List of centenarians (actors, filmmakers and entertainers)
This is a list of centenarians notable as actors, filmmakers and entertainers. These individuals are notable for reasons other than their longevity. For more lists, see lists of centenarians.
Names indicated in bold face are living individuals.
List
Name | Lifespan | Age | Notability |
George Abbott | 1887–1995 | 107 | American stage actor, director, playwright, screenwriter and producer |
Rosa Albach-Retty | 1874–1980 | 105 | Austrian film and stage actress |
Jenny Alpha | 1910–2010 | 100 | French Martinican actress and singer |
Lukas Ammann | 1912–2017 | 104 | Swiss actor |
Nina Andrycz | 1912–2014 | 101 | Polish actress |
Nikolay Annenkov | 1899–1999 | 100 | Soviet-Russian actor |
Neal Arden | 1909–2014 | 104 | British actor |
Svend Asmussen | 1916–2017 | 100 | Danish jazz violinist |
Richard L. Bare | 1913–2015 | 101 | American motion picture and television director |
Etta Moten Barnett | 1901–2004 | 102 | African American stage actress and singer |
Dave Bartholomew | 1918–2019 | 100 | American musician, bandleader, composer, arranger and record producer |
Sam Beazley | 1916–2017 | 101 | British actor |
Amelia Bence | 1914–2016 | 101 | Argentine film actress |
Bruce Bennett | 1906–2007 | 100 | American actor and Olympic athlete |
Irving Benson | 1914–2016 | 102 | American actor |
Irving Berlin | 1888–1989 | 101 | American composer and lyricist |
Walter Bernstein | 1919– | American screenwriter and film producer | |
Stella Bloch | 1897–1999 | 101 | American dancer |
Susanna Bokoyni | 1879–1984 | 105 | Hungarian circus performer |
Margaret Booth | 1898–2002 | 104 | American film editor |
Osmond Borradaile | 1898–1999 | 100 | Canadian cameraman and cinematographer |
Rosa Bouglione | 1910–2018 | 107 | French circus performer |
Robert F. Boyle | 1909–2010 | 100 | American art director and production designer |
Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia | 1894–1998 | 103 | Italian film director and screenwriter |
José Bragato | 1915–2017 | 101 | Italian-born Argentine cellist, composer, conductor, arranger and musical archivist |
Artur Brauner | 1918–2019 | 100 | German film producer |
Renate Brausewetter | 1905–2006 | 100 | German silent film actress |
Helen Bray | 1889–1990 | 100 | American actress |
Oscar Brodney | 1907–2008 | 100 | American screenwriter |
Mona Bruns | 1899–2000 | 100 | American actress |
Zoya Bulgakova | 1914–2017 | 102 | Soviet-Russian stage actress |
George Burns | 1896–1996 | 100 | American Oscar-winning actor and comedian |
Helen Burns | 1916–2018 | 101 | British actress |
Anne Buydens | 1919– | German-born Belgian-American philanthropist, producer and occasional actress; widow of fellow actor and centenarian Kirk Douglas | |
Irving Caesar | 1895–1996 | 101 | American lyricist and theater composer |
John Calvert | 1911–2013 | 102 | American magician |
Earl Cameron | 1917–2020 | 102 | Bermudian-born British actor |
Anna Campori | 1917–2018 | 100 | Italian actress |
Mary Carlisle | 1914–2018 | 104 | American actress |
Diana Serra Cary | 1918–2020 | 101 | American silent film child actress, author and cinema historian |
Christian Casadesus | 1912–2014 | 101 | French actor |
Gisèle Casadesus | 1914–2017 | 103 | French actress |
Wally Cassell | 1912–2015 | 103 | Italian-born American actor |
Marge Champion | 1919– | American dancer, choreographer and actress | |
Horacio Coppola | 1906–2012 | 105 | Argentine photographer and filmmaker |
Irwin Corey | 1914–2017 | 102 | American comedian |
Norman Corwin | 1910–2011 | 101 | American screenwriter and producer |
Diosa Costello | 1913–2013 | 100 | American entertainer |
Louise Currie | 1913–2013 | 100 | American film actress |
Leila Danette | 1909–2012 | 103 | American actress |
Henry Danton | 1919– | British dancer | |
Robert Darène | 1914–2016 | 102 | French actor, film director and screenwriter |
Danielle Darrieux | 1917–2017 | 100 | French actress |
Jimmie Davis | 1899–2000 | 101 | American singer and songwriter |
