The following is a list of centenarians – specifically, people who became famous as actors, filmmakers and entertainers – known for reasons other than their longevity. For more lists, see lists of centenarians.
Name | Lifespan | Age | Notability |
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George Abbott | 1887–1995 | 107 | American stage actor, director, playwright, screenwriter and producer[1] |
Rosa Albach-Retty | 1874–1980 | 105 | Austrian film and stage actress[2] |
Jenny Alpha | 1910–2010 | 100 | French Martinican actress and singer[3] |
Lukas Ammann | 1912–2017 | 104 | Swiss actor[4] |
Nina Andrycz | 1912–2014 | 101 | Polish actress[5] |
Nikolay Annenkov | 1899–1999 | 100 | Soviet-Russian actor[6] |
Neal Arden | 1909–2014 | 104 | British actor[7] |
Svend Asmussen | 1916–2017 | 100 | Danish jazz violinist[8] |
Vincent Ball | 1923– | 100 | Australian actor[9] |
Richard L. Bare | 1913–2015 | 101 | American motion picture and television director[10] |
Etta Moten Barnett | 1901–2004 | 102 | African-American stage actress and singer[11] |
Dave Bartholomew | 1918–2019 | 100 | American musician, bandleader, composer, arranger and record producer[12] |
Norma Barzman | 1920–2023 | 103 | American screenwriter[13] |
Sam Beazley | 1916–2017 | 101 | British actor[14] |
Amelia Bence | 1914–2016 | 101 | Argentine film actress[15] |
Bruce Bennett | 1906–2007 | 100 | American actor and Olympic athlete[16] |
Irving Benson | 1914–2016 | 102 | American actor[17] |
Peter Berkos | 1922–2024 | 101 | American sound editor[18] |
Hilda Bernard | 1920–2022 | 101 | Argentine actress[19] |
Eva von Berne | 1910–2010 | 100 | Austrian film actress[20] |
Walter Bernstein | 1919–2021 | 101 | American screenwriter and film producer[21] |
Pappukutty Bhagavathar | 1913–2020 | 107 | Indian actor and singer[22] |
Stella Bloch | 1897–1999 | 101 | American dancer[23] |
Susanna Bokoyni | 1879–1984 | 105 | Hungarian circus performer[24] |
Margaret Booth | 1898–2002 | 104 | American film editor[25] |
Osmond Borradaile | 1898–1999 | 100 | Canadian cameraman and cinematographer[26] |
Anna Maria Bottini | 1916–2020 | 104 | Italian actress[27] |
Rosa Bouglione | 1910–2018 | 107 | French circus performer[28] |
Robert F. Boyle | 1909–2010 | 100 | American art director and production designer[29] |
Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia | 1894–1998 | 103 | Italian film director and screenwriter[30] |
José Bragato | 1915–2017 | 101 | Italian-born Argentine cellist, composer, conductor, arranger and musical archivist[31] |
Artur Brauner | 1918–2019 | 100 | German film producer[32] |
Renate Brausewetter | 1905–2006 | 100 | German silent film actress[33] |
Helen Bray | 1889–1990 | 100 | American actress[34] |
Oscar Brodney | 1907–2008 | 100 | American screenwriter[35] |
Mona Bruns | 1899–2000 | 100 | American actress[36] |
Zoya Bulgakova | 1914–2017 | 102 | Soviet-Russian stage actress[37] |
Georgia Burke | 1878-1985 | 107 | American film actress[38] |
George Burns | 1896–1996 | 100 | American actor and comedian[39] |
Helen Burns | 1916–2018 | 101 | British actress[40] |
Bill Butler | 1921–2023 | 101 | American cinematographer[41] |
Anne Buydens | 1919–2021 | 102 | American philanthropist and film producer[42] |
John Calvert | 1911–2013 | 102 | American magician[43] |
Earl Cameron | 1917–2020 | 102 | Bermudian-born British actor[44] |
Anna Campori | 1917–2018 | 100 | Italian actress[45] |
Mary Carlisle | 1914–2018 | 104 | American actress[46] |
