Ulitzer95 12,577 Posted April 18, 2009 Not really sure if this belongs here but here are some of the last survivors of early Hollywood films... I got really bored so I spent ages going through IMDb rounding these up... 1930s **Dracula (1931)... Carla Laemmle (1909-2014) - last surviving cast member **Frankenstein (1931)... no surviving cast members **M (1931)... Hanna Maron (1923-2014) - last surviving cast member **Freaks (1932)... no surviving cast members; Josephine Joseph (born 1913, deceased) may still be living although it seems unlikely **The Mummy (1932)... no surviving cast members **Duck Soup (1933)... no surviving cast members **The Invisible Man (1933)... Gloria Stuart (1910-2010) - last surviving cast member **King Kong (1933)... difficult to tell but at least 2 surviving cast members - John Crawford (1920-2010 EDIT: removed from IMDb King Kong page so was never actually in the film) / Malcolm Potts (1925-2011) **Bride of Frankenstein (1935)... Mary Stewart (1913-1995) - EDIT: thought to be last surviving cast member, died sometime ago **Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)... no surviving cast members **A Star is Born (1937)... Leon Holmes (1913, died 1950s at sea) - EDIT: thought to be last surviving cast member, died decades ago **Bringing Up Baby (1938) - 2 surviving cast members - Buster Slaven (1922-2009) / Karl Slover (1918-2011) **Gone with the Wind (1939) - 10 surviving cast members - Olivia de Havilland (born 1916) / Ann Rutherford (1917-2012) / Alicia Rhett (1915-2014) / Mickey Kuhn (1932-2022) / Mary Anderson (1918-2014) / Ann Bupp (1922-2005) / Shirley Chambers (1913-2011) / Shep Houghton (1914-2016) / Tommy Kelly (1925-2016) / Dirk Wayne Summers (born 1931) **The Wizard of Oz (1939) - at least 10+ surviving cast members, including 5 dwarf actors (Olga C. Nardone (1921-2010) / Ruth Duccini (1918-2014) / Jerry Maren (1920-2018) / Margaret Pellegrini (1923-2013) / Karl Slover (1918-2011) and half a dozen or so child actresses 1940s **Pinocchio (1940)... Dickie Jones (1927-2014) - last surviving cast member **Citizen Kane (1941)... 5 surviving cast members - Louise Currie (1913-2013) / Frances E. Neal (1921-1988) / Gerald Pierce (1918-2011) / Edward Ryan (1924–1998) / Kathryn Trosper (1915-2016) **Casablanca (1942)... Madeline LeBeau (1923-2016) - last surviving cast member **Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)... 10 surviving cast members - Phyllis Thaxter (1919-2012) / Dorothy Morris (1922-2011) / Jacqueline White (born 1922) / Wally Cassell (1912-2015) / Myrna Dell (1924-2011) / Johnny Duncan (1923-2016) / Blake Edwards (1922-2010) / Peggy Maley (1923-2007) / Frances E. Neal (1921-1988) / Gordon Trigg (1924-2012) **It's A Wonderful Life (1946)... 9 surviving cast members - Virginia Patton (1925-2022) / Ronnie Ralph (born 1933) / Jeanine Ann Roose (1937-2021) / Carol Coombs (born 1935) / Karolyn Grimes (born 1940) / Larry Simms (1934-2009) / Jimmy Hawkins (born 1941) / Marian Carr (1926-2003) / Michael Chapin (born 1936) 1950s **The African Queen (1951)... Theodore Bikel (1924-2015) - last surviving cast member **A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)... 2 surviving cast members - Wright King (1923-2018) / Mickey Kuhn (1932-2022) **Roman Holiday (1953)... 6 surviving cast members - John Cortay (1916-1981) / Art Gilmore (1912-2010) / George Higgins (1917-2005) / Mimmo Poli (1922-1986) / Catherine Wyler (born 1939) / Judy Wyler (born 1942) **The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)... 2 surviving cast members - Geoffrey Horne (born 1933) / Peter Williams (1915-2003) I'll add more the next time I get hideously bored.... additions and corrections welcome... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 2,186 Posted April 18, 2009 **It's A Wonderful Life (1946)... 9 surviving cast members - Virginia Patton (born 19??) 1923, I believe, and still alive. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 7,957 Posted April 18, 2009 I think this should be it's own thread. However I do have one more... Carla Laemmle (born 1909) is believed to be the only surviving Dracula (1931) cast member. There are a few entries that don't have birth or death dates so I'm not too sure on those. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Canadian Paul 97 Posted April 18, 2009 **Freaks (1932)... no surviving cast members Josephine Joseph, who was the hermaphrodite, could still be alive... but it's unknown for sure. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,577 Posted April 18, 2009 **It's A Wonderful Life (1946)... 9 surviving cast members - Virginia Patton (born 19??) 1923, I believe, and still alive. Thanks, I'll add that I think this should be it's own thread. However I do have one more... Carla Laemmle (born 1909) is believed to be the only surviving Dracula (1931) cast member. There are a few entries that don't have birth or death dates so I'm not too sure on those. Checked Dracula, I think it's safe to presume she is the last surviving cast member as most of the other actors were older in the film and there are only three or so actors (in uncredited roles) that have no birth/death records... **Freaks (1932)... no surviving cast members Josephine Joseph, who was the hermaphrodite, could still be alive... but it's unknown for sure. I did consider Josephine Joseph but I concluded that since she seems to have disappeared off the face of the earth and had a disfigurement... she's most likely dead but I'll put a question mark next to her name... Maybe a new thread is needed here... any ideas what to title it? