Always Forward and Is by Alive Again
The nation's most popular stars in their gold years are showing no signs of slowing down. Although some of these celebrities may accept slipped from the public centre, they remain successful and unstoppable, even after working in their industry for decades. You may be surprised to know that some of your favorite icons are besides over 100 years old. Throughout their whole careers, these superstars have won many awards, broke records and influenced future generations.
Doris Day
With the passing of Doris Day on May 13, 2019, Hollywood lost 1 of its shining stars. Best known for her melodious singing vox, girl-side by side-door amuse, and award winning sitcom The Doris Day Show, Day's touch on the entertainment industry is immeasurable. WIth a remarkable career spanning 6 decades, over 30 films and 600 musical recordings, Mean solar day is i of Hollywood's most successful female motion-picture show stars.
After retiring from the entertainment industry in 1975, Day shifted her focus to brute welfare. She founded the Doris Twenty-four hour period Animal Foundation to aid animals detect loving homes in 1978, and lived a tranquility life in Carmel, California until her passing at the age of 97.
While 24-hour interval is no longer with us, many of your favorite stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood are nonetheless going strong. Let's take a await at how these celebrities reached superstardom and find out what they're up to at present.
Prince Philip
Equally a majestic, Prince Philip, 97, is accustomed to existence in the spotlight. He is widely recognized as the husband of Queen Elizabeth 2. The couple tied the knot on November 20, 1947, at Westminster Abbey. In 1952, Elizabeth assumed the throne and the many responsibilities that came with it. Throughout Philip and Elizabeth's wedlock, Philip has supported the queen in her official duties.
In 2017, Philip announced his retirement from public life, joking, "I can't stand up up much." Over the course of seven decades, he made over 22,000 solo public appearances. In Feb 2019, Philip gave up his driver's license following an at-error collision with another vehicle in England. In add-on to surrendering his commuter'south license, Philip wrote a letter apologizing to the woman injured in the accident.
Rick Moranis
Rick Moranis, 65, is responsible for bringing some of the most memorable characters in movie theater to life, such as the nerdy florist Seymour Krelborn in Piffling Shop of Horrors, possessed neighbour Louis Tully in Ghostbusters and the Night Helmet character in the pic Spaceballs. Throughout the 1980s, Moranis usually took on roles as the nerdy neighbour.
In 2007, he left Hollywood to spend more fourth dimension raising his children (who had lost their mother to cancer in 1991). Since then, Moranis has done some phonation-over work for animated features. He voiced Rutt in the 2003 film Brother Acquit and its 2006 sequel. In 2018, he appeared in an episode of The Goldbergs, reprising his famous Spaceballs role.
Shelley Duvall
Shelley Duvall, 69, began her acting career in the 1970s and rose to fame in the 1980s. Duvall is widely known for starring in the iconic 1980'southward film The Shining. Duvall has reported that working with director Stanley Kubrick on The Shining was so stressful that she suffered from hair loss. After Duvall finished filming The Shining, she signed on to another successful pic, Popeye. Duvall continued to land roles in numerous films throughout the 1980s and 1990s.
Later on Duvall starred in 2002'south Manna From Heaven, she retired from public life. Nevertheless, she recently received media attention after appearing on an episode of Dr. Phil. In November 2016, Duvall told Dr. Phil she was suffering from an unspecified mental illness. Some people on social media criticized Dr. Phil for exploiting Duvall. Stanley Kubrick'south daughter, Vivian Kubrick, even called for a boycott of Dr. Phil.
Tippi Hedren
Tippi Hedren, 89, entered the world as Nathalie Kay Hedren, but she'southward best recognized every bit Tippi, a nickname given to her past her male parent when she was an babe. Later spending her 20s and early 30s modeling, Hedren bankrupt into interim thanks to the 1958 thriller, Vertigo. She went on to collaborate with managing director Alfred Hitchcock on multiple projects, including the films Marnie and Discovery. Hedren starred in a wide diversity of films throughout her career, from 1963'south The Birds to the 2004 comedy, I Heart Huckabees.