Diana Serra Cary | 1918–2020 | 101 | American silent film child actress (known as "Baby Peggy"), author and cinema historian[47] |
Christian Casadesus | 1912–2014 | 101 | French actor; brother of fellow actress and centenarian Gisèle Casadesus[48] |
Gisèle Casadesus | 1914–2017 | 103 | French actress; sister of fellow actor and centenarian Christian Casadesus[49] |
Wally Cassell | 1912–2015 | 103 | Italian-born American character actor and businessman[50] |
Raymond Cauchetier | 1920–2021 | 101 | French photographer (French New Wave films)[51] |
Marge Champion | 1919–2020 | 101 | American dancer, choreographer and actress[52] |
Geoffrey Chater | 1921–2021 | 100 | British actor[53] |
Chen Liting | 1910–2013 | 102 | Chinese playwright, drama and film director[54] |
Horacio Coppola | 1906–2012 | 105 | Argentine photographer and filmmaker[55] |
Irwin Corey | 1914–2017 | 102 | American comedian[56] |
Norman Corwin | 1910–2011 | 101 | American screenwriter and producer[57] |
Nelma Costa | 1922–2023 | 101 | Brazilian actress[58] |
Diosa Costello | 1913–2013 | 100 | American entertainer[59] |
Louise Currie | 1913–2013 | 100 | American film actress[60] |
Leila Danette | 1909–2012 | 103 | American actress[61] |
Henry Danton | 1919–2022 | 102 | British dancer[62] |
Robert Darène | 1914–2016 | 102 | French actor, film director and screenwriter[63] |
Danielle Darrieux | 1917–2017 | 100 | French actress[64] |
Jimmie Davis | 1899–2000 | 101 | American singer and songwriter[65] |
Gloria Dea | 1922–2023 | 100 | American actress, dancer and magician[66] |
Margia Dean | 1922–2023 | 101 | American beauty queen and stage and screen actress[67] |
Olivia de Havilland | 1916–2020 | 104 | British-born American film actress[68] |
Suzy Delair | 1917–2020 | 102 | French actress, dancer and singer[69] |
Rosine Delamare | 1911–2013 | 101 | French Oscar-nominated costume designer[70] |
Jean Delannoy | 1908–2008 | 100 | French actor and film director[71] |
Frances Dewey Wormser | 1903–2008 | 104 | American stage actress[72] |
Dorothy Dickson | 1893–1995 | 102 | American-British stage actress[73] |
Caren Marsh Doll | 1919– | 105 | American actress and dancer[74] |
Kirk Douglas | 1916–2020 | 103 | American film actor and producer[75] |
Ellen Albertini Dow | 1913–2015 | 101 | American character actress[76] |
Orlando Drummond | 1919–2021 | 101 | Brazilian stage, television and film actor[77] |
Claire Du Brey | 1892–1993 | 100 | American film actress[78] |
Paulette Dubost | 1910–2011 | 100 | French actress[79] |
Marta Eggerth | 1912–2013 | 101 | Hungarian-born American actress and singer[80] |
Mary Ellis | 1897–2003 | 105 | American-born British stage actress[81] |
Jean Erdman | 1916–2020 | 104 | American dancer[82] |
Carl Esmond | 1902–2004 | 102 | German-American actor[83] |
Irving Fein | 1911–2012 | 101 | American television and film producer[84] |
Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies | 1891–1992 | 101 | British actress[85] |
Gunnar Fischer | 1910–2011 | 100 | Swedish cinematographer[86] |
Rina Franchetti | 1907–2010 | 102 | Italian actress[87] |
Elissa Minet Fuchs | 1919–2023 | 103 | American ballerina and choreographer[88] |
Takumi Furukawa | 1917–2018 | 101 | Japanese film director[89] |
Arthur Gardner | 1910–2014 | 104 | American television producer[90] |
Hal Geer | 1916–2017 | 100 | American producer and filmmaker[91] |
Pierre Gérald | 1906–2012 | 105 | French actor[92] |
