List of centenarians (actors, filmmakers and entertainers)

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 Reason for notability1916–2021104Swedish actress1910–2010100English actorInna Alexeievna 1876–1980 104 Russian-born Italian actressJenny Alpha 1910–2010 100 French Martinican actress and singerLukas Ammann 1912–2017 104 Swiss actorNina Andrycz 1912–2014 101 Polish actressNikolay Annenkov 1899–1999 100 Soviet-Russian actorRay Anthony1922–American bandleader, trumpeter, songwriter and actorNeal Arden 1909–2014 104 English actor and writerSvend Asmussen 1916–2017 100 Danish jazz violinistDavid Attenborough1926–English broadcaster and natural historian Brigitte Auber1925–French actressVincent Ball 1923– Australian actorRichard L. Bare 1913–2015 101 American motion picture and television directorGopiram Bargayn Burabhakat 1925–2026 101 Indian Sattriya artistEtta Moten Barnett 1901–2004 102 American stage actress and singerDave Bartholomew 1918–2019 100 American musician, bandleader, composer, arranger and record producerMargaret Barton 1926– British actressNorma Barzman 1920–2023 103 American screenwriterPeggy Batchelor1916–2020103British actressSam Beazley 1916–2017 101 British actorMichael Beint 1925–2026 100 English actorAmelia Bence 1914–2016 101 Argentine film actressBruce Bennett 1906–2007 100 American actor and Olympic athleteIrving Benson 1914–2016 102 American actorPeter Berkos 1922–2024 101 American sound editorHilda Bernard 1920–2022 101 Argentine actressEva von Berne 1910–2010 100 Austrian film actressWalter Bernstein 1919–2021 101 American screenwriter and film producerJanette Bertrand1925–Canadian journalist, actress, educator, and writerSmriti Biswas1924–2024100Indian actressStella Bloch 1897–1999 101 American dancerMargaret Booth 1898–2002 104 American film editorOsmond Borradaile 1898–1999 100 Canadian cameraman and cinematographerAnna Maria Bottini 1916–2020 104 Italian actressRobert F. Boyle 1909–2010 100 American art director and production designerCarlo Ludovico Bragaglia 1894–1998 103 Italian film director and screenwriterJosé Bragato 1915–2017 101 Italian-born Argentine cellist, composer, conductor, arranger and musical archivistArtur Brauner 1918–2019 100 German film producer"Artur Brauner wird 100 – Der Entronnene", Bert Rebhandl, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 1 August 2018 Renate Brausewetter 1905–2006 100 German silent film actressHelen Bray 1889–1990 100 American actressReference to Helen Bray, tvovermind.com. Accessed 7 October 2022.Betty Brodel 1920–2024 104 American actressBarnes, Mike (7 March 2024). "Betty Brodel, Actress and Sister of 'Sergeant York' Star Joan Leslie, Dies at 104". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 17 February 2025.Oscar Brodney 1907–2008 100 American screenwriterMel Brooks1926–American actor, filmmaker, comedian, songwriter, and playwrightMona Bruns 1899–2000 100 American actressZoya Bulgakova 1914–2017 102 Soviet-Russian stage actressGeorge Burns 1896–1996 100 American actor and comedianHelen Burns 1916–2018 101 British actressBill Butler 1921–2023 101 American cinematographerAnne Buydens 1919–2021 102 American philanthropist and film producerJohn Calvert 1911–2013 102 American magicianEarl Cameron 1917–2020 102 Bermudian-born British actorAnna Campori 1917–2018 100 Italian actressMary Carlisle 1914–2018 104 American actressDiana Serra Cary 1918–2020 101 American silent film child actress (known as "Baby Peggy"), author and cinema historianChristian Casadesus 1912–2014 101 French actor; brother of fellow actress and centenarian Gisèle CasadesusGisèle Casadesus 1914–2017 103 French actress; sister of fellow actor and centenarian Christian CasadesusWally Cassell 1912–2015 103 Italian-born American character actor and businessmanRaymond Cauchetier 1920–2021 101 French photographer (French New Wave films)/Marge Champion 1919–2020 101 American dancer, choreographer and actressJuli Lynne Charlot 1922–2024 101 