Dame Olivia de Havilland | 1916–2020 | 104 | British-born American film actress |
Suzy Delair | 1917–2020 | 102 | French actress, dancer and singer |
Rosine Delamare | 1911–2013 | 101 | French Oscar-nominated costume designer |
Jean Delannoy | 1908–2008 | 100 | French actor and film director |
Frances Dewey Wormser | 1903–2008 | 104 | American stage actress |
Dorothy Dickson | 1893–1995 | 102 | American-British stage actress |
Caren Marsh Doll | 1919– | American actress and dancer | |
Kirk Douglas | 1916–2020 | 103 | American film actor and producer |
Ellen Albertini Dow | 1913–2015 | 101 | American character actress |
Orlando Drummond | 1919– | Brazilian stage, television and film actor | |
Claire Du Brey | 1892–1993 | 100 | American film actress |
Paulette Dubost | 1910–2011 | 100 | French actress |
Marta Eggerth | 1912–2013 | 101 | Hungarian-born American actress and singer |
Mary Ellis | 1897–2003 | 105 | American-born British stage actress |
Jean Erdman | 1916–2020 | 104 | American dancer |
Carl Esmond | 1902–2004 | 102 | German-American actor |
Irving Fein | 1911–2012 | 101 | American television and film producer |
Dame Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies | 1891–1992 | 101 | British actress |
Gunnar Fischer | 1910–2011 | 100 | Swedish cinematographer |
Rina Franchetti | 1907–2010 | 102 | Italian actress |
Arthur Gardner | 1910–2014 | 104 | American television producer |
Hal Geer | 1916–2017 | 100 | American producer and filmmaker |
Pierre Gérald | 1906–2012 | 105 | French actor |
Erwin Geschonneck | 1906–2008 | 101 | German actor |
Julie Gibson | 1913–2019 | 106 | American actress and singer |
Marie Glory | 1905–2009 | 103 | French actress |
Dercy Gonçalves | 1907–2008 | 101 | Brazilian actress |
Coleridge Goode | 1914–2015 | 100 | Jamaican-born British jazz bassist |
Guido Gorgatti | 1919– | Italian-born Argentine film actor | |
Karl Otto Götz | 1914–2017 | 103 | German artist, filmmaker, draughtsman/printmaker, writer and art professor |
Liane Haid | 1895–2000 | 105 | Austrian actress |
Anna Halprin | 1920– | American dancer | |
Stein Grieg Halvorsen | 1909–2013 | 104 | Norwegian actor |
Kathleen Harrison | 1892–1995 | 103 | British actress |
Johannes Heesters | 1903–2011 | 108 | Dutch actor, vocalist and performer |
Bob Hope | 1903–2003 | 100 | British-born American actor and comedian |
Mieczysław Horszowski | 1892–1993 | 100 | Polish-American pianist |
Shep Houghton | 1914–2016 | 102 | American actor and dancer |
Yvonne Howell | 1905–2010 | 104 | American silent film actress |
Marsha Hunt | 1917– | American actress | |
Minoru Inuzuka | 1901–2007 | 106 | Japanese film director and screenwriter |
Vilma Jamnická | 1906–2008 | 101 | Slovakian actress |
Lucy Jarvis | 1917–2020 | 102 | American television producer |
Joli Jászai | 1907–2008 | 101 | Hungarian actress |
Gertrude Jeannette | 1914–2018 | 103 | American actress, theatre director and producer |
Herb Jeffries | 1913–2014 | 100 | American singer and actor |
Tatyana Karpova | 1916–2018 | 102 | Soviet-Russian actress |
John Kenley | 1906–2009 | 103 | American Broadway director and producer |
Barbara Kent | 1907–2011 | 103 | Canadian-born American actress |
Robert Kinoshita | 1914–2014 | 100 | American art director |
Hans F. Koenekamp | 1891–1992 | 100 | American cinematographer |
Mae Laborde | 1909–2012 | 102 | American television actress |
Carla Laemmle | 1909–2014 | 104 | American film actress |
Guje Lagerwall | 1918–2019 | 100 | Swedish actress |
Charles Lane | 1905–2007 | 102 | American character actor |
Sid Laverents | 1908–2009 | 100 | American amateur filmmaker |
Yvette Lebon | 1910–2014 | 103 | French actress |
Francis Lederer | 1899–2000 | 100 | American actor |
Aleen Leslie | 1908–2010 | 101 | American screenwriter |
Chen Liting | 1910–2013 | 102 | Chinese playwright, drama and film director |
Norman Lloyd | 1914– | American actor | |
Elena Lucena | 1914–2015 | 101 | Argentine actress |
Don Lusk | 1913–2018 | 105 | American animator |