Erwin Geschonneck | 1906–2008 | 101 | German actor[93] |
Julie Gibson | 1913–2019 | 106 | American actress and singer[94] |
Marie Glory | 1905–2009 | 103 | French actress[95] |
Ebrahim Golestan | 1922–2023 | 100 | Iranian-British film director and writer[96] |
Dercy Gonçalves | 1907–2008 | 101 | Brazilian actress[97] |
Coleridge Goode | 1914–2015 | 100 | Jamaican-born British jazz bassist[98] |
Bert I. Gordon | 1922–2023 | 100 | American film director[99] |
Guido Gorgatti | 1919–2023 | 103 | Italian-born Argentine film actor[100] |
Karl Otto Götz | 1914–2017 | 103 | German artist, filmmaker, draughtsman/printmaker, writer and art professor[101] |
Derek Granger | 1921–2022 | 101 | British film and television producer, and screenwriter[102] |
Alda Grimaldi | 1919–2023 | 104 | Italian television director and actress[103] |
Liane Haid | 1895–2000 | 105 | Austrian actress[104] |
Anna Halprin | 1920–2021 | 100 | American dancer and choreographer[105][106] |
Stein Grieg Halvorsen | 1909–2013 | 104 | Norwegian actor[107] |
Kathleen Harrison | 1892–1995 | 103 | British actress[108] |
Shinobu Hashimoto | 1918–2018 | 100 | Japanese film director, screenwriter, and producer[109] |
Johannes Heesters | 1903–2011 | 108 | Dutch actor, vocalist and performer[110] |
Bob Hope | 1903–2003 | 100 | British-born American actor and comedian[111] |
Mieczysław Horszowski | 1892–1993 | 100 | Polish-American pianist[112] |
Shep Houghton | 1914–2016 | 102 | American actor and dancer[113][114] |
Yvonne Howell | 1905–2010 | 104 | American silent film actress[115] |
Marsha Hunt | 1917–2022 | 104 | American actress[116][117] |
Minoru Inuzuka | 1901–2007 | 106 | Japanese film director and screenwriter[118] |
Vilma Jamnická | 1906–2008 | 101 | Slovakian actress[119] |
Lucy Jarvis | 1917–2020 | 102 | American television producer[120] |
Joli Jászai | 1907–2008 | 101 | Hungarian actress[121] |
Gertrude Jeannette | 1914–2018 | 103 | American actress, theatre director and producer[122] |
Herb Jeffries | 1913–2014 | 100 | American singer and actor[123] |
Glynis Johns | 1923–2024 | 100 | British actress, dancer, musician and singer[124] |
Rolands Kalniņš | 1922–2022 | 100 | Latvian film director, screenwriter and producer[125][126] |
Tatyana Karpova | 1916–2018 | 102 | Soviet-Russian actress[127] |
Lois Kelly Miller | 1917–2020 | 102 | Jamaican actress[128] |
John Kenley | 1906–2009 | 103 | American Broadway director and producer[129] |
Barbara Kent | 1907–2011 | 103 | Canadian-born American actress[130] |
Yuriko Kikuchi | 1920–2022 | 102 | American dancer and choreographer[131] |
Robert Kinoshita | 1914–2014 | 100 | American art director[132] |
Hans F. Koenekamp | 1891–1992 | 100 | American cinematographer[133] |
Herbert Köfer | 1921–2021 | 100 | German actor[134] |
Eileen Kramer | 1914–2024 | 110 | Australian dancer, artist, performer and choreographer[135] |
Mae Laborde | 1909–2012 | 102 | American television actress[136] |
Carla Laemmle | 1909–2014 | 104 | American film actress[137] |
Guje Lagerwall | 1918–2019 | 100 | Swedish actress[138] |
Charles Lane | 1905–2007 | 102 | American character actor[139] |
Sid Laverents | 1908–2009 | 100 | American amateur filmmaker[140] |
Ray Lawler | 1921–2024 | 103 | Australian playwright[141] |
Norman Lear | 1922–2023 | 101 | American television writer and film and television producer[142] |
Nikolai Lebedev | 1921–2022 | 100 | Soviet and Russian actor[143][144] |
Yvette Lebon | 1910–2014 | 103 | French actress[145] |
