# Oldest actor to play a teenager?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 23, 2001, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-actor-to-play-a-teenager/62944 "2001-04-23T01:44:07Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 23, 2001, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-actor-to-play-a-teenager/62944/13 "2001-04-23T03:49:33Z")

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> Olivia Newton John in Grease - not really a “serious” portrayal

She was 30 years old, but Stockard Channing was 34.

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