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Just seen that Gene Hackman is kickin at the age of 94. D/O/B Jan 30th 1930...(95 next month!). I did not think he was that old!
Clint Eastwood still eliminating punks at 94 as well. D.O.B. May 31st 1930
any other long lived legends still living?
Dick Van Dyke just turned 99
Eva Marie Saint is 100!
June Lockhart, from LOST IN SPACE tv show, is 99.
Quote from: RCMerchant on December 17, 2024, 03:08:18 PMEva Marie Saint is 100!
the name rang a bell but not really familiar with her work
edit, ah she's in ON THE WATERFRONT... I only
studied that movie for my A Level English... brain cells depleting,, clearly :teddyr:
currently the oldest living oscar winner apparently
^ I LOVE that movie.
As discussed by Rev and I in "Recent Viewings":
CARROLL BAKER - born 5/28/1931 - still ticking at 93!
After acting on Broadway, Baker got on Hollywood's radar when she auditioned for the Kim Novak role in PICNIC. James Dean hand-picked her to play his love interest in REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE (!) but she was nervous about playing a lead role in her first picture, so she turned the part down (!!!) and it went to Natalie Wood. :buggedout: Baker instead debuted in a supporting role in GIANT and then had enough confidence to star in BABY DOLL, which was promoted by an enormous, block-long billboard of her lascivious-looking prone form towering above NYC.
Baker did some other movies through the mid-60s, including THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD, but the only one I know her from is SOMETHING WILD - from 1961, not the 1980s one by Jonathan Demme - where she co-stars with fellow underappreciated 50s star Ralph Meeker and they both give indelible performances in a bizarre, muted, yet ultimately moving quasi-romantic melodrama that sort of predicts Hal Hartley's TRUST and other more modern, offbeat relationship pictures.
Then, in 1968, Baker moved to Europe for a long string of thrillers, many of them directed by Umberto Lenzi. (Kazan to Lenzi - whatta' transition!) She was back in the States in '77 to play the lead in ANDY WARHOL'S BAD - a performance praised as near-immortal in "Midnight Movies" Volume 1, so I should check it out at some point. A year later she headlined Rene Cardona's ridiculous cannibal/disaster flick CYCLONE, where she shows up for work but looks tired, depressed, and nothing like the luscious barely legal tart that loomed over Broadway in '56.
Happily, Baker was remembered for better projects in the following two decades, getting roles in the Nicholson/Streep drama IRONWEED and the very entertaining Schwarzeneggar farce KINDERGARTEN COP, where Baker plays the bad guy! :twirl: Her last major credit (besides a little TV) was in Fincher's THE GAME. It's been a good 25 years since I've seen it so I have no recollection of Baker, but good for her for wrapping up her career on a high note. I hope she has been enjoying her retirement!
Quote from: M.10rda on December 22, 2024, 09:08:37 AMThen, in 1968, Baker moved to Europe for a long string of thrillers, many of them directed by Umberto Lenzi. (Kazan to Lenzi - whatta' transition!)
I have a couple of those... also been eyeing up the recent-ish bluray release of KNIFE OF ICE as well
in the extras on one of them (PARANOIA I think) there's a fairly recent Q&A with her. looks like she has some age related mobility issues these days. was happy to discuss her career etc
Dame Joan Collins 🥰😍 is 91 and still looks good. Still acting too.
William Shatner 93
Angie Dickinson 93
the 93 club is the new 27 club :smile:
(well, except they're still here....)
Tippi Hedren 93. 🙂
Rita Moreno is 93.
Jack Nicholson is ALMOST there, but not quite. He's 87.