Marsha Hunt, 103 years old
After the farewell to Olivia de Havilland and Norman Lloyd, Marsha Hunt currently holds the title of Hollywood's longest-serving actress at 103 years old. She is one of the last survivors of classic cinema and in addition to being an actress, she was also a model and activist. He starred in numerous films, but his career was marked, and he was practically ruined in the 1950s by the famous Hollywood blacklist: in it, the era of McCarthyism, they pointed out the members of the film industry who supposedly sympathized with communism.
And it is that in their 30s he got involved in the fight against hunger, and later he helped in shelters for homeless people, supported gay marriage, raised awareness against climate change, and worked for peace in third-world countries. This caused him to lose many roles and, in an interview with the BBC, he confessed that Hollywood was in a "moment of political paranoia" in those years that he never understood, but that despite this he continued acting and has never given up. her political initiative: known for starring with John Wayne in Hell City (1937), the last film in which she appeared was The Empire State Murders (2008).
Nehemiah Persoff, 101 years old
Born in Jerusalem and immigrated to the United States in 1929, he is the second oldest living actor and the other Hollywood centenarian. He played the uncredited taxi driver in Elia Kazan's The Law of Silence and, due to his imposing physical appearance, often played villainous roles. He appeared in Alfred Hitchcock's False Guilty, in Harder the Fall with Humphrey Bogart, in Skirts and Crazy with Marilyn Monroe, and later in Yentl, by Barbra Streisand. In the late 1990s, he gave up acting to pursue painting and still lives in California with his wife, Thia.
Betty White, 99 years old
Betty White is one of America's most beloved movie legends. She became an icon of the country's comedy and a world figure thanks to the series The Golden Girls, which was a complete success during its six seasons. Of the four protagonists, Betty is the only one who is still alive and she has won seven Emmy Awards, the last one achieved in 2010 as best guest actress on Saturday Night Live. Until very recently, she has continued to participate in fun roles in comedy series, such as Community, where she even dared to rap a bit.
Glynis Johns, 97 years old
Marilyn Monroe's British counterpart, Glynis Johns was a musical and film star of the 1960s and 1970s. She played Winifred Banks in Mary Poppins, won a Tony for her performance in the Broadway musical A Little Night Music, written by the mythical Stephen Sondheim, and until 1999 he appeared in almost seventy films and more than 20 stage productions.
Leslie Phillips, 97 years old
He voiced the Sorting Hat in Harry Potter and is one of the UK's most beloved actors: Leslie Phillips, who was shot in World War II, appeared in Out of Africa and starred opposite Christian Bale in Empire of the Sun. Steven Spielberg. He continues to live peacefully and happily with his third wife, Sara Carr, whom he married shortly after his wife's death: the 'Bond girl' Angela Scoular had been diagnosed with terminal cancer before taking her own life at the age of 65 old. Because of the growth that appeared on his nose, Leslie himself feared cancer, but the tumor turned out to be benign.
Angela Lansbury, 95 years old
The one and only Angela Labsbury is known for her iconic role in the series Murder, She Wrote. She received the Honorary Oscar in 2013 and has accumulated 6 Golden Globes, 5 Tony Awards, and a Grammy for her work in various film, theater, and television productions. She recently appeared alongside Dick Van Dyke in a small role in Mary Poppins Returns.
