Jack Nicholson: 9 Losses | Oscars' Biggest Losers | XFINITY Oscars' Biggest Losers Send to Friend Jack Nicholson: 9 Losses Jack Nicholson holds the record as the most-nominated male actor in Academy Awards history with 12 (eight for Best Actor and four for Best Supporting Actor). Despite his large number of nominations, Jack has only won Best Actor twice: for "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" and "As Good as It Gets," and Best Supporting Actor once: for the 1983 film "Terms of Endearment." âXFINITY Entertainment Staff (AP Photo/Matt Sayles) The opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Comcast. More from this Slideshow Oscars' Biggest ... Some of Hollywood's biggest stars are Oscars' biggest losers. âXFINITY Entertainment Staff (Photos: Getty Images, AP) The opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Comcast. Robert Altman: 5... Robert Altman has been nominated five times for Best Director.

Altman never took home the gold for his work on "M*A*S*H," "Nashville," "The Player," "Short Cuts," or "Gosford Park," but he was awarded an Honorary Oscar in 2006. âXFINITY Entertainment Staff (Photo: Damian Dovarganes/AP) The opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Comcast. Alfred Hitchcock... Alfred Hitchcock was nominated a total of five times for Best Director during his career. Though the movies he was nominated for, including "Rear Window" and "Psycho," picked up other major awards, Hitchcock himself was never able to secure the big prize. âXFINITY Entertainment Staff (AP Photo) The opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Comcast. Marlon Brando: 6...

Marlon Brando was nominated for eight Academy Awards, but only secured two Best Actor trophies: one for "On the Waterfront" and a second for "The Godfather." âXFINITY Entertainment Staff (AP Photo/Danny Feld) The opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Comcast. Greer Garson: 6 ... British-born actress Greer Garson was one of the brightest stars in Hollywood during the 1940s. She received seven Academy Award nominations, but only won the Best Actress award for "Mrs. Miniver" in 1942. âXFINITY Entertainment Staff (AP Photo/file) The opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Comcast. Deborah Kerr: 6 ... Actress Deborah Kerr, beautiful star of "The King and I" and "An Affair to Remember," was nominated six