American actress, singer and fashion designerGeoffrey Chater 1921–2021 100 British actorChen Liting 1910–2013 102 Chinese playwright, drama and film directorAngela Clarke 1909–2010 101 American actressIrwin Corey 1914–2017 102 American comedianNorman Corwin 1910–2011 101 American screenwriter and producerNelma Costa 1922–2023 101 Brazilian actressMaria Ribeiro (atriz, 1923) 1923–2025 102 Brazilian actressDiosa Costello 1913–2013 100 American entertainerTeresa Cunillé1924–Spanish actressLouise Currie 1913–2013 100 American film actressLeila Danette 1909–2012 103 American actressHenry Danton 1919–2022 102 British dancerRobert Darène 1914–2016 102 French actor, film director and screenwriter 1926– Greek dancer of the Greek National Opera, actress and dance criticDanielle Darrieux 1917–2017 100 French actressJimmie Davis 1899–2000 101 American singer and songwriterOlivia de Havilland 1916–2020 104 British-born American film actressGloria Dea 1922–2023 100 American actress, dancer and magicianMargia Dean 1922–2023 101 American beauty queen and stage and screen actressSuzy Delair 1917–2020 102 French actress, dancer and singerRosine Delamare 1911–2013 101 French Oscar-nominated costume designerJean Delannoy 1908–2008 100 French actor and film directorFrances Dewey Wormser 1903–2008 104 American stage actressDorothy Dickson 1893–1995 102 American-British stage actressTommy Dix 1923–2025 101 American actor and singerKirk Douglas 1916–2020 103 American film actor and producerEllen Albertini Dow 1913–2015 101 American character actressOrlando Drummond 1919–2021 101 Brazilian stage, television and film actorClaire Du Brey 1892–1993 100 American film actressPaulette Dubost 1910–2011 100 French actressMarta Eggerth 1912–2013 101 Hungarian actress and singerJean Erdman 1916–2020 104 American dancerMarilyn Erskine 1926– American actress Carl Esmond 1902–2004 102 Austrian-American actorIrving Fein 1911–2012 101 American television and film producerGwen Ffrangcon-Davies 1891–1992 101 British actressGunnar Fischer 1910–2011 100 Swedish cinematographerRina Franchetti 1907–2010 102 Italian actressDavid Frankham 1926– British actorElissa Minet Fuchs 1919–2023 103 American ballerina and choreographerElissa Minet Fuchs obituary, obits.theadvocate.com. Accessed November 12, 2023.Barbra Fuller 1921–2024 102 American actressTakumi Furukawa 1917–2018 101 Japanese film director Arthur Gardner 1910–2014 104 American television producerHal Geer 1916–2017 100 American producer and filmmakerAnnie Geeraerts1926– Belgian actress1926– Mexican soprano and actressErwin Geschonneck 1906–2008 101 German actorMarie Glory 1905–2009 103 French actressEbrahim Golestan 1922–2023 100 Iranian-British film director and writerDercy Gonçalves 1907–2008 101 Brazilian actressColeridge Goode 1914–2015 100 Jamaican-born British jazz bassistBert I. Gordon 1922–2023 100 American film directorGuido Gorgatti 1919–2023 103 Italian-born Argentine film actorKarl Otto Götz 1914–2017 103 German artist, filmmaker, draughtsman/printmaker, writer and art professorDerek Granger 1921–2022 101 British film and television producer, and screenwriterAlda Grimaldi 1919–2023 104 Italian television director and actressAnna Halprin 1920–2021 100 American dancer and choreographerStein Grieg Halvorsen 1909–2013 104 Norwegian actorJean Harlez 1924–2026 101 Belgian film directorKathleen Harrison 1892–1995 103 British actressTed Hartley 1924–2025 100 American actor, producer and naval fighter pilotShinobu Hashimoto 1918–2018 100 Japanese film director, screenwriter, and producerBob Hope 1903–2003 100 British-born American actor and comedianMieczysław Horszowski 1892–1993 100 Polish-American pianistShep Houghton 1914–2016 102 American actor and dancerYvonne Howell 1905–2010 104 American silent film actressMarsha Hunt 1917–2022 104 American actressVilma Jamnická 1906–2008 101 Slovak actressLucy Jarvis 1917–2020 102 American television producerLucy Jarcis dead, The New York Times, 4 