Ingrid Luterkort | 1910–2011 | 101 | Swedish actress |
Lincoln Maazel | 1903–2009 | 106 | American actor and singer; father of conductor Lorin Maazel |
Kurt Maetzig | 1911–2012 | 101 | German film director |
Maciej Maciejewski | 1914–2018 | 103 | Polish actor |
Martin Magner | 1900–2002 | 101 | German-American theatre and television director and producer |
Tommie Manderson | 1912–2015 | 102 | British make-up artist |
Margery Mason | 1913–2014 | 100 | British actress |
Leslie H. Martinson | 1915–2016 | 101 | American television and film director |
Carmen Martínez Sierra | 1904–2012 | 108 | Spanish actress |
Sherman Maxwell | 1907–2008 | 100 | American sportscaster |
Fay McKenzie | 1918–2019 | 101 | American actress |
Joe McQueen | 1919–2019 | 100 | American jazz saxophonist |
Mariuccia Medici | 1910–2012 | 102 | Italian-born Swiss actress |
Benjamin Melniker | 1913–2018 | 104 | American film producer |
Sheila Mercier | 1919–2019 | 100 | British actress |
Doris Merrick | 1919–2019 | 100 | American actress and model |
Madeleine Milhaud | 1902–2008 | 105 | French actress and librettist; wife of composer Darius Milhaud |
Moi-Yo Miller | 1914–2018 | 104 | Australian magician's assistant |
Antony Mitradas | 1913–2017 | 103 | Indian film director |
Igor Moiseyev | 1906–2007 | 101 | Soviet-Russian choreographer |
Miguel Morayta | 1907–2013 | 105 | Spanish-born Mexican film director |
Patricia Morison | 1915–2018 | 103 | American actress |
Meg Mundy | 1915–2016 | 101 | British-born American actress |
Audrey Munson | 1891–1996 | 104 | American actress and model |
Randi Lindtner Næss | 1905–2009 | 104 | Norwegian actress and singer |
Grim Natwick | 1890–1990 | 100 | American animator |
Ivan Novikoff | 1899–2002 | 102 | Russian ballet teacher |
Gladys O'Connor | 1903–2012 | 108 | British-Canadian actress |
Kevin O'Morrison | 1916–2016 | 100 | American actor and playwright |
Kazuo Ohno | 1906–2010 | 103 | Japanese dancer |
Manoel de Oliveira | 1908–2015 | 106 | Portuguese film director |
Nelly Omar | 1911–2013 | 102 | Argentine actress and singer |
Juan Orrego-Salas | 1919–2019 | 100 | Chilean-American composer |
Risto Orko | 1899–2001 | 102 | Finnish film producer and director |
Ethel Waite Owen | 1893–1997 | 103 | American actress |
Emily Perry | 1907–2008 | 100 | British actress |
Nehemiah Persoff | 1919– | American actor | |
Fern Persons | 1910–2012 | 101 | American film and television actress |
Tullio Pinelli | 1908–2009 | 100 | Italian playwright and screenwriter |
Marc Platt | 1913–2014 | 100 | American actor and dancer |
Olaf Pooley | 1914–2015 | 101 | British actor |
Willis Pyle | 1914–2016 | 101 | American animator |
Milton Quon | 1913–2019 | 105 | American animator, artist and actor |
Luise Rainer | 1910–2014 | 104 | German-born British-American Oscar-winning actress |
Irving Rapper | 1898–1999 | 101 | British-American film director |
Harry Redmond Jr. | 1909–2011 | 101 | American special effects artist and film producer |
Connie Douglas Reeves | 1901–2003 | 101 | American cowgirl |
Helen Reichert | 1901–2011 | 109 | American talk show personality and professor |
Georgette Rejewski | 1910–2014 | 104 | Belgian-born Dutch actress |
Ted Richmond | 1910–2013 | 103 | American film producer |
Leni Riefenstahl | 1902–2003 | 101 | German filmmaker |
Gerda Ring | 1891–1999 | 107 | Norwegian stage actress and producer |
Hal Roach | 1892–1992 | 100 | American film and television producer |
Zvonimir Rogoz | 1887–1988 | 100 | Croatian actor |
Jack Rollins | 1915–2015 | 100 | American film producer |
Jean Rouverol | 1916–2017 | 100 | American actress and screenwriter |
Witold Sadowy | 1920– | 100 | Polish actor |
Frederica Sagor Maas | 1900–2012 | 111 | American screenwriter, playwright and essayist |
Sol Saks | 1910–2011 | 100 | American screenwriter and producer |
Connie Sawyer | 1912–2018 | 105 | American actress |
Ivy Sawyer | 1898–1999 | 101 | American dancer, singer and actress |
Hannes Schiel | 1914–2017 | 103 | Austrian actor |