Francis Lederer | 1899–2000 | 100 | American actor[146] |
Aleen Leslie | 1908–2010 | 101 | American screenwriter[147] |
Norman Lloyd | 1914–2021 | 106 | American actor, director, producer and writer[148] |
Elena Lucena | 1914–2015 | 101 | Argentine actress[149] |
Don Lusk | 1913–2018 | 105 | American animator[150] |
Ingrid Luterkort | 1910–2011 | 101 | Swedish actress[151] |
Dora Luz | 1918–2018 | 100 | Mexican singer and recording artist[152] |
Lincoln Maazel | 1903–2009 | 106 | American actor and singer; father of conductor Lorin Maazel[153] |
Kurt Maetzig | 1911–2012 | 101 | German film director[154] |
Maciej Maciejewski | 1914–2018 | 103 | Polish actor[155] |
Martin Magner | 1900–2002 | 101 | German-American theatre and television director and producer[156] |
Tommie Manderson | 1912–2015 | 102 | British make-up artist[157] |
Don Marion | 1917–2020 | 103 | American actor[158] |
Margery Mason | 1913–2014 | 100 | British actress[159] |
Leslie H. Martinson | 1915–2016 | 101 | American television and film director[160] |
Carmen Martínez Sierra | 1904–2012 | 108 | Spanish actress[161] |
Annabel Maule | 1922– | 102 | British actress[162] |
Sherman Maxwell | 1907–2008 | 100 | American sportscaster[163] |
Fay McKenzie | 1918–2019 | 101 | American actress[164] |
Joe McQueen | 1919–2019 | 100 | American jazz saxophonist[165] |
Mariuccia Medici | 1910–2012 | 102 | Italian-born Swiss actress[166] |
Benjamin Melniker | 1913–2018 | 104 | American film producer[167] |
Sheila Mercier | 1919–2019 | 100 | British actress[168] |
Doris Merrick | 1919–2019 | 100 | American actress and model[169] |
Madeleine Milhaud | 1902–2008 | 105 | French actress and librettist; wife of composer Darius Milhaud[170] |
Moi-Yo Miller | 1914–2018 | 104 | Australian magician's assistant[171] |
Walter Mirisch | 1921–2023 | 101 | American film producer[172] |
Antony Mitradas | 1913–2017 | 103 | Indian film director[173] |
Igor Moiseyev | 1906–2007 | 101 | Soviet-Russian choreographer[174] |
Miguel Morayta | 1907–2013 | 105 | Spanish-born Mexican film director[175] |
Patricia Morison | 1915–2018 | 103 | American actress[176] |
Meg Mundy | 1915–2016 | 101 | British-born American actress[177] |
Audrey Munson | 1891–1996 | 104 | American actress and model[178] |
Alexandra Myšková | 1922– | 102 | Czech-Norwegian actress[179] |
Randi Lindtner Næss | 1905–2009 | 104 | Norwegian actress and singer[180] |
Chemancheri Kunhiraman Nair | 1916–2021 | 104 | Indian Kathakali actor[181] |
Grim Natwick | 1890–1990 | 100 | American animator[182] |
Ivan Novikoff | 1899–2002 | 102 | Russian ballet teacher[183] |
Gladys O'Connor | 1903–2012 | 108 | British-Canadian actress[184] |
Kevin O'Morrison | 1916–2016 | 100 | American actor and playwright[185] |
Kazuo Ohno | 1906–2010 | 103 | Japanese dancer[186] |
Manoel de Oliveira | 1908–2015 | 106 | Portuguese film director[187] |
Nelly Omar | 1911–2013 | 102 | Argentine actress and singer[188] |
Lia Origoni | 1919–2022 | 103 | Italian actress[189] |
Risto Orko | 1899–2001 | 102 | Finnish film producer and director[190] |
Juan Orrego-Salas | 1919–2019 | 100 | Chilean-American composer[191] |
Ethel Waite Owen | 1893–1997 | 103 | American actress[192] |
Janis Paige | 1922–2024 | 101 | American actress[193] |
Emily Perry | 1907–2008 | 100 | British actress[194] |
Nehemiah Persoff | 1919–2022 | 102 | American actor[195] |
Fern Persons | 1910–2012 | 101 | American film and television actress[196] |
