List of living actors from the Golden Age of Hollywood
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This is a list of living actors from the Golden Age of Hollywood. These are actors who are still living who had a credited role in at least one Hollywood film between the end of the silent era in 1927/1929 and 1948/1949, the beginning of the demise of the Hollywood studio system. Entries are from oldest to youngest. Actors are listed with the year of their Hollywood debut, along with any films they had credited roles in (a maximum of seven) which are now considered classics. Films listed include those produced after United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc., the 1948 federal case considered the first "nail in the coffin" of the studio system, up to the near-bankruptcy of many major studios in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
List
Total of 290 actors listed
1910s
30 actors
1920s
90 actors
1930s
35 actors
1940s
6 actors
Actor | Birth | Debut | Films |
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Karolyn Grimes | July 4, 1940 | 1945 | It's a Wonderful Life (1946) |
Gigi Perreau | February 6, 1941 | 1943 | |
Gordon Gebert[37] | October 17, 1941 | 1949 | Holiday Affair (1949) |
Jimmy Hawkins | November 13, 1941 | 1944 | The Seventh Cross (1944), It's a Wonderful Life (1946) and Mister Scoutmaster (1953) |
Beau Bridges | December 9, 1941 | 1948 | No Minor Vices (1948) |
Liza Minnelli | March 12, 1946 | 1949 | In the Good Old Summertime (1949) |
These people debuted in films after 1949
129 actors
Actor | Birth | Debut | Films |
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Connie Sawyer | November 27, 1912 | 1959 | A Hole in the Head (1959) |
Zsa Zsa Gabor | February 6, 1917 | 1950 | Moulin Rouge (1952) |
Earl Cameron | August 8, 1917 | 1951. | The Mark of the Hawk (1957) |
Murray Westgate | April 16, 1918 | 1952 | |
Jack H. Harris | November 28, 1918 | 1958 | The Blob (1958) and 4D Man (1959) |
Margot Hielscher | September 29, 1919 | 1952 | The Devil Makes Three (1952) |
Carol Channing | January 31, 1921 | 1952 | The First Traveling Saleslady (1956) |
Peter Hansen | December 5, 1921 | 1934 | When Worlds Collide (1951) |
Micheline Presle | August 22, 1922 | 1950 | American Guerrilla in the Philippines (1950) and Adventures of Captain Fabian (1951) |
Lydia Clarke | April 14, 1923 | 1952 | The Atomic City (1952) |
Elizabeth Sellars | May 6, 1923 | 1953 | The Barefoot Contessa (1953) |
Glynis Johns | October 5, 1923 | The Court Jester (1956) and Around the World in 80 Days (1956) | |
Dina Merrill | December 29, 1923 | 1957 | Desk Set (1957) and Operation Petticoat (1959) |
Machiko Kyō | March 25, 1924 | 1956 | The Teahouse of the August Moon (1956) |
Leslie Phillips | April 20, 1924 | 1956 | The Gamma People (1956) and Les Girls (1957) |
Eva Marie Saint | July 4, 1924 | 1954 | On the Waterfront (1954) and North by Northwest (1959) |
Cicely Tyson | December 18, 1924 | 1956 | |
Katherine MacGregor | January 12, 1925 | 1954 | On the Waterfront (1954) |
Mike Connors | August 15, 1925 | 1952 | Day the World Ended (1955) and The Ten Commandments (1956) |
Lise Bourdin | November 20, 1925 | Love in the Afternoon (1957) | |
Marilyn Erskine | April 24, 1926 | 1951 | . |
Helen Gallagher | July 19, 1926 | 1960 | |
Irene Papas | September 3, 1926 | 1956 | Tribute to a Bad Man(1956) |
John Ericson | September 25, 1926 | 1951 | Teresa (1951) and Bad Day at Black Rock (1955) |
Lee Grant | 10/31 1925 to 1929 | 1951 | Detective Story (1951) |
Barbara Rush | January 4, 1927 | 1950 | When Worlds Collide (1951) and It Came from Outer Space (1953) |