Robert C. Schnitzer | 1906–2008 | 101 | American actor, producer, educator and theater administrator |
Ida Schuster | 1918–2020 | 101 | Scottish actress |
Miriam Seegar Whelan | 1907–2011 | 103 | American actress |
Zohra Sehgal | 1912–2014 | 102 | Indian dancer and actress |
Tonio Selwart | 1896–2002 | 106 | German actor and stage performer |
Marina Semyonova | 1908–2010 | 101 | Soviet-Russian prima ballerina |
Ramananda Sengupta | 1916–2017 | 101 | Indian cinematographer |
Athene Seyler | 1889–1990 | 101 | British actress |
Helen Shaw | 1897–1997 | 100 | American actress |
Jane Sherman | 1908–2010 | 101 | American dancer and writer |
Helen Shingler | 1919–2019 | 100 | British film and television actress |
Kaneto Shindo | 1912–2012 | 100 | Japanese film director |
Renée Simonot | 1911– | French actress; mother of actress Catherine Deneuve | |
Douglas Slocombe | 1913–2016 | 103 | British cinematographer |
June Spencer | 1919– | British actress | |
Helli Stehle | 1907–2016 | 109 | Swiss actress and radio presenter |
Hugh Stewart | 1910–2011 | 100 | British film editor and producer |
Dorothy Stickney | 1896–1998 | 101 | American actress |
Gloria Stuart | 1910–2010 | 100 | American film actress |
Alan Surgal | 1916–2017 | 100 | American screenwriter |
Wolfgang Suschitzky | 1912–2016 | 104 | Austrian cinematographer and photographer |
Danuta Szaflarska | 1915–2017 | 102 | Polish actress |
Takumi Furukawa | 1917–2018 | 101 | Japanese film director |
Tang Xiaodan | 1910–2012 | 101 | Chinese film director |
Gianrico Tedeschi | 1920–2020 | 100 | Italian actor |
Ellaline Terriss | 1871–1971 | 100 | British stage and film actress and musical performer |
Katsumi Tezuka | 1912– | Japanese monster movie actor | |
Nini Theilade | 1915–2018 | 102 | Danish ballet dancer, choreographer and teacher |
Frank M. Thomas | 1889–1989 | 100 | American actor |
Ruthie Tompson | 1910– | American animator | |
Roman Totenberg | 1911–2012 | 101 | Polish-American violinist |
Lupita Tovar | 1910–2016 | 106 | Mexican-American actress |
Dorothy Toy | 1917–2019 | 102 | Asian-American dancer |
Doris Eaton Travis | 1904–2010 | 106 | American actress, dance r, writer and rancher; last surviving Ziegfeld Girl |
Roger Tréville | 1902–2005 | 102 | French actor |
Mabel Trunnelle | 1879–1981 | 101 | American actress |
Morton Tubor | 1917–2019 | 102 | American film and sound editor |
Dame Ninette de Valois | 1898–2001 | 102 | Irish-born British dancer, teacher, choreographer and director of classical ballet; founder of The Royal Ballet in London |
Otakar Vávra | 1911–2011 | 100 | Czech film director, screenwriter and pedagogue |
Pauline Wagner | 1910–2014 | 103 | American actress |
Bea Wain | 1917–2017 | 100 | American big band singer and radio personality |
Mary Ward Breheny | 1915– | Australian actress and radio broadcaster | |
Señor Wences | 1896–1999 | 103 | Spanish-American ventriloquist |
Gösta Werner | 1908–2009 | 101 | Swedish film director |
Frances Wessells | 1919– | American dancer and choreographer | |
Murray Westgate | 1918–2018 | 100 | Canadian television and film actor |
Stephen Wilkinson | 1919– | British choral conductor and composer | |
Elmo Williams | 1913–2015 | 102 | American film and television editor |
Irv Williams | 1919–2019 | 100 | American jazz saxophonist and composer |
Estelle Winwood | 1883–1984 | 101 | British stage and movie actress |
Norrie Woodhall | 1905–2011 | 105 | British stage actress |
Katja Wulff | 1890–1992 | 101 | Swiss expressionist dancer |
Yan Jizhou | 1917–2018 | 100 | Chinese film director |
Dorothy Young | 1907–2011 | 103 | American entertainer and assistant to magician Harry Houdini |
Izabella Yurieva | 1899–2000 | 100 | Russian singer |
Yuriko Kikuchi | 1920– | American dancer and choreographer | |
Miguel Zacarías | 1905–2006 | 101 | Mexican film director and producer |
Vladimir Zeldin | 1915–2016 | 101 | Soviet-Russian actor |
Adolph Zukor | 1873–1976 | 103 | Austro-Hungarian-born American film producer; co-founder of Paramount Pictures |