Tullio Pinelli | 1908–2009 | 100 | Italian playwright and screenwriter[197] |
Marc Platt | 1913–2014 | 100 | American actor and dancer[198] |
Priscilla Pointer | 1924– | 100 | American actress[199] |
Olaf Pooley | 1914–2015 | 101 | British actor[200] |
Micheline Presle | 1922–2024 | 101 | French actress[201] |
Willis Pyle | 1914–2016 | 101 | American animator[202] |
Qin Yi | 1922–2022 | 100 | Chinese actress[203][204] |
Milton Quon | 1913–2019 | 105 | American animator, artist and actor[205] |
Luise Rainer | 1910–2014 | 104 | German-born British-American Oscar-winning actress[206] |
Irving Rapper | 1898–1999 | 101 | British-American film director[207] |
Harry Redmond Jr. | 1909–2011 | 101 | American special effects artist and film producer[208] |
Connie Douglas Reeves | 1901–2003 | 101 | American cowgirl[209] |
Helen Reichert | 1901–2011 | 109 | American talk show personality and professor[210] |
Georgette Rejewski | 1910–2014 | 104 | Belgian-born Dutch actress[211] |
Ted Richmond | 1910–2013 | 103 | American film producer[212] |
Leni Riefenstahl | 1902–2003 | 101 | German film director[213] |
Gerda Ring | 1891–1999 | 107 | Norwegian stage actress and producer[214] |
Hal Roach | 1892–1992 | 100 | American film and television producer[215] |
Edith Roger | 1922–2023 | 100 | Norwegian dancer and choreographer[216] |
Zvonimir Rogoz | 1887–1988 | 100 | Croatian actor[217] |
Jack Rollins | 1915–2015 | 100 | American film producer[218] |
Jean Rouverol | 1916–2017 | 100 | American actress and screenwriter[219] |
Witold Sadowy | 1920–2020 | 100 | Polish actor[220] |
Frederica Sagor Maas | 1900–2012 | 111 | American screenwriter, playwright and essayist[221] |
Eva Marie Saint | 1924– | 100 | American actress[222] |
Sol Saks | 1910–2011 | 100 | American screenwriter and producer[223] |
Paula Salomon-Lindberg | 1897–2000 | 102 | German classical contralto singer[224] |
Connie Sawyer | 1912–2018 | 105 | American actress[225] |
Ivy Sawyer | 1898–1999 | 101 | American dancer, singer and actress[226] |
Hannes Schiel | 1914–2017 | 103 | Austrian actor[227] |
Rolf Schimpf | 1924– | 100 | German actor[228] |
Robert C. Schnitzer | 1906–2008 | 101 | American actor, producer, educator and theater administrator[229] |
Walter Schultheiss | 1924– | 100 | German actor, author and painter[230] |
Ida Schuster | 1918–2020 | 101 | Scottish actress[231] |
Alfie Scopp | 1919–2021 | 101 | English-born Canadian actor[232] |
Miriam Seegar Whelan | 1907–2011 | 103 | American actress[233] |
Zohra Sehgal | 1912–2014 | 102 | Indian dancer and actress[234] |
Tonio Selwart | 1896–2002 | 106 | German actor and stage performer[235] |
Marina Semyonova | 1908–2010 | 101 | Soviet-Russian prima ballerina[236] |
Ramananda Sengupta | 1916–2017 | 101 | Indian cinematographer[237] |
Athene Seyler | 1889–1990 | 101 | British actress[238] |
Jane Sherman | 1908–2010 | 101 | American dancer and writer[239] |
Kaneto Shindo | 1912–2012 | 100 | Japanese film director[240] |
Helen Shingler | 1919–2019 | 100 | British film and television actress[241] |
Renée Simonot | 1911–2021 | 109 | French actress; mother of actress Catherine Deneuve[242] |
Douglas Slocombe | 1913–2016 | 103 | British cinematographer[243] |
June Spencer | 1919–2024 | 105 | British radio actress[244] |
Norman Spencer | 1914–2024 | 110 | British film producer, production manager and screenwriter[245] |
Helli Stehle | 1907–2017 | 109 | Swiss actress and radio presenter[246] |
Hugh Stewart | 1910–2011 | 100 | British film editor and producer[247] |
