Really?? He/She is still alive?!- Page 2

[Wynbish]

Posted: 8/27/12 at 10:17am

Is that a sorry comeback made weaker with use of a "shock" word that does not really offend the person it's directed to? Oh wait. It's broadwayworld.com. I guess it is.

Moving on, Mickey Rooney was in the newest Muppets movie.

[Insider2]

Posted: 8/27/12 at 10:23am

It should not shock you that you are a hag. What should be shocking is that you are defending some moron who started a thread asking "really??? are they still alive???" That is ageist and insulting to the performers that you profess to honor. And by the way, has he ever heard of Google before? Ohhh wait, I get it now. He asked a stupid question, and so now you and all your comrades get to sit here and spout off information to make yourselfs feel all superior to everyone else because you happen to know theatre trivia. Blah blah blah, this perason is still alive. Blah blah blah. This person is still alive. Please.

[AC126748]

Posted: 8/27/12 at 10:35am

A slight correction: Jack Klugman is still very much with us, but he ended up not appearing in that George Street production of 12 ANGRY MEN. I believe there were some health concerns with him traveling from California to the east coast, so he withdrew.

[Wynbish]

Posted: 8/27/12 at 10:35am

Carla Laemmle was a ballerina in the silent movie version of the Phantom of the Opera and was in Bela Lugosi's Dracula. She's 103 in October.

[ErinDillyFan]

Posted: 8/27/12 at 10:54am

On the other end of the spectrum. I thought it strange/funny that on "So you think you can dance" they announced that this week would have been Gene Kelly's 100th birthday then show his (now 53 yr old) widow in the audience...

[followspot]

Posted: 8/27/12 at 1:42pm

Barbara Cook, Cleo Laine, Marian Seldes, Estelle Parsons, Rosemary Harris, Orson Bean, Edward Albee, Charles Strouse, Hal Prince, Eydie Gorme, Richard Sherman, and Burt Bacharach are 84.

Neil Simon, John Kander, Anne Jackson, Sidney Poitier, Murray Schisgal, and Harry Belafonte are 85.

Julie Harris, Angela Lansbury, Kaye Ballard, Charlotte Rae, Dick Van Dyke, Fritz Weaver, Frank Gilroy, Jerry Lewis, Cloris Leachman, and Mel Brooks are 86.

Elaine Stritch, Lauren Bacall, Ruby Dee, Julie Wilson, and Hal Holbrook are 87.

Sheldon Harnick, Eva Marie Saint, Charles Aznavour, Theodore Bikel, Ron Moody, and Glynis Johns are 88.

Sid Caesar, Gene Saks, Charles Durning, Madeleine Sherwood, Juanita Moore, Rose Marie, and George S. Irving are 89.

Carl Reiner, Norman Lear, and Jack Klugman are 90.

Carol Channing, Mickey Rooney, Louis Jourdan, Hal David, and Nanette Fabray are 91.

Maureen O'Hara is 92.

Joan Fontaine is 94.

Kirk Douglas and Zsa Zsa Gabor are 95.

Eli Wallach and Olivia de Havilland are 96.

Patricia Morison is 97.

Luise Rainer is 102.

No Broadway ties that I know of, but:
Harry Dean Stanton, 86
Dorothy Malone, 87
George Kennedy, 87
Richard Attenborough, 88
Doris Day, 88
Martha Hyer, 88
Valentina Cortese, 89
Deanna Durbin, 90
Christopher Lee, 90
Betty White, 90
Eleanor Parker, 90
Esther Williams, 91
Danielle Darrieux, 95

Updated On: 8/27/12 at 01:42 PM

[themysteriousgrowl]

Posted: 8/27/12 at 1:44pm

After Eight turns 113 this Halloween.

[Jay Lerner-Z]

Posted: 8/27/12 at 2:12pm

Thanks AC1267, that's a pity. I'm sorry to have mislead y'all!

