The Scottish Evangelist 15 Posted December 20, 2021 22 hours ago, Ulitzer95 said: Anonymous forum post – not at all reliable. Besides, that was almost 11 years ago now. Odds of him being alive are incredibly slim. Not sure if anyone interested but the guy who stabbed his brother Jay R. Smith to death died in prison in 2014. https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-man-convicted-of-killing-former-little-rascal-dies-2014jul18-story.html 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gisooo 3,295 Posted December 23, 2021 On 30/10/2021 at 17:27, Ulitzer95 said: A new silent film actor? This 2018 article says that actress Alma Carroll (b. 1924, wiki) appeared in a 1927 Our Gang silent short. Her husband's obit from 2018 mentions she's still alive and she appears in 2021 residency records for California. Hmmm... Alma is 97, living in Carlsbad, California as Alma F. Giroux https://radaris.com/~Alma-Giroux/1573399317# Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,570 Posted December 23, 2021 10 minutes ago, Gisooo said: Alma is 97, living in Carlsbad, California as Alma F. Giroux https://radaris.com/~Alma-Giroux/1573399317# I know. As I said in the second part of the post you just quoted… Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gisooo 3,295 Posted December 27, 2021 Adriana Sivieri (born 1918) is a Argentine-born Italian retired film actress. Her last credit was in 1956. I think she is dead, because there are no news from her (Wiki) But here says that she celebrate her 100 birthday with some other famous celebrities, I don't know if it is reliable???? I mentioned this actress as she is included in the list of centenarians but in Wikipedia it results in question marks? 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,692 Posted December 27, 2021 I wouldn't count her as a silent film actress as Wikipedia and imdb mention that her career started in 1942, after the silent film era and the "transition" era and she has no credits from before that year. Did she actually ever appear in silent films? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Bearer 6,099 Posted December 27, 2021 1 hour ago, Gisooo said: Adriana Sivieri (born 1918) is a Argentine-born Italian retired film actress. Her last credit was in 1956. I think she is dead, because there are no news from her (Wiki) But here says that she celebrate her 100 birthday with some other famous celebrities, I don't know if it is reliable???? I mentioned this actress as she is included in the list of centenarians but in Wikipedia it results in question marks? What exactly are you asking/saying? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gisooo 3,295 Posted December 27, 2021 25 minutes ago, arghton said: I wouldn't count her as a silent film actress as Wikipedia and imdb mention that her career started in 1942, after the silent film era and the "transition" era and she has no credits from before that year. Did she actually ever appear in silent films? Yes, my mistake. Well I know she is not notable and anything would not appear for her, never. On Google she will stay alive for forever. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gisooo 3,295 Posted December 27, 2021 1 minute ago, Paul Bearer said: What exactly are you asking/saying? If Adriana is alive or not? Something should update on IMBd or Wiki. Even though I didn't found anything for her???? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
whoismakoto 327 Posted March 4, 2022 Billy Watson of the Watson family dead at 98. This leaves his brother Garry Watson and Mildred Kornman as the last known living actors to appear in silent film era. Maybe Alma Carroll is also alive too. https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/statesmanexaminer/name/william-watson-obituary?pid=201491107 6 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,570 Posted March 4, 2022 12 minutes ago, whoismakoto said: Billy Watson of the Watson family dead at 98. This leaves his brother Garry Watson and Mildred Kornman as the last known living actors to appear in silent film era. Maybe Alma Carroll is also alive too. https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/statesmanexaminer/name/william-watson-obituary?pid=201491107 That's very sad. Just two I believe. I contacted the Lord Heath website and they consulted some experts on Our Gang. There is no evidence that Alma Carroll appeared in any silent films, despite what one website claims. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 2,186 Posted March 4, 2022 Oh dear. I mean, at 98, one shouldn't be too sad, but Watson was one of the few living links not just to silent films but to some of the legends of 1930's film. The one that comes to my head is Mr Smith Goes to Washington. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,570 Posted March 5, 2022 Hollywood Reporter obit for Billy Watson. May lead him to get a QO. Not that it matters so much, as he was wasn't picked in the DDP (neither were Garry Watson or Mildred Kornman) but I'm curious to see if all 3 of them can obit as the last survivors of the silent era. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
