# What celebrities in their 90's do you now most hope make it their big 100th birthday? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 2, 2022, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-in-their-90s-do-you-now-most-hope-make-it-their-big-100th-birthday/957055 "2022-01-02T00:10:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![RobotDevilDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19adc/32.png) [@RobotDevilDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobotDevilDog)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-in-their-90s-do-you-now-most-hope-make-it-their-big-100th-birthday/957055/21 "2022-01-05T04:59:12Z")
A few others that I didn’t see mentioned: Marla Gibbs - 90 Tippi Hedren - 91 William Daniels - 94 Eva Marie Saint - 97 Nehemiah Persoff - 102 (!) ---
**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:** [January 5, 2022, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-in-their-90s-do-you-now-most-hope-make-it-their-big-100th-birthday/957055/22 "2022-01-05T05:26:57Z")
Going with an unusual one here: Lois Smith (91). She’s had a very long career (her first movie was _East of Eden_ in 1955 and she has some credits going back to 1951). She’s still actively working, on films like _The Nice Guys_, _The Comedian_, _Marjorie Prime_, _Lady Bird_, _Uncle Frank_, _Tesla_, and _The French Dispatch_. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-in-their-90s-do-you-now-most-hope-make-it-their-big-100th-birthday/957055/23 "2022-01-05T14:08:20Z")
Bernard Cribbins (which reminds me of [another](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avengers-james-bond-crossovers/851066/17) thread where the guy should’ve been mentioned, which I’ll now remedy…) ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-in-their-90s-do-you-now-most-hope-make-it-their-big-100th-birthday/957055/24 "2022-01-05T15:00:39Z")
> [@RobotDevilDog](#): > > Nehemiah Persoff - 102 (!) Does this mean the thread has now devolved into just “name celebrities who are at least 90,” and we’re ignoring the “most hope make it to their big 100th birthday” part? ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-in-their-90s-do-you-now-most-hope-make-it-their-big-100th-birthday/957055/25 "2022-01-05T15:58:34Z")
Phyllis Coates (the original Lois Lane in the 1950s Superman TV-series, plus star of the “Panther Girl of the Kongo” serial, and many others) will turn 95 on January 15, 2022. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-in-their-90s-do-you-now-most-hope-make-it-their-big-100th-birthday/957055/26 "2022-01-05T20:05:17Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > Bernard Cribbins (which reminds me of > [another](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avengers-james-bond-crossovers/851066/17) thread where the guy should’ve been mentioned, which I’ll now remedy…) “Why don’t you talk properly?” ---
**Author:** ![RobotDevilDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19adc/32.png) [@RobotDevilDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobotDevilDog)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-in-their-90s-do-you-now-most-hope-make-it-their-big-100th-birthday/957055/27 "2022-01-05T20:13:04Z")
I had honestly forgotten about the original intent of the OP. I was just so amazed by Nehemiah Persoff’s age that I included him without thinking about it. Sorry about that! ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-in-their-90s-do-you-now-most-hope-make-it-their-big-100th-birthday/957055/28 "2022-01-05T21:07:53Z")
Mel Brooks would be my only answer. Not that I wish everyone else to drop dead but Mel is far ahead of everyone else in my mind. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-in-their-90s-do-you-now-most-hope-make-it-their-big-100th-birthday/957055/29 "2022-01-05T21:21:57Z")
He needs to release his [“History of the World: Part II”](https://www.joblo.com/history-of-the-world-part-2/) movie around his 100th birthday. In the credits he can be listed as Mel “I was there!” Brooks. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2022, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-in-their-90s-do-you-now-most-hope-make-it-their-big-100th-birthday/957055/30 "2022-01-07T06:29:26Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > Keith Richards of course. I’m sure he’ll make it and he’ll celebrate his 100th birthday with a bottle of Jack Daniels. > > ETA: oops, just noticed that the question was about people in their nineties. But at least Keith looks the part. Yes, I imagine if we included older celebs, not yet 90, a lot of people would have gone for Elvis who turns 87 in a couple of days. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2022, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-in-their-90s-do-you-now-most-hope-make-it-their-big-100th-birthday/957055/31 "2022-01-07T14:00:30Z")
> [@don\_t\_ask](#): > > Yes, I imagine if we included older celebs, not yet 90, a lot of people would have gone for Elvis who turns 87 in a couple of days. It’s true and sometimes shocking to realize he would not even be 90 yet. Obviously, MLK was a life cut short and he could still be alive if he had not died. I believe **MLK, Anne Frank, and Barbara Walters** are all the same age. She died as a child, MLK as a still pretty young man, and Walters is still with us. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2022, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-in-their-90s-do-you-now-most-hope-make-it-their-big-100th-birthday/957055/32 "2022-01-07T15:31:09Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > 94 - Sidney Poitier First one mentioned in this thread to die, just five days after being mentioned. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2022, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-in-their-90s-do-you-now-most-hope-make-it-their-big-100th-birthday/957055/33 "2022-01-07T16:28:02Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > he could still be alive if he had not died That’s what keeps most people from still being alive. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2022, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-in-their-90s-do-you-now-most-hope-make-it-their-big-100th-birthday/957055/34 "2022-01-07T19:35:25Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > That’s what keeps most people from still being alive. Heh, true. I mean that he could still be alive had he not been cut down young in life. Christopher Marlowe, on the other hand, would definitely not be still alive no matter what happened in his life. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2022, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-in-their-90s-do-you-now-most-hope-make-it-their-big-100th-birthday/957055/35 "2022-01-19T06:18:46Z")
I was watching _The Muppet Show_ on **Disney+** and I see British jazz singer Cleo Laine is 94. ---
**Author:** ![Eclipse\_Chaser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@Eclipse\_Chaser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eclipse_Chaser)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2022, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-in-their-90s-do-you-now-most-hope-make-it-their-big-100th-birthday/957055/36 "2022-01-19T21:27:16Z")
She’s not a celebrity. She’s a Head of State. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-in-their-90s-do-you-now-most-hope-make-it-their-big-100th-birthday/957055/37 "2022-01-20T01:13:09Z")
That’s an odd distinction. She’s a celebrity because she’s famous. She’s famous because she a Head of State. Or, if you prefer, Tom Cruise is not a celebrity. He’s an actor. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-in-their-90s-do-you-now-most-hope-make-it-their-big-100th-birthday/957055.md?page=1)