She most recent office was in the 2017 drama The Ghost and the Whale. She also revived her modeling career at the age of 88 in a 2018 Gucci modeling campaign. Currently, Hedren serves every bit the president of Shambala Preserve, an animate being sanctuary that she founded in 1983.
Rita Morena
Rita Moreno, 87, is a Puerto Rican actor who rose to fame for her roles in West Side Story and The King and I. For Moreno'south role in West Side Story, she won an Oscar for Best Supporting Extra and became the first Latina actor to receive the honor. She later landed major roles in hit films such as Summer and Fume in 1961 and The 4 Seasons in 1981.
Moreno has been interim, dancing and singing for more than than 70 years. Although she hasn't starred in a film since 2014, Moreno continues to piece of work on television receiver shows like Elena of Avalor in 2018 and Carmen Sandiego in 2019. Recently, the actor also joined the bandage of the Westward Side Story remake, which will begin filming in summer 2019.
Angela Lansbury
Angela Brigid Lansbury'southward acting career spans more half dozen decades. She earned her first Oscar nomination from her very outset movie, Gaslight, in 1944. Lansbury received another Oscar nomination for The Picture of Dorian Gray one year subsequently. Lansbury gained worldwide fame afterwards starring in the popular series Murder, She Wrote from 1984 to 1996. Throughout her spectacular career, the histrion has scored five Tony Awards, half-dozen Gilt Globe Awards, and even a Grammy for her contributions on the soundtrack to 1994'southward Beauty and the Beast. (She voiced Mrs. Potts and reportedly nailed the vocal in 1 take)
In recent years, Lansbury has appeared in smaller roles in films such every bit 2011's Mr. Popper's Penguins and 2018'due south Mary Poppins Returns. In 2018, Lansbury had an interview with AARP to discuss her role in the Idiot box mini-series, Lilliputian Women. She told AARP that acting is what she loves doing most in life.
Surprise! Angela Lansbury was this yr'due south clandestine #AFIAWARDS benediction speaker. "These stories are born of collaboration. We tell them together." pic.twitter.com/jwoAEh60hW
— AFI (@AmericanFilm) January 4, 2019
Jerry Stiller
Although Jerry Stiller, 91, appeared on popular shows like The Beloved Boat, he didn't become widely recognized until he starred in the sitcom Seinfeld as Frank Costanza. For his amazing performance on Seinfeld, Stiller earned an Emmy nomination and won the American One-act Award in 1997. In one case Seinfeld ended, Stiller moved on to some other successful sitcom, The King of Queens, in 1998. He received praise for his work on both shows, which enabled him to land roles in many films.
Stiller most recently appeared in Zoolander 2 in 2016, as a character named Maury.
In January 2019, Stiller suffered a health scare and was kept nether observation at a New York City hospital. Luckily, Stiller recovered. A family unit friend informed People, "He is doing well and will be home this weekend."
Dick Van Dyke
Dick Van Dyke's career as an actor, singer and dancer spans over seven decades. Van Dyke started his career as a radio DJ in the 1940s before transitioning to television. Van Dyke rose to prominence after starring in his ain sitcom, The Dick Van Dyke Show, a favorite in many households in the 1960s. He went on to star in many successful productions including Bye Bye Birdie (the musical and movie), Mary Poppins, Curious George and Night at the Museum.
Today, Van Dyke, 93, occasionally makes cameos in Hollywood. You tin watch him dancing on a table in 2018'southward Mary Poppins Returns. Van Dyke spent two days in London shooting the dance scene. Director Rob Marshall idea Van Dyke needed assistance to get onto the table, just Van Dyke jumped onto information technology himself and began dancing away. To make certain Marshall had the all-time shots, Van Dyke repeated the trip the light fantastic toe routine 4 times.
Mel Brooks
Mel Brooks, 92, received his starting time major win equally a manager with the 1967 movie The Producers. One year subsequently, Brooks snagged an Oscar for All-time Original Screenplay, beating other big-name writers such as Stanley Kubrick. Since so, Brooks became an iconic director, recognized for films such as 1970's The Twelve Chairs and 1974's Young Frankenstein.
