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We are used to seeing the younger faces of Hollywood, but amongst the oldest, there are some real legends. Many actors from the Golden Age of Hollywood are still around, and you wouldn't believe all the amazing movies they've worked on!

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Barbara Rush

Barbara Rush

Barbara Rush is an American actress. She's 95 years old, but her age hasn't stopped her! She won a Golden Globe as the most promising female newcomer for her role in It Came From Outer Space, and has had roles in TV series such as Murder, She Wrote, Batman and 7th Heaven.

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Robert Wagner

Robert Wagner

Robert Wagner has starred in TV series and movies and has also had stage experience. He acted as Number 2 in the Austin Powers trilogy, The Pink Panther and The Hungover Games. He may be 92 but he still has upcoming projects, he's not stopping there!

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Marion Ross

Marion Ross

You may recognise Marion Ross from Happy Days, where she played Marion Cunningham throughout the 70s. Since the 1990s, she has appeared in many TV favourites, such as Gilmore Girls and has also voiced characters from our favourite cartoons such as Scooby Doo and SpongeBob Squarepants. She is 94, and continues to work!

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Dick Van Dyke

Dick Van Dyke

You may remember Dick Van Dyke from all of your favourite childhood films - he was in Mary Poppins and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Although, he began his career on stage and even won a Tony Award in 1961! In later years, he has appeared in Mary Poppins Returns and the Night at the Museum movies.

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Clint Eastwood

Clint Eastwood

Clint Eastwood was the face of western movies, and is still a movie icon today! Not only is he an actor, but he is also a filmmaker, and was nominated for Best Director for his movies, Unforgiven and Million Dollar Baby. His son, Scott, is following in his footsteps and is an actor too!

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Lisa Lu

Lisa Lu

Lisa Lu emigrated to the United States in the 1950s after playing an active part in Chinese opera. She is known for her roles in television in the 60s, and in later years, switching between shows in her native language and in English. She is most known for her role in Crazy Rich Asians in 2018.

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Sophia Loren

Sophia Loren

Sophia Loren is an Italian actress loved by many across the world. In fact, she was named by the American Film Institute as one of the greatest female stars of Classical Hollywood cinema. Her fame started with films such as The Pride and the Passion in the 1950s, and It Started in Naples.

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Harry Belafonte

Harry Belafonte

Harry Belafonte is an actor and singer, and is one of the oldest stars in Hollywood at the age of 95! He recorded several genres of music such as blues, folk and gospel. In the early 1970s, he appeared in films such as Uptown Saturday Night and White Man's Burden.

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Lois Smith

Lois Smith

Lois Smith is 92 years old, and has had a career spanning over eight decades. Her breakout role was in East of Eden, before getting roles in Fatal Attraction, Minority Report, and in later years, Lady Bird. You may even recognise her from TV shows such as True Blood and The Americans.

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William Shatner

William Shatner

How could we forget William Shatner in this list? The 91 year old is most known for his role in Star Trek as Captain Kirk through the 1960s to the 1990s. He never lets his age stop him - in 2021, he was the oldest person to fly into space!

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Glynis Johns

Glynis Johns

Glynis Johns is a 99-year-old American actress, dancer and musician. Though she has now retired, she is most known for playing Winifred Banks in Mary Poppins. She also appeared in Lock Up Your Daughters! and voiced a character in Scooby Doo.

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Gene Hackman

Gene Hackman

Though Gene Hackman has now retired, he has had an impressive career! He won an Academy Award for best actor for his role in The French Connection and had roles in Bonnie & Clyde and the Superman movies throughout the 70s and 80s.

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Kim Novak

Kim Novak

Kim Novak is now 89 years old, but she is starred in some of Hollywood's most iconic movies. She is most known for her role in Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo, which is said to be one of the greatest films ever made. She also starred in Strangers When We Meet and The Man with the Golden Arm.

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James Earl Jones

James Earl Jones

Now 91 years old, James Earl Jones is recognised as one of America's most distinguished and most versatile actors. You may know him as playing Darth Vador in the Star Wars franchise, beginning with the original 1977 film. He is also the voice of Mustafa in The Lion King.

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Janis Paige

Janis Paige

Janis Paige is a 100-year-old American actress, who would alternate between film and theatre work. She appeared in musicals such as Annie Get Your Gun and Guys And Dolls. You may have also spotted her in Columbo or General Hospital.

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Leslie Caron

Leslie Caron

Leslie Caron is a French-American actress who is now 91 years old! She made her debut in An American in Paris before appearing in Gigi and Is Paris Burning? She also appeared in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress.

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Eva Marie Saint

Eva Marie Saint

Eva Marie Saint at 98 years old is one of the oldest living actors to receive an Academy Award. She appeared in Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest and in other movies such as A Hatful of Rain and That Certain Feeling. In recent years, she appeared in Superman Returns and voiced Katara in The Legend of Korra.

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Mel Brooks

Mel Brooks

Mel Brooks is a famous actor and filmmaker. He is 96 years old, which a career spanning over 7 decades. He became one of the most famous directors of the 1970s, having directed Young Frankenstein, Silent Movie and High Anxiety. His movie, The Producers, was made into a musical that won 12 Tony Awards.

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Kathryn Beaumont

Kathryn Beaumont

Kathryn Beaumont is an 84-year-old actress known for her role as Wendy Darling in Peter Pan and for voicing Alice in Alice in Wonderland. She was named a Disney Legend in 1998. She has been a huge part of our childhoods!

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Bob Newhart

Bob Newhart

Bob Newhart still manages to make us laugh at 93 years old! He starred in The Bob Newhart Show in the 1970s, becoming known for his deadpan style. In later years, he appeared in The Big Bang Theory as Professor Proton, for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award.

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