[zamedy]

Posted: 8/27/12 at 10:26pm

Wow. Quite an impressive list there, followspot. I actually could have sworn that Marian Seldes had passed away. I remember thinking 'oh how sad that this magnificent woman of Broadway is not with us anymore' when I recently watched "Broadway: The Golden Age" on DVD. So glad to hear she's still with us and still working. I have always deeply admired her grace, class and incredible talent. Finding this out made this much-maligned thread all worth it.

[GavestonPS]

Posted: 8/28/12 at 2:02pm

Based on his apparent age when I worked with him ALMOST 40 YEARS AGO, I would have guessed that Jack Klugman had passed by now. I'm glad to hear he is still with us.

How is this ageist or offensive? Most people, in fact, do not live to be 90.

[Wynbish]

Posted: 8/28/12 at 2:05pm

I was watching the live telecast of the Tony's with my mother years ago, and Patricia Neal walked out to present an award. My mother said, "Patricia Neal! Isn't she dead?" to which I responded, "God, I hope not."

R.I.P. Patricia Neal (but not back then)

[allofmylife]

Posted: 8/28/12 at 3:15pm

I hope she is still with us: on a thread about "Pal Joey" which played in 1940, we had a member join the thread who had been a dancer in the original production with Gene Kelly. That really made my year.

[WOSQ]

Posted: 8/28/12 at 4:51pm

From the "no Broadway ties..." list:

Didn't Danielle Darrieux replace Hepburn in Coco?

Eleanor Parker played Margo Channing taking over the tour of Applause from Bacall.

[donte7162004]

Posted: 8/28/12 at 9:21pm

Thank you followspot. Some great talents on that list. I'm glad to hear that they are still with us.

[henrikegerman]

Posted: 8/29/12 at 12:05am

The great Sheldon Harnick, 88.

Of course Kirk Douglas, 96.


One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest [Original, Play, Drama] Nov 13, 1963 - Jan 25, 1964

Performer: Kirk Douglas [Randle P. McMurphy]


Woman Bites Dog [Original, Play, Comedy, Satire, Farce] Apr 17, 1946 - Apr 20, 1946

Performer: Kirk Douglas [Hopkins]


The Wind Is Ninety [Original, Play] Jun 21, 1945 - [unknown]

Performer: Kirk Douglas [Soldier]


Alice in Arms [Original, Play] Jan 31, 1945 - Feb 3, 1945

Performer: Kirk Douglas [Steve]


Kiss and Tell [Original, Play, Comedy] Mar 17, 1943 - Jun 23, 1945

Performer: Kirk Douglas
Lieut. Lenny Archer - Replacement


The Three Sisters [Revival, Play, Drama] Dec 21, 1942 - Apr 3, 1943

Performer: Kirk Douglas [An Orderly]
Updated On: 8/29/12 at 12:05 AM

[Marianne2]

Posted: 8/29/12 at 1:04am

I didn't think the title of this thread was offensive at all.

Not as old as others listed, but I'm embarrassed to say that I had thought Christopher Plummer had died. Don't know why either. I was shocked when I heard his name again recently for the Academy Awards.

[Wynbish]

Posted: 8/29/12 at 1:07am

He even said in his speech that he is only two years younger than the Oscars themselves.

[WOSQ]

Posted: 8/29/12 at 4:47pm

Has anyone mentioned Russell Nype who is 88 and the winner of two Tonys?

[Urban]

Posted: 8/30/12 at 8:11am

When I saw him a few years back in "Who's Line..." I was pleasantly surprised Sid Ceaser was still around.

And in terms of writers, Harper Lee is still alive and kicking.

[jayinchelsea]

Posted: 8/30/12 at 9:49am

And Eleanor Parker was "almost" on Broadway in the mid-70s when she and dancer Edward Villella were starring in another failed revival of PAL JOEY, but they "left" the production in rehearsals, and it eventually played a short run with Joan Copeland and Chris Chadman in their parts.

[Wynbish]

Posted: 9/3/12 at 4:14pm

Happy 80th Birthday, Eileen Brennan, original Irene Molloy! Of course, I know Eileen from Clue and Murder by Death