Although the most recent film Brooks directed was in 1995, he remains active in Hollywood. His more recent projects have been in voice acting. He'south behind the voices of Vlad in 2018'southward Hotel Transylvania 3: Summertime Vacation and Shogun in 2019's Blazing Samurai.
Went to a volume party this weekend for the lovely @lilok30 & @jencaloyeras – groovy people and swell reading! pic.twitter.com/IQ6PFjahVu
— Mel Brooks (@MelBrooks) May xviii, 2015
Kirk Douglas
Kirk Douglas's interim career took off later on the 1943 pic Buss and Tell. In 1949, Douglas rose to international fame when he starred in the film Champion, earning his commencement University Award nomination. After, Douglas went on to star in notable films such as Spartacus and The Bad and the Beautiful.
Despite indelible a severe stroke in 1996, Douglas recovered and continued to appear in films such as It Runs in the Family unit in 2003. Douglas most recently starred in Empire State Building Murders in 2008. Currently, Douglas is 102 years old and lives with his second married woman, Anne Buydens in Los Angeles, California.
Man classic movie star Kirk Douglas is 102 years old today… He IS Spartacus!!! pic.twitter.com/APz8fx9PEw
— Joe Bonsall (@joebonsall) December ix, 2018
Olivia de Havilland
De Havilland, 89, got her outset large break portraying Hermia in 1935's A Midsummer Dark'southward Dream. De Havilland later starred in the 1939 film Gone with the Current of air, earning an Academy Accolade nomination for her operation. De Havilland connected acting in popular films such as The Strawberry Blonde, To Each His Own and The Snake Pit. Throughout her career, De Havilland won numerous honors including two Academy Awards and two Golden World Awards.
De Havilland retired from interim in 1988 after her terminal appearance in the Tv picture, The Woman He Loved. In 2017, De Havilland sued FX network for inaccurately depicting her in the series Feud: Bette and Joan, merely lost her case in 2018. She subsequently brought the lawsuit to the U.Southward. Supreme Court, just the courts denied to review the lawsuit.
Kim Novak
Kim Novak, 86, launched her acting career in the film Pushover in 1954. It took Novak another twelvemonth of acting before alluring worldwide recognition. After Novak starred in Picnic (1955), she achieved success and fame. For that performance, Novak won a Gold Earth Award and a BAFTA Flick Laurels nomination. Novak went on to work in more notable films including Vertigo with Tippi Hedren and The Homo with the Aureate Arm aslope Frank Sinatra.
In 1991, Novak announced her retirement from acting. Instead, she focused on creating art. While Novak attended the TCM Classic Motion-picture show Festival in 2014, she unveiled one of her paintings, entitled Vertigo / Vortex of Delusion. Today, she specializes in photography, verse and visual art.
Ed Asner
Ed Asner, 89, landed his first large office in the 1957 evidence Studio. Asner received recognition for his portrayal of Lou Grant in the critically acclaimed series The Mary Tyler Moore Show and its subsequent spin-off Lou Grant in the 1970s and 1980s. For his role as Grant in both shows, Asner won four Golden World Awards and v Primetime Emmy Awards. Asner has as well voiced many characters in animated features. Asner made fans cry through his vocalism acting of Carl Fredricksen in Pixar'due south Up in 2009.
Hollywood hasn't seen the last of Asner. He'southward currently taking on smaller roles in films similar The Garden Left Backside in 2019. Besides acting in films and shows, Asner also supports clemency piece of work. Currently, he'south a member and supporter of many charitable organizations such as The Survivor Mitzvah Project and Defenders of Wild fauna.
Ann-Margret Olsson
Since the 1960s, Ann-Margret Olsson, 77, has charmed audiences with her interim and singing talents. In 1961, Olsson's song I Just Don't Understand became a minor hit, ranking No. 17 on the Billboard Top twoscore. Olsson moved on to produce trip the light fantastic hits (most notably, Love Rush) between the late 1970s and early 1980s. Olsson made her film debut in Pocketful of Miracles in 1961, but she rose to prominence after starring in 1963's Farewell Goodbye Birdie. Olsson went on to star in many hit films, including Viva Las Vegas with Elvis Presley and The Cincinnati Child alongside Steve McQueen.
