# Nonagenarian+ actors who are still with us

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nonagenarian-actors-who-are-still-with-us/555329>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 28, 2010, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nonagenarian-actors-who-are-still-with-us/555329 "2010-09-28T06:32:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nonagenarian-actors-who-are-still-with-us/555329/41 "2010-09-29T16:04:11Z")

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> [@Tom\_Tildrum](#):
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> > [@jayjay](#):
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> > Wait…is that really Abe Vigoda? I thought you were kidding because I thought it was [John Krasinski](http://photos.upi.com/story/t/5fff695af56fcc53ac96191f18095fe6/Jim-and-Pam-marry-on-The-Office.jpg) (Jim on _The Office_).
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> Sorry; I should have added a smiley. To the best of my knowledge, that’s Krasinski, and the pic is a separated-at-birth coincidence.

Heh…I probably wouldn’t have second-guessed myself if there hadn’t been other people apparently taking it as true. 🙂

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**Author:** ![goldmund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a4c791/32.png) [@goldmund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/goldmund)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nonagenarian-actors-who-are-still-with-us/555329/42 "2010-09-29T17:08:29Z")

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Zsa-Zsa Gabor and Phyllis Diller at 93, Don Pardo at 92. Pardo’s officially “retired” but still does the announcing for SNL. Alan Young, Wilbur on Mister Ed is 90 years young.

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**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nonagenarian-actors-who-are-still-with-us/555329/43 "2010-09-29T19:32:06Z")

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[Frances Bay](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Bay) who played Happy Gilmore’s Grandma and she was infamous “Marble Rye” old lady in Seinfeld is still kicking at age 92.

She was also in _Foul Play_ as, IIRC, one the old ladies making “dirty” words when playing scrabble.

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