# is this the oldest actress/actor in the world?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 14, 2008, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-oldest-actress-actor-in-the-world/441356 "2008-03-14T13:07:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Wildfire\_MM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f08c70/32.png) [@Wildfire\_MM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wildfire_MM)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2008, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-oldest-actress-actor-in-the-world/441356/1 "2008-03-14T13:07:14Z")

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Gerda Ring, born 1891, dead 1999, 107 years old

are there any actor-actress older than this ?

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**Author:** ![Schnitte](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/schnitte/32/9033_2.png) [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2008, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-oldest-actress-actor-in-the-world/441356/2 "2008-03-14T13:39:51Z")

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The world’s oldes human ever, [Jeanne Calment](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanne_Calment) (1875-1997), appeared in a French film on Vincent van Gogh entitled _Vincent et moi_ when she was 114. Interestingly, Jeanne Calment did know van Gogh personally - when she was a child, he would occassionally shop at a store owned by her father.