Juliette Greco | February 7, 1927 | 1957 | The Sun Also Rises (1957) and The Roots of Heaven (1959) |
David Hedison | May 20, 1927 | 1957 | The Enemy Below (1957) and The Fly (1958) |
Gina Lollobrigida | July 4, 1927 | 1953[38] | Beat the Devil (1953), Trapeze (1956) and Solomon and Sheba (1959) |
Roger Moore | October 14, 1927 | 1954 | The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954) and Interrupted Melody (1955) |
May Wynn | January 8, 1928 | 1952 | The Caine Mutiny (1954) |
Stuart Whitman | February 1, 1928 | 1951 | Rhapsody (1954) |
Yvonne Furneaux | May 11, 1928 | 1952 | The Master of Ballantrae (1953) |
Ed Fury | June 6, 1928 | 1956 | |
Vic Damone | June 12, 1928 | 1951 | Rich, Young and Pretty (1951), Hit the Deck (1955) and Kismet (1955) |
Pat Hitchcock | July 7, 1928 | Strangers on a Train (1951) and Psycho (1960) | |
Earl Holliman | September 11, 1928 | 1953 | Forbidden Planet(1956), Giant (1956), The Rainmaker (1956) and Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957) |
Marion Ross | October 25, 1928 | 1953 | The Glenn Miller Story (1954) and Operation Petticoat (1959) |
Rance Howard | November 17, 1928 | 1956 | |
Sue Carlton(IMDb) | February 15, 1929 | 1950 | |
Ann Robinson | May 25, 1929 | 1950 | |
Don Murray | July 31, 1929 | 1956 | Bus Stop (1956) and A Hatful of Rain (1957) |
Vera Miles | August 23, 1929 | 1950 | The Wrong Man (1956), The Searchers (1956), Psycho (1960) |
Rachel Ames | November 2, 1929 | 1951 | |
Mara Corday | January 3, 1930 | 1951 | |
Tippi Hedren | January 19, 1930 | 1950 | The Birds (1963) |
Robert Wagner | February 10, 1930 | 1950 | |
Joanne Woodward | February 27, 1930 | 1955 | |
Clint Eastwood | May 31, 1930 | 1955[39] | Revenge of the Creature (1955), Francis in the Navy (1955), Lady Godiva of Coventry (1955), Lafayette Escadrille (1958) and Ambush at Cimarron Pass (1958) |
Nancy Kilgas(IMDb) | November 7, 1930 | 1954 | Seven Brides for Seven Brothers(1954) |
Peter Baldwin | January 11, 1931 | 1952 | Stalag 17 (1953), The Tin Star (1957) and Teacher's Pet (1957) |
Mamie Van Doren | February 6, 1931 | 1951 | |
Claire Bloom | February 15, 1931[40] | 1952 | Limelight (1952) and Richard III (1955) |
John Gavin | April 8, 1931 | 1956[41] | Imitation of Life (1959), Spartacus (1960) and Psycho (1960) |
Carroll Baker | May 28, 1931 | 1953 | Giant (1956), Baby Doll (1956) and The Big Country (1958) |
Virginia McKenna | June 7, 1931 | 1959 | The Wreck of the Mary Deare (1959) |
Tab Hunter | July 1, 1931 | 1951 | Battle Cry (1955), Lafayette Escadrille (1958) and Damn Yankees (1958) |
Leslie Caron | July 1, 1931 | 1951 | An American in Paris (1951) and Gigi (1958) |
Mitzi Gaynor | September 4, 1931 | 1950 | |
Haya Harareet | September 20, 1931 | 1959 | Ben-Hur (1959) |
Angie Dickinson | September 30, 1931 | 1954 | |
Barbara Darrow | November 18, 1931 | 1950 | Susan Slept Here (1954) |
William Reynolds | December 9, 1931 | 1951 | |
Rita Moreno | December 11, 1931 | 1950 | |
Piper Laurie | January 22, 1932 | 1950 | |
Marisa Pavan | June 19, 1932 | 1952 | The Rose Tattoo (1955) and Solomon and Sheba (1959) |
Rosemarie Bowe | September 17, 1932 | 1952 | |
Felicia Farr | October 4, 1932 | 1955 | |
Virginia Leith | October 15, 1932 | 1953 | |
Colleen Miller | October 10, 1932 | 1952 | |
Roger Smith | December 18, 1932 | 1951 | Man of a Thousand Faces (1957), No Time to Be Young (1957), Auntie Mame (1958), Never Steal Anything Small (1959) |
Kim Novak | February 13, 1933 | 1954[42] | Picnic(1955), The Man with the Golden Arm (1955), Pal Joey (1957) and Vertigo (1958) |