In recent years, Olsson moved on to guest star in big shows including Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in 2010, for which she received a Primetime Emmy Accolade. Today, Olsson continues to act in television shows and films such as Papa (2018) and an episode of Happy! (2019).
Carl Reiner
Carl Reiner, 97, received early recognition after working with Mel Brooks on the comedy sketch 2000 Year One-time Man in 1960. Reiner later became an icon in the entertainment manufacture for creating, writing and producing The Dick Van Dyke Show. He went on to direct the box part striking The Jerk, starring Steve Martin in 1979.
Afterwards in his career, Reiner wrote a few goggle box shows such as The Dick Van Dyke Testify Revisited in 2004 and The Cleveland Show in 2010. The majority of his recent work is vocalism interim in movies and Goggle box shows, including Family Guy in 2016 and Duck Duck Goose in 2018. Reiner has worked in the film business for almost seven decades.
Christopher Plummer
Christopher Plummer'due south start large interruption was in the 1965 film The Sound of Music. The film became the highest-grossing movie of 1965. Since then, Plummer has been featured in many notable films including Cyrano, Barrymore and Beginners. Plummer has also been nominated for three Academy Awards (winning ane), four Gold Globes (winning one) and seven Primetime Emmy Awards (winning two) throughout his career.
Plummer has been interim for nigh six decades, and his career isn't close to over. He stayed busy in 2018, starring in two films: Boundaries and Howard Lovecraft and the Kingdom of Madness. In 2019, the 89-year-one-time actor joined a few new film projects, including Cliffs of Freedom,The Last Full Mensurate and Knives Out.
Eva Marie Saint
Eva Marie Saint, 94, began her film career in 1954's On the Waterfront. Saint's functioning in the film shot her to superstardom and scored her an Academy Accolade for Best Supporting Actress. When she accepted the award on stage, she was nine months pregnant and joked, "I may accept the infant correct here." Saint also had cracking success starring in the picture North by Northwest in 1959. Saint connected to appear in films and tv set until the 2010s.
Saint most recently starred in the fantasy drama Wintertime's Tale in 2014. She has piece of work in show business organization for almost lxx years. Later retiring from acting, Saint made a few public appearances at award ceremonies. At the 90th annual Academy Awards in 2018, Saint presented the accolade for Best Costume Blueprint.
Vera Lynn
Vera Lynn, 102, is an English language pop vocaliser-songwriter. Fans chosen Lynn "The Forces' Sweetheart" because her music career took off during the 2nd World War. During the war, Lynn joined the Entertainments National Service Association to tour Burma, Egypt and India to perform concerts for soldiers. After the state of war, Lynn remained a big star, producing hits similar Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart and My Son, My Son.
When Lynn turned 92 in 2009, her anthology We'll See Once more: The Very Best of Vera Lynn charted to No. 1. As a effect, she became the oldest living creative person to reach No. 1 on the British albums chart. In 2014, she released the album National Treasure – The Ultimate Collection at the age of 97 and broke a Guinness World Record every bit the oldest person to release a new album. At the 2018 Archetype Brit Awards, Lynn received the Lifetime Achievement Honor in honour of her music career.
Little Richard
Little Richard, 86, caught his first big break when he landed a recording contract with RCA in 1951. During his fourth dimension with RCA, Picayune Richard received piffling recognition for his music. As a issue, he left the record label. Eventually, he joined Specialty Records, creating many danceable hits similar Tutti Frutti and Good Golly Miss Molly in the late 1950s. Fans went crazy for his flamboyant audio and explosive, piano-pounding moves. His career quickly skyrocketed, and Petty Richard became a well-known rock 'due north' curl legend. His music influenced many bands including the Beatles.
In a 2013 interview with Rolling Rock, Little Richard appear his retirement from the music industry. After, he experienced serious wellness problems, including a middle assault in 2014. The star is currently wheelchair-spring later on suffering from a fall and a subsequent unsuccessful hip surgery.
