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You have to get pretty close to the bottom of the list to get to a name that I remember as a living person. There may have been some who died after I was born, but it is really only Mary Pickford's and George Burns' deaths that I remember happening. Pickford was a "she's still alive???". So, really it is only George Burns from that list that I actually remember as a living person.
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And George Arliss was born before Marie Dressler. Makes one wonder who the earliest born person ever to appear in a moving picture of any kind is. Could there be someone from the 18th Century? To me, Liz Taylor's death is sad because her life was sad and people have basically been waiting for her to die for about 30 years.
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Whoops. I misread what you'd said and didn't look closely when they both floated to the top of the list.
As for oldest on screen, here's the result of poking around with IMDb's Power Searches (keeping in mind that many people don't have birthdate information listed. Quite a few world leaders born early appear in the earliest films (Peopl Leo XIII, Queen Victoria, etc.) but the first credited in IMDb as "Actors" are: Lotten Amlof, born 7/31/1827. This one seems a bit suspect since her only credit is a 1921 film when she'd have been 94 years old. But who knows. Daddy Taylor, born 7/9/1828. Another nonagenarian on film if correct as his credit is Chaplin's The Gold Rush in 1925 (when he'd have been 97). But he is credited as "Ancient Dancing Prospector." Charles Manly, born 9/25/1830. Started a series of short films as Uncle Josh in 1900, worked until 1917. Sky Hunter born 11/7/1830. Did some kind of short film in 1912. |
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