# Entertainment Folks Over 90 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 29, 2002, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entertainment-folks-over-90/100805 "2002-03-29T19:48:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2002, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entertainment-folks-over-90/100805/1 "2002-03-29T19:48:22Z")
End of the day, end of the week, I’m bored . . . What with Milton Berle and Billy Wilder dying, I thought I’d compile a list (in no particular order) of show-biz folk 90 years or older: Leni Riefenstahl Bob Hope Anita Page Kitty Carlise Hart Fay Wray Charles Lane Katharine Hepburn Frances Dee Buddy Ebsen Penny Singleton Eddie Albert Luise Rainer Elia Kazan Artie Shaw Gloria Stuart Ronald Reagan Simone Simon Karl Malden Hume Cronyn Jane Wyatt Jules Dassin ---
**Author:** ![DAVEW0071](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19b73/32.png) [@DAVEW0071](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DAVEW0071)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2002, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entertainment-folks-over-90/100805/2 "2002-03-29T20:09:37Z")
I met Kitty Carlisle Hart once, over 20 years ago. It was at a reception at the college president’s home. She was a regal looking lady, with great charm, poise, and grace. A nice memory. Thank you for spurring that thought, **Eve**. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2002, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entertainment-folks-over-90/100805/3 "2002-03-29T20:13:36Z")
The only person on that list I know is Anita Page, who was an MGM starlet from about 1928–1932. She’s a great gal, very funny and full of stories about her costars (Lon Chaney, Wm. Haines, Clark Gable, Joan Crawford, Buster Keaton, John Gilbert!). ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Rhosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@Sir\_Rhosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Rhosis)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2002, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entertainment-folks-over-90/100805/4 "2002-03-29T23:46:02Z")
Bruce Bennett (Herman Brix), born 1909 One-time Tarzan, “Treasure of The Sierra Madre,” etc. Also, not to hijack, but I think I have heard that Bob Hope, for whatever reason, falsified his records to show he was born in 1903, when he was really born in 1901, thus making him already 100 years of age. Anybody know if this is true? Sir Rhosis ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entertainment-folks-over-90/100805/5 "2002-04-05T10:52:00Z")
Is Stanley Donen still alive? ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entertainment-folks-over-90/100805/6 "2002-04-05T14:55:48Z")
I see Buddy Ebsen on your list. I noticed in the paper that he had a birthday recently. (I think he was 94.) [SNL reference] You know why he outlived 'em all? 'Cause he was a _dancer!_ [/SNL reference] It’s interesting to imagine what The Wizard of Oz would’ve been like if Ebsen hadn’t been allergic to the Tin Man makeup. _Whee doggies,_ Dorothy! ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entertainment-folks-over-90/100805/7 "2002-04-05T15:29:54Z")
Blondie (Penny Singleton) is STILL alive? I wonder if Baby Dumpling got her longevity genes? ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entertainment-folks-over-90/100805/8 "2002-04-05T18:12:18Z")
Katharine Hepburn, b. 1907. You know, I recently saw _Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner_ (1969) and was surprised to see that she had noticable Parkinson’s tremors. My recollection is that speculation about her disease came about the time she starred in _On Golden Pond_ (1981). Is my memory faulty? In 1969 I wasn’t old enough to really be coherant about anyone’s medical conditions, movie star or not. According to IMDb, Kate holds the record of being the actress with the most Oscar nominations and most Oscar wins, which I didn’t know. ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2002, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entertainment-folks-over-90/100805/9 "2002-04-07T15:25:09Z")
**Rilchiam** , Stanley Donen is only 78. And **Eve** doesn’t like mentioning him. I was going to add [Anna Lee](http://us.imdb.com/Name?Lee,+Anna+(I)) to the list, but IMDB says she was born in January 1913. Oh, so close! Professor Irwin Corey turned 90 in January. Millvina Dean, who counts as “entertainment folk” because she has appeared in documentaries about the _Titanic_, turned 90 in February.