Sidney Poitier
Sidney Poitier, 92, made his screen debut in Blackboard Jungle in 1955. Poitier became the first black actor to win an Academy Laurels for Best Actor and a Golden Earth Laurels for Best Actor for his performance in 1964's Lilies of the Field. After he became a Hollywood icon, he took home many awards and starred in several notable films such every bit To Sir, with Love and In the Heat of the Dark.
Most recently, Poitier appeared in the 2008 documentary Mr Warmth: The Don Rickles Project. In 2017, he celebrated his 90th birthday at Beverly Hills' Spago. Many members of his family attended the private bash including his children, grandchildren and corking-grandchildren.
Beverly Cleary
Beverly Cleary, 103, became a famous writer of children's and young adult fiction later on publishing her volume Henry Huggins in 1950. Shortly subsequently, Cleary wrote more than successful tales including Beezus and Ramona in 1955 and Henry and the Paper Route in 1957. As a result, Cleary was awarded the 1981 National Volume Accolade, the National Medal of Arts and recognition equally a Library of Congress Living Legend. Cleary was one of the first authors to characteristic fictional characters who experience emotional realism.
In that location are statues of her famous characters such as Henry Huggins and Ramona Quimby in Grant Park, Portland. Cleary has sold over 91 million copies of her books worldwide. Co-ordinate to CNN, the retired writer currently calls the quiet boondocks of Carmel, California, home.
Harry Belafonte
In 1956, Harry Belafonte's breakthrough anthology Calypso sold over 1 million copies within a year. Belafonte, 92, became enormously pop for singing The Assistant Boat Song, one of the tracks in Calypso. The hit song ranked No. 5 on the pop charts. After gaining wider recognition for his successful album and hitting song, Belafonte released more boom hits including Mama Look a Boo-Boo in 1957. Afterwards in his career, Belafonte went on to secure a total of iii Grammy awards for his knockout albums Swing Dat Hammer and An Evening with Belafonte Makeba.
Besides singing, Belafonte acted and starred in movies such as Brilliant Road and Carmen Jones. In 2018, Belafonte appeared in the film BlacKkKlansman. While he'due south no longer making music or acting, Belafonte is currently involved in humanitarian and political activism. Today, he is a member of TransAfrica Forum, Institute for Policy Studies and the Advancement Projection.
Hank Aaron
Hank Aaron, 85, also known as Hammerin' Hank, became one of the greatest baseball players in history from the 1950s to 1970s. Aaron is all-time known for breaking Babe Ruth'south home run tape. In 1974, equally he approached the tape, Aaron received extensive hate mail for his efforts. When he spoke publicly about the letters, many fans sent Aaron support and Babe Ruth's widow, Claire Merritt Ruth, denounced his critics. That same yr, Aaron striking 715 home runs, beating Ruth's record.
After he retired from baseball in 1976, he served equally senior vice president of the Atlanta Braves and he continues to practice and then today. Also working for the Atlanta Braves, Aaron as well branched into a few new professions following his retirement. He made cameos on Tv series such every bit Touched past an Angel. He as well became the owner of multiple automobile dealerships in Georgia including, BMW and Toyota.
Cicely Tyson
Earlier she became a loftier-status thespian for six decades, Cicely Tyson, 94, starred in the series E Side/West Side in 1963 and the flick A Man Called Adam in 1966. Her fame skyrocketed after starring in 1972's Sounder, and earned her an Academy Award nomination equally well as a Golden Globe nomination. After receiving high praise for her piece of work in Sounder, Tyson'due south next major role was in the 1974 pic The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman. Tyson went on to star in more films, the well-nigh recent existence 2017's Last Flag Flying and in striking TV shows.
On November 18, 2018, Tyson received an honorary Oscar, becoming the first African American woman to earn the honor. You lot can catch her on the hitting show How to Get Abroad With Murder as Ophelia Harkness. For that part, Tyson received nominations for a NAACP Image Award, a Primetime Emmy Award and a Critics Choice Television receiver Laurels.
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