 1. Scaramanga–Christopher Lee 2. Auric Goldfinger - Gert Frobe (ironically, I was just about to add Christopher Lee to the list above this one). ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2014, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22763 "2014-02-12T04:36:37Z")
Next: James Bond villains and the actors who portrayed them 1. Scaramanga–Christopher Lee 2. Auric Goldfinger - Gert Frobe 3. Dr. No.-- Joseph Wiseman [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1137) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1139)