List of semi-supercentenarians (actors, filmmakers and entertainers)

The following is a list of semi-supercentenarians[a] – specifically, people who became famous as actors, filmmakers and entertainers – known for reasons other than their longevity. For more lists, see lists of centenarians.

  Living
Name Lifespan Age Notability
Yavar Abbas 1920– 105 British-Indian cameraman and producer[1]
George Abbott 1887–1995 107 American stage actor, director, playwright, screenwriter and producer[2]
Rosa Albach-Retty 1874–1980 105 Austrian film and stage actress[3]
Eileen Bennett 1919–2025 105 British film and stage actress; mother of actor Nicholas Hammond[4]
Pappukutty Bhagavathar 1913–2020 107 Indian actor and singer[5]
Susanna Bokoyni 1879–1984 105 Hungarian circus performer[6]
Rosa Bouglione 1910–2018 107 French circus performer[7]
Georgia Burke 1878–1985 107 American film actress[8]
María Cristina Camilo 1917–2025 107 Dominican actress[9]
Horacio Coppola 1906–2012 105 Argentine photographer and filmmaker[10]
Caren Marsh Doll 1919– 106 American actress and dancer[11]
Mary Ellis 1897–2003 105 American-born British stage actress[12]
Pierre Gérald 1906–2012 105 French actor[13]
Julie Gibson 1913–2019 106 American actress and singer[14]
Liane Haid 1895–2000 105 Austrian actress[15]
Maj-Britt Håkansson 1919– 106 Swedish actress[16]
Johannes Heesters 1903–2011 108 Dutch actor, vocalist and performer[17]
Minoru Inuzuka 1901–2007 106 Japanese film director and screenwriter[18]
Elisabeth Kirkby 1921– 105 British-born Australian politician, actress, radio broadcaster, producer, director and screenwriter[19]
Norman Lloyd 1914–2021 106 American actor, director, producer and writer[20]
Don Lusk 1913–2018 105 American animator[21]
Lincoln Maazel 1903–2009 106 American actor and singer; father of conductor Lorin Maazel[22]
Carmen Martínez Sierra 1904–2012 108 Spanish actress[23]
Madeleine Milhaud 1902–2008 105 French actress and librettist; wife of composer Darius Milhaud[24]
Miguel Morayta 1907–2013 105 Spanish-born Mexican film director[25]
Dolores Muñoz Ledo 1918–2026 107 Mexican voice actress[26]
Gladys O'Connor 1903–2012 108 British-Canadian actress[27]
Manoel de Oliveira 1908–2015 106 Portuguese film director[28]
Milton Quon 1913–2019 105 American animator, artist and actor[29]
Helen Reichert 1901–2011 109 American talk show personality and professor[30]
Francis Rigaud 1920– 105 French film director, writer and producer[31]
Gerda Ring 1891–1999 107 Norwegian stage actress and producer[32]
Connie Sawyer 1912–2018 105 American actress[33]
Tonio Selwart 1896–2002 106 German actor and stage performer[34]
Renée Simonot 1911–2021 109 French actress; mother of actress Catherine Deneuve[35]
June Spencer 1919–2024 105 British radio actress[36]
Helli Stehle 1907–2017 109 Swiss actress and radio presenter[37]
Lupita Tovar 1910–2016 106 Mexican-American actress[38]
Doris Eaton Travis 1904–2010 106 American actress and dance instructor; last surviving Ziegfeld girl[39]
Mary Ward Breheny 1915–2021 106 Australian actress and radio broadcaster[40]
Frances Wessells 1919–2024 105 American dancer and choreographer[41]
Norrie Woodhall 1905–2011 105 British stage actress[42]

Notes

  1. ^ A semi-supercentenarian is someone aged 105–109

See also

References

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