February 2020Joli Jászai 1907–2008 101 Hungarian actressGertrude Jeannette 1914–2018 103 American actress, theatre director and producerHerb Jeffries 1913–2014 100 American singer and actorGlynis Johns 1923–2024 100 British actress, dancer, musician and singerRolands Kalniņš 1922–2022 100 Latvian film director, screenwriter and producerTatyana Karpova 1916–2018 102 Soviet-Russian actressElizabeth Kelly 1921–2025 104 British actressLois Kelly Miller 1917–2020 102 Jamaican actressJohn Kenley 1906–2009 103 American Broadway director and producerBarbara Kent 1907–2011 103 Canadian-born American actressYuriko Kikuchi 1920–2022 102 American dancer and choreographerRobert Kinoshita 1914–2014 100 American art directorHans F. Koenekamp 1891–1992 100 American cinematographerHerbert Köfer 1921–2021 100 German actorMina Kolb 1926– American actress and comedianEwa Krasnodebska 1925– Polish actressL. Krishnan 1922–2026 103 Indian-born Malaysian film director and screenwriterFilm pioneer L Krishnan dies at 104Krishnaveni 1924–2025 100 Indian actressMae Laborde 1909–2012 102 American television actressCarla Laemmle 1909–2014 104 American film actressGuje Lagerwall 1918–2019 100 Swedish actressCharles Lane 1905–2007 102 American character actorSid Laverents 1908–2009 100 American amateur filmmakerRay Lawler 1921–2024 103 Australian playwrightNorman Lear 1922–2023 101 American television writer and film and television producerNikolai Lebedev 1921–2022 100 Soviet-Russian actorНиколай Лебедев на сайте театра им. Моссовета, mossoveta.ru. Accessed 11 May 2022 (in Russian).Названы новые народные артисты России, gazeta.ru. Accessed 11 May 2022 (in Russian). Yvette Lebon 1910–2014 103 French actressFrancis Lederer 1899–2000 100 American actorAleen Leslie 1908–2010 101 American screenwriterJune Lockhart 1925–2025 100 American actressElena Lucena 1914–2015 101 Argentine actressIngrid Luterkort 1910–2011 101 Swedish actressDora Luz 1918–2018 100 Mexican singer and recording artistSara Luzita1922–2025102British ballet dancerSara Montes1926–Mexican actressKurt Maetzig 1911–2012 101 German film directorMaciej Maciejewski 1914–2018 103 Polish actorMartin Magner 1900–2002 101 German-American theatre and television director and producerWłada Majewska 1911–2011 100 Polish radio journalist, actress and singerTommie Manderson 1912–2015 102 British make-up artist1920–2025104Spanish cinematographer and film restorerDon Marion 1917–2020 103 American actorMargery Mason 1913–2014 100 British actressLeslie H. Martinson 1915–2016 101 American television and film directorAnnabel Maule 1922– British actressSherman Maxwell 1907–2008 100 American sportscasterPeppino Mazzullo 1926–2026 100 Italian actorÈ morto Peppino Mazzullo, storica voce di Topo Gigio Fay McKenzie 1918–2019 101 American actressJoe McQueen 1919–2019 100 American jazz saxophonistMariuccia Medici 1910–2012 102 Italian-born Swiss actressBenjamin Melniker 1913–2018 104 American film producerBenjamin Melniker, Prolific 'Batman' Producer and MGM Exec, Dies at 104, Hollywood Reporter; accessed 27 February 2018.Sheila Mercier 1919–2019 100 British actressDoris Merrick 1919–2019 100 American actress and modelMoi-Yo Miller 1914–2018 104 Australian magician's assistantWalter Mirisch 1921–2023 101 American film producerAntony Mitradas 1913–2017 103 Indian film directorIgor Moiseyev 1906–2007 101 Soviet-Russian choreographerBettina Moissi1923–2023100German actressBettina Moissi#cite note-8Mantana Morakul 1923–2026 102 Thai singer and actress Jane Morgan 1924–2025 101 American singer and Broadway actressPatricia Morison 1915–2018 103 American actressKay Morley 1920–2020 100 American actressGeorge Morrison 1922–2025 102 Irish documentary filmmakerMeg Mundy 1915–2016 101 British-born American actressAudrey Munson 1891–1996 104 American actress and modelPete Murray 1925– British disc jockey and actorAlexandra Myšková 1922– Czech-Norwegian actressRandi Lindtner Næss 1905–2009 104 Norwegian actress a