Film Centenarians and Entertainers

(January 20, 1896-March 9, 1996): American vaudevillian, radio, film and television actor who gained recognition along with his wife Gracie in the Burns and Allen comedy team. In 1975, George Burns was nominated for and won the Academy award for best supporting actor for his role opposite Walter Matthau in the Sunshine Boys.

(May 29, 1903-July 27, 2003): The English born world renowned comedian, vaudevillian, film actor, Oscar host and friend to American servicemen died two months after his 100th birthday in 2003.

(January 14, 1892-November 2, 1992): American film and television producer who was instrumental in developing the Laurel and Hardy and Our Gang comedies.

(May 11, 1888-September 22, 1989): Famed Russian born American lyricist and songwriter. He provided the scores for 19 Broadway shows and 18 Hollywood films, with his songs nominated eight times for Academy Awards, among them "White Christmas".

(January 26, 1905-July 9, 2007): American character actor of both film and television whose face is familiar, but his name may not be. His career spanned over sixty years.

(June 25, 1887-January 31, 1995): American Broadway playwright, producer and film director who lived to be 107.

(January 12, 1910- ): The oldest living Oscar winner, as well as the first actress to when back-to-back Best Actress Oscars in 1936 (The Great Zeigfeld) and 1937 (The Good Earth.)

(July 4, 1910-September 26, 2010): American actress who starred opposite Claude Rains in the 1933 film "The Invisible Man". She is best known to modern audiences as the 100 year old Rose DeWitt Bukater in the 1997 blockbuster "Titanic". Ironically Stuart herself lived to be 100, after playing a centenarian in the aforementioned film.

(October 10, 1909-August 1, 2010): Art director for numerous Hitchcock films, including "North By Northwest" and "The Birds". He received an honorary Academy award in 2008 at age 98.

(August 22, 1902-September 8, 2003): German director of such films as "Olympia" and "Triumph of the Will." Hailed by some as the greatest female film director of the twentieth century, Riefenstahl's film career suffered because of her associations with Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party.

(October 20, 1909- ): American silent film actress and the niece of Universal pictures film mogul Carl Laemmle. She spoke the first lines of dialogue in the 1931 film "Dracula" and appeared in the 1925 silent classic "Phantom of the Opera", and is the last surviving cast member of both movies.

(January 7, 1873-June 10, 1976): Hollywood film mogul who was the founder of Paramount Pictures. He lived to be 103.

(December 11, 1908- ): Portuguese film director who released his first full length picture in 1942. Notable for being the oldest active film director in the world.

(January 25, 1891-January 27, 1992): British actress who appeared with Christopher Lee and Charles Gray in the overlooked Hammer film classic "The Devil Rides Out" (1967.)

(December 16, 1906- ): Canadian born actress who is among the last living actors to have achieved fame as an adult during the silent film era. Today, at the age of 104, she refuses to grant interviews or acknowledge her past film career.

(July 6, 1900- ): Frederica Sagor Maas is an American screenwriter and playwright who attained the age of 110 years in 2010. She is, as of this writing, considered one of the oldest people in the world.

(May 19, 1906 - February 24, 2007) American actor and Olympian who appeared as "Cody" in the 1948 John Huston classic "Treasure of the Sierra Madre."

(December 13, 1910-April 16, 2011): Creator of the "Bewitched" television show, television writer and producer. He turned 100 in December 2010.

(August 31, 1892-August 1, 1993): American silent film actress whose career spanned into the late 1950s.

(May 31, 1889-September 12, 1990): English actress who appeared in the 1960 Bitish comedy "Make Mine Mink", with Terry-Thomas and Billie Whitelaw. Seyler was named a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1959.

(March 14, 1904-May 11, 2010): Doris Eaton Travis was the last surviving Zeigfeld Girl,and a Broadway and film actress. She appeared in the film "Man On the Moon" with Jim Carrey as Eleanor Gould, the old lady who pretends to die on stage.

(April 17, 1896-April 20, 1999): Spanish ventriloquist who made numerous appearances on the Ed Sullivan show during the 1960s.

(January 24, 1883-June 20, 1984): English actress who appeared in the original production of "The Producers" (as "Hold Me, Touch Me" and as the ancient nurse in "Murder By Death" in 1976.

(June 24, 1908-March 7, 2009): Italian screenwriter who helped write the now famous Federico Fellini films "La Dolce Vita" and "8½."

(November 6, 1899-May 25, 2000): Austrian-American actor who appeared in the G.W. Pabst film "Pandora's Box" in 1929. Lederer died in 2000 at age 101.

(June 8, 1891-February 20, 1996): American silent film actress and model who appeared in the first known movie in which a woman appeared nude "Inspiration" (1915.)

(March 12, 1858-September 1, 1962): American actress who appeared in the Charlie Chaplin film "City Lights" in 1931.

(February 23, 1892-December 7, 1995): British character actress who appeared as Mrs. Dilber in the 1951 film version of "A Christmas Carol", with Alastair Sim.

(January 16, 1898-December 16, 1999): British director who helmed such films as "Now, Voyager" and "The Glass Menagerie."

(January 25, 1911- ): East German film director who's career spanned thirty years. From 1954-64, Maetzig was the first president of the German University of Cinema.

(October 15, 1908- ): Silent film actress active in European cinema during the twenties and thirties. This woman may not have made it to 100, but all indications point to her being alive.

(January 12, 1908-June 18, 2008): French film director who won a Palm d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 1946 for his film "La Symphonie Pastorale."

(April 26, 1902-January 5, 2005): French film editor and director who helmed fifteen films between 1929 and 1950.

(September 15, 1899-September 29, 2001): Referred to by some as the "Last Finnish Film Tycoon", Orko was head of production and chief director at the Suomi Filmi film company during the 1930s. He eventually became its CEO in 1945.

(December 26, 1874-August 26, 1980): German actress who's career spanned from 1890s stage work to her last film appearance in 1956. She was also the grandmother of famed actress Romy Schneider (1938-1982.)

(August 16, 1895-November 28, 2000): Mentioned by some as "Austria's first film star", Haid was a pin-up girl, dancer and actress during the 1920s and 30s. She escaped the Nazis in 1942 and quietly made her last film appearance in 1953's Die fünf Karnickel.

(February 28, 1911- ): Czechoslovakian film director who helmed over fifty films from 1931 to 2003. He celebrated his 100th birthday in 2011.