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handrejka 1,903 Posted April 18, 2009 Cinematographer Gilbert Taylor was looking quite wizened when I saw him on Paul Merton's programme about Alfred Hitchcock, but then he was born in 1914. Might be one to keep an eye on. Quite a few elderly cinematographers worth keeping an ey on. There's Jack Cardiff who has been mentioned a few times on here, Oswald Morris (born 1915) and Wolfgang Suschitsky (born 1912) and probably more. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BCAlum2000 42 Posted April 19, 2009 Hollywood big names still alive... Gloria Stuart (1910 - ) Karl Malden (1912 - ) Michael Gough (1913 - ) Kevin McCarthy (1914 - ) Eli Wallach (1915 - ) Olivia de Havilland (1916 - ) Kirk Douglas (1916 - ) Ernest Borgnine (1917 - ) Zsa Zsa Gabor (1917 - ) George Gaynes (1917 - ) Herbert Lom (1917 - ) John Forsythe (1918 - ) Don Pardo (1918 - ) Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. (1918 - ) Dino de Laurentiis (1919 - ) Louis Jourdan (1919 - ) Gene Barry (1919 - ) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,577 Posted April 19, 2009 Joan Fontaine?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Twelvetrees 10 Posted April 19, 2009 Joan Fontaine 1917 - She'd never agree to appear on the same list as Olivia de Havilland. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Falkekopf 50 Posted January 23, 2010 One name missing from the list is that of British born actress Jean Simmons. Oh....too late! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,577 Posted March 20, 2010 Updated the list of survivors from top grossing Hollywood classics on page 3. I removed Karl Malden, Jimmy Carroll and Frank Coghlan, Jr. Additionally, I've removed another. One of the few survivors of Citizen Cane, Peter Gowland (also a glamour photographer), has died aged 93 per his website. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DevonDeathTrip 2,358 Posted May 12, 2010 Actress Ruth Ford has died aged 98. She was the widow of Zachary Scott who died in 1965. When his mother, Sally Lee Scott, died in November 1983, she left everything to be divided by her 3 children. Scott's two daughters split their late father's share, and Ruth tried to sue for a share of it for herself, but didn't have enough money for a lawyer. Ruth Ford cut her entire family from her will by leaving £5.6 million pounds to her butler instead. Hell hath no fury like a woman (or man) who has been financially scorned! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DevonDeathTrip 2,358 Posted September 1, 2010 Gone with the Wind (1939) - 13 surviving cast members... Cammie King (born 1934) ... Cammie King Conlon has died. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lewd_Squirrel 331 Posted September 2, 2010 Leonardo Cimino is still alive, he was born in 1918. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0162361/bio Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Whitehouse 872 Posted September 6, 2010 What is the age bar for this thread? Tony Curtis is 85 and his pal Roger Moore is 82. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Whitehouse 872 Posted September 12, 2010 And then there's former child actor Jackie Cooper, who starred in the original Champ who turns 88 in a few days. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,577 Posted September 12, 2010 You can score Kevin McCarthy off of that list as he's just died aged 96! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VSBfromH 74 Posted September 14, 2010 Harold Gould Actor probably best known for "The Sting" has died aged 86. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,515 Posted September 14, 2010 You can score Kevin McCarthy off of that list as he's just died aged 96! Kevin McCarthy hanging out with Edie Sedgwick, mid 60s. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted September 14, 2010 Harold Gould Actor probably best known for "The Sting" has died aged 86. He goes into the List of the Missed and I definitely made sure that he was a miss! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VSBfromH 74 Posted September 24, 2010 Grace Boyd a.k.a. Grace Bradley, Hollywood star of the 1930s and widow (5th wife*) of William Boyd, the actor who played "Hopalong Cassidy". Well done to anyone who may have chosen her - she died on her 97th birthday! * They met on a blind date and were married for 35 years from 1937 until his death in 1972. Prior to that, he had gone through 4 wives in the space of 18 years! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,515 Posted September 28, 2010 Two-time Oscar nominee and script editor for all Tarantino movies, Sally Menke, dies of exhaustion while hiking in a heatwave. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VSBfromH 74 Posted September 29, 2010 Arthur Penn Director most famous for "Bonnie and Clyde" has died the day after his 88th birthday. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Whitehouse 872 Posted September 30, 2010 What is the age bar for this thread? Tony Curtis is 85 and his pal Roger Moore is 82. Shyte!! One persuader escaped! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