whoismakoto 327 Posted April 10, 2022 On 30/10/2021 at 23:27, Ulitzer95 said: A new silent film actor? This 2018 article says that actress Alma Carroll (b. 1924, wiki) appeared in a 1927 Our Gang silent short. Her husband's obit from 2018 mentions she's still alive and she appears in 2021 residency records for California. Hmmm... It would appear that Alma Carroll passed away in 2019. 3 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted April 10, 2022 6 hours ago, whoismakoto said: Did you just post your… …naaah, canna be. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gisooo 3,295 Posted April 15, 2022 On 10/04/2022 at 02:47, whoismakoto said: It would appear that Alma Carroll passed away in 2019. Her death became known 3 years ago when she left this world, but we had not noticed Some photo of her as old lady 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gisooo 3,295 Posted June 19, 2022 There is another name Billy Kent Schaefer (IMDb) who appeared between 1925 and 1928. Could be still living? https://www.instagram.com/p/BGcYchlJScs/?hl=en Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thatcher 2,377 Posted August 17, 2022 On 18/02/2018 at 11:47, GossipGabe said: Even though it is an early talkie, it's not even a borderline case. Although there are some genuine borderline cases, but even they are swiftly purged from these lists by purists. One example is the obscure German-Hungarian actress Petra Unkel (imdb) who has no death dates on Wikipedia or imdb, and had a minor role as a 4-year old child in Napoleon at St. Helena according to her imdb page. Still, she didn't make the cut (since imdb is not considered a reliable source on Wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_surviving_silent_film_actors&type=revision&diff=756213163&oldid=755294316 Petra Unkel confirmed to have died in 2001. The journalist posting researches silent era actors and provides a list of those he believes alive here. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MortalCaso 1,624 Posted August 17, 2022 14 minutes ago, Thatcher said: Petra Unkel confirmed to have died in 2001. The journalist posting researches silent era actors and provides a list of those he believes alive here. The names mentioned: 1. Donnie "Beezer" Smith, 97 (Sept. 17, 1924) 2. Mildred Kornman, 97 (July 10, 1925) 3. Gary Watson, 93 (Sept. 27, 1928) The bottom two are well known, first has been debated. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,570 Posted August 17, 2022 The first is most likely deceased. I really do think we're just down to two names now. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tracy 2,391 Posted August 17, 2022 24 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said: The first is most likely deceased. I dunno, I wouldn't rule it out that he's alive. Unlike a lot of completely off-the-radar child actors, he's pretty easy to find in public records, and even the most up-to-date ones give no indication that he's dead. I would say, at the very least, he was probably still with us ~2 years ago. Not quite in implausible territory yet. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,692 Posted August 17, 2022 I recall Kornman was reported to be in failing health last year, unable to remember that she was once an actress. Watson is a "recluse" from all I've heard, no idea how he's doing. How many debatable/possibly living ones are there again? None else than Beezer? I dug into transition era, mainly Japanese transition era silent films ca. 1930-1936 around last year, checking again there's a few names out there: Hideo Sugawara (Appeared in a few Yasujirō Ozu, movies, born January 1924 https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0837424/) (turns out he died in 2005) and Masao Hayama (also a Ozu actor, born August 1925 https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0370574/) (Not seen since 1961! there's a massive chance he died a long, long time ago and Japan hasn't been good at keeping track of these people. Likely going to end up like Katsumi Tezuka, meaning we'll know for certain he's dead when his name isn't in Japan's supercentenarian statistics) and there's also Finnish politician Ele Alenius I've mentioned a few times in political frailty before here who appeared? (not sure if there is concrete proof about this, but I assume it was him) in 1931 silent film Rovastin häämatkat. The two Ozu actors could be long dead. And I know, I'm again scraping the bottom of the barrel. Alenius ended up dying soon after my post. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
whoismakoto 327 Posted August 17, 2022 46 minutes ago, arghton said: Hideo Sugawara (Appeared in a few Yasujirō Ozu, movies, born January 1924 https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0837424/) His Japanese wiki said he died in 2005 https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/菅原秀雄_(俳優) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,570 Posted August 18, 2022 58 minutes ago, whoismakoto said: His Japanese wiki said he died in 2005 https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/菅原秀雄_(俳優) And it's sourced via this news article. Seems that his daughter spoke to the press after journos became curious to learn what became of him. I'll submit to IMDb. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 7,953 Posted August 21, 2022 Mildred Kornman has died: 4 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gisooo 3,295 Posted August 21, 2022 Nooo so sad, RIP Mildred, such a great star! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