Dorothy Stickney | 1896–1998 | 101 | American actress[248] |
Gloria Stuart | 1910–2010 | 100 | American film actress[249] |
Alan Surgal | 1916–2017 | 100 | American screenwriter[250] |
Wolfgang Suschitzky | 1912–2016 | 104 | Austrian cinematographer and photographer[251] |
Danuta Szaflarska | 1915–2017 | 102 | Polish actress[252] |
Tang Xiaodan | 1910–2012 | 101 | Chinese film director[253] |
Gianrico Tedeschi | 1920–2020 | 100 | Italian actor[254] |
Ellaline Terriss | 1871–1971 | 100 | British stage and film actress and musical performer[255] |
Nini Theilade | 1915–2018 | 102 | Danish ballet dancer, choreographer and teacher[256] |
Frank M. Thomas | 1889–1989 | 100 | American actor[citation needed] |
Ruthie Tompson | 1910–2021 | 111 | American animator[257] |
Roman Totenberg | 1911–2012 | 101 | Polish-American violinist[258] |
Lupita Tovar | 1910–2016 | 106 | Mexican-American actress[259] |
Dorothy Toy | 1917–2019 | 102 | Asian-American dancer[260] |
Doris Eaton Travis | 1904–2010 | 106 | American actress and dance instructor; last surviving Ziegfeld girl[261] |
Roger Tréville | 1902–2005 | 102 | French actor[262] |
Mabel Trunnelle | 1879–1981 | 101 | American actress[263] |
Morton Tubor | 1917–2019 | 102 | American film and sound editor[264] |
Franca Valeri | 1920–2020 | 100 | Italian actress[265] |
Ninette de Valois | 1898–2001 | 102 | Irish-born British dancer, teacher, choreographer and director of classical ballet; founder of The Royal Ballet in London[266] |
Otakar Vávra | 1911–2011 | 100 | Czech film director, screenwriter and pedagogue[267] |
Meta Velander | 1924– | 100 | Swedish actress[268] |
Branka Veselinović | 1918–2023 | 104 | Serbian actress[269] |
Pauline Wagner | 1910–2014 | 103 | American actress[270] |
Bea Wain | 1917–2017 | 100 | American big band singer and radio personality[271] |
Mary Ward Breheny | 1915–2021 | 106 | Australian actress and radio broadcaster[272] |
Stan Waterman | 1923–2023 | 100 | American cinematographer and film producer[273] |
Señor Wences | 1896–1999 | 103 | Spanish-American ventriloquist[274] |
Gösta Werner | 1908–2009 | 101 | Swedish film director[275] |
Frances Wessells | 1919– | 105 | American dancer and choreographer[276] |
Murray Westgate | 1918–2018 | 100 | Canadian television and film actor[277] |
Stephen Wilkinson | 1919–2021 | 102 | British choral conductor and composer[278] |
Elmo Williams | 1913–2015 | 102 | American film and television editor[279] |
Irv Williams | 1919–2019 | 100 | American jazz saxophonist and composer[280] |
Estelle Winwood | 1883–1984 | 101 | British stage and film actress[281] |
Norrie Woodhall | 1905–2011 | 105 | British stage actress[282] |
Katja Wulff | 1890–1992 | 101 | Swiss expressionist dancer[283] |
Yan Jizhou | 1917–2018 | 100 | Chinese film director[284] |
Dorothy Young | 1907–2011 | 103 | American entertainer and assistant to magician Harry Houdini[285] |
Izabella Yurieva | 1899–2000 | 100 | Russian singer[286] |
Miguel Zacarías | 1905–2006 | 101 | Mexican film director and producer[287] |
Manos Zacharias | 1922– | 102 | Greek film director, cinematographer and actor[288] |
Vladimir Zeldin | 1915–2016 | 101 | Soviet-Russian actor[289] |
Hilda Žīgure | 1918–2022 | 104 | Latvian stage actress[290] |
Adolph Zukor | 1873–1976 | 103 | Austro-Hungarian-born American film producer; co-founder of Paramount Pictures[291] |
Jorge Zuloaga | 1922–2022 | 100 | Colombian television comedian[292] |