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  • Possibly Gloria Stewart? The woman who played the elderly Rose in Titanic.
  • Mickey Rooney? Edit: Gloria Stuart is 10 years older than Rooney, but her last film was apparently 2004, and he is currently appearing in TV commercials.
  • Eli Wallach claims ... "at ninety-one, he is the oldest actor still working." http://nepajff.org/press_release_eli_wallach.html But that's just an act, because Kevin McCarthy shows no signs of retiring, at 94. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002994/ And Johnny Holiday is 95, only just getting started acting at 87. http://movies.yahoo.com/mv/news/fs/20070620/118238378000.html Some related info, just for perspective: Jul. 9, 2007 -- Character actor Charles Lane died at age 102. Mr. Lane was the oldest living film actor in the US. http://www.rense.com/general77/twonot.htm As of 2007, aged 104, Dutch actor Johannes Heesters holds the record of being the oldest performer worldwide who is still active, both on the stage and on television. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Heesters In the UK, Norman Wisdom, Peter Copley, and Anna Wing still seem to be working, at just a few months older than Eli Wallach. Their AGE, when deceased: 122, Jeanne Louise Calment d.1997 - last worked at 114 106, Mary Ellis d.2003 - worked at 97 102, Charles Lane d.2006 - worked at 101 102, Kathleen Harrison d.1995 - worked at 87 102, Estelle Winwood d.1984 - worked at 98 100, George Burns d.1996 - worked at 98, 2nd-oldest (competitive) Oscar Win at 80 99, Lillian Gish d.1993 - worked at 94 98, Jester Hairston d.2000 - worked at 98 97, John Mills d.2005 - worked at 97 96, Charles Vanel d.1989 (France) 96, Katharine Hepburn d.2003 96, John Gielgud d.2000 95, Buddy Ebsen d.2003 92, Eva Le Gallienne d.1991 91, Anna Lee d.2004 88, Fred Astaire d.1987 87, Jack Palance d.2006 86, Groucho Marx d.1977 - oldest (honorary) Oscar Winner at 83 85, Jessica Tandy d.1994 - oldest (competitive) Oscar Win at 80, nominated at 82 84, Gene Kelly d.1996 82, Rex Harrison d.1990 82, Peter Ustinov d.2004 80, Richard Farnsworth d.2000 Still alive: 100, Mel Ferrer - worked 1995 at 78 97, Anita Page - worked 2004 at 94 97, Gloria Stewart - worked 2004 at 94, oldest Oscar Nomination at 87. 97, Paulette Dubost (France) 95, Johnny Holiday 94, Kevin McCarthy 93, Norman Lloyd - worked 2005 at 91 93, Michael Gough - worked 2005 at 91 92, Eli Wallach 91, Kirk Douglas 90, Ernest Borgnine 87, Mickey Rooney 86, Betty White 86, Bill Kerr (Australia) 85, Christopher Lee 84, Richard Attenborough 83, Lauren Bacall 82, Paul Newman 81, Vanessa Redgrave 78, Barbara Walters 75, Casey Kasem 75, Peter O'Toole And in the UK: 101, Gwen Ffrangcon Davies d.1992 - worked at 101 100, John Kidd - worked 2000 at 93 97, Griffith Jones d.2007 - worked at 73 96, Cathleen Nesbitt d.1982 - worked at 95 95, Joyce Carey d.1993 - worked at 90 93, Norman Wisdom 93, Anna Wing 92, Peter Copley 90, Herbert Lom 90, Alfred Burke 90, Earl Cameron 88, Richard Todd 87, Peter Sallis 87, Betty Driver 87, Ian Carmichael At 90, Kirk Douglas had a wild book out last year: http://www.nypost.com/seven/01242007/gossip/pagesix/pagesix.htm At 85, Christopher Lee sang with Rhapsody, an Italian metal band, and pretty well too! The video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzJZpEownLY The making of it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUtsg7SWB1E Dang, that took four hours to research. I hope someone finds it useful! :)

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