Living legends
Below are living Hollywood legends. I only mention those who made their film debuts before 1955. Beforehand, the studio system was at it’s peak….really it was before 1950 but I wanted to accomodate some who were born in the teens. So if I don’t mention someone amazing like Dennis Hopper please understand my reasons. I added a movie that is probably not their best known but one I recommend.
Barbara Kent (1906- ) Flesh and the Devil
Luise Rainer (1910- ), Big City
Gloria Stuart (1910-), The Old Dark House
Mary Carlisle (1912-), College Humor
Kevin McCarthy (1914- ), Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Olivia de Havilland (1916-), Hold Back the Dawn
Kirk Douglas (1916-), A Letter to 3 Wives
Jeni Le Gon (1916-), Hooray For Love
Ernest Borgnine (1917-), The Dirty Dozen
Danielle Darrieux (1917-) 8 Femmes
Joan Fontaine (1917-), The Constant Nymph
Celeste Holm (1917-), The Snake Pit
Lena Horne (1917-), Ziegfeld Follies
Marsha Hunt (1917-), Irene
John Forsythe (1918), The Trouble With Harry
Gene Barry (1919-) The War of the Worlds (1953), War of the Worlds (2005)
Louis Jourdan (1919-), Letter from an Unknown Woman
Patricia Medina (1919-), The Fighting O’Flynn
Richard Todd (1919- ), The Hasty Heart
Audrey Totter (1919-), The Postman Always Rings Twice
Mary Anderson (1920-), Lifeboat
Nanette Fabray (1920-), The Band Wagon
Maureen O’Hara (1920-), The Parent Trap (1961)
Mickey Rooney (1920-), Requiem for a Heavyweight
Ann Rutherford (1920-), Pride and Prejudice (1940)
Harry Carey Jr. (1921-), Red River
Deanna Durbin (1921-), Lady on a Train
Jane Russell (1921-), Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Turhan Bey (1922-), White Savage
Jackie Cooper (1922-), Superman
Doris Day (1922-), Teacher’s Pet
Kathryn Grayson (1922- ), It Happened in Brooklyn
Audrey Long (1922- ), Born to Kill
Juanita Moore (1922- ), The Girl Can’t Help It
Eleanor Parker (1922- ), The Man with the Golden Arm
Lizabeth Scott (1922- ), The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
James Arness (1923- ), Them!
Rhonda Fleming (1923- ), Spellbound
Lauren Bacall (1924- ), Written on the Wind
Ruby Dee (1924- ), The Jackie Robinson Story
Martha Hyer (1924- ), A Girl Named Tamiko
Tony Curtis (1925- ), The Boston Strangler
Gloria DeHaven (1925- ), Susan and God
Angela Lansbury (1925- ), The Picture of Dorian Gray
Joan Leslie (1925- ), Born to Be Bad
Dorothy Malone (1925- ), The Big Sleep
Julie Adams (1926- ), Creature from the Black Lagoon
Gloria Jean (1926- ), A Little Bit of Heaven
Patricia Neal (1926- ), Hud
Jane Withers (1926- ), Giant
Harry Belafone (1927- ), Odds Against Tomorrow
Ann Blyth (1928- ), Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid
Arlene Dahl (1928- ), Woman’s World
Nancy Olson (1928- ), So Big
Shirley Temple (1928- ), The Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer
Terry Moore (1929- ), Daddy Long Legs
Jane Powell (1929- ), Royal Wedding
Jean Simmons (1929- ), Black Narcissus
Carrol Baker (1931- ), The Big Country
Darryl Hickman (1931- ), The Set-Up
Mamie Van Doren (1931), Teacher’s Pet
Piper Laurie (1932- ), Louisa
Elizabeth Taylor (1932- ), Life With Father
Robert Blake (1933), In Cold Blood
Joan Collins (1933- ), Decameron Nights
Dean Stockwell (1936- ), Gentleman’s Agreement
Margaret O’Brien (1937- ), The Secret Garden