Constance Towers | May 20, 1933 | 1955 | Bring Your Smile Along (1955) and The Horse Soldiers (1959) |
Joan Collins[43] | May 23, 1933 | 1955 | |
Julie Newmar | August 16, 1933 | 1952 | |
Geoffrey Horne | August 22, 1933 | 1957 | The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) |
Pat Crowley | September 17, 1933 | 1953 | |
Ben Cooper | September 30, 1933 | 1950 | Side Street (1950) and The Rose Tattoo (1955) |
Kathryn Crosby | November 25, 1933 | 1953 | |
Erin O'Brien | January 17, 1934 | 1958 | Onionhead (1958) |
Audrey Dalton | January 21, 1934 | 1952 | My Cousin Rachel (1952) and Titanic (1953) |
Anna Maria Ferrero | February 18, 1934 | 1950 | War and Peace (1956) |
Linda Cristal | February 23, 1934 | 1953 | |
Van Williams | February 27, 1934 | 1960 | |
May Britt | March 22, 1934 | 1952 | |
Shirley Jones | March 31, 1934 | 1955 | |
James Drury | April 18, 1934 | 1955 | |
Shirley MacLaine | April 24, 1934 | 1955 | The Trouble with Harry (1955), Some Came Running (1958), Ask Any Girl (1958), Ocean's 11 (1960) and The Apartment (1960) |
Pat Boone[44] | June 1, 1934 | 1957 | April Love (1957), Mardi Gras (1958) and Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959) |
Jamie Farr | July 1, 1934 | 1955 | The Blackboard Jungle(1955) |
Jean Marsh | July 1, 1934 | 1953 | |
Louise Fletcher | July 22, 1934 | 1958 | |
Jacques d'Amboise | July 28, 1934 | 1954 | Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) |
Myrna Hansen | August 5, 1934 | 1953 | |
Sophia Loren | September 20, 1934 | 1950 | Quo Vadis (1951), The Pride and the Passion (1957), Desire Under the Elms (1958) and Houseboat (1958) |
Brigitte Bardot | September 28, 1934 | 1952 | |
Suzanne Lloyd | November 11, 1934 | 1960 | |
Barry Coe | November 26, 1934 | 1955 | |
Elsa Martinelli | January 30, 1935 | 1953 | Four Girls in Town(1957) |
Nancy Kovack | March 11, 1935 | 1960 | |
Leslie Parrish | March 18, 1935 | 1955 | |
Ruta Lee | May 30, 1935 | 1954 | Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954), Funny Face (1957) and Witness for the Prosecution (1957) |
Diahann Carroll | July 17, 1935 | 1954 | |
John Saxon | August 5, 1935 | 1953 | |
Joyce Taylor | September 4, 1936 | 1956 | |
George Takei | April 20, 1937 | 1955 | Hell to Eternity(1960) |
Sean Garrison | October 19, 1937 | 1958 | Up Periscope(1959) |
Richard Beymer | February 20, 1938 | 1951 | Johnny Tremain (1957) and The Diary of Anne Frank (1959) |
Diane Baker | February 25, 1938 | 1959 | The Diary of Anne Frank (1959), Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959) and The Best of Everything (1959) |
Venetia Stevenson | March 10, 1938 | 1958 | |
Susan Harrison | August 26, 1938 | 1957 | |
Patrick Wayne | July 15, 1939 | 1950 | |
France Nuyen | July 31, 1939 | 1958 | South Pacific(1958) |
George Hamilton | August 12, 1939 | 1952 | Crime and Punishment U.S.A. (1959), Home from the Hill (1960) and Where the Boys Are (1960) |
Lisa Mitchell | March 31, 1940 | 1956 | |
Tim Considine | December 31, 1940 | 1953 | |
Leticia Roman | August 12, 1941 | 1960 | |
Tommy Kirk | December 10, 1941 | 1956 | |
Yvette Mimieux | January 8, 1942 | 1956 | |
Carol Lynley | February 13, 1942 | 1958 | |
Donna Corcoran | September 29, 1942 | 1951 | |
Fabian Forte | February 6, 1943 | 1959 | |
Tuesday Weld | August 27, 1943 | 1955 | |
Beverly Washburn | November 25, 1943 | 1950 | |
Richard Eyer | May 6, 1945 | 1952 | |
Suzanna Leigh | July 26, 1945 | 1956 | |
Sandy Descher | November 30, 1945 | 1952 | |
Lana Wood | March 1, 1946 | 1955 | |
Hayley Mills | April 18, 1946 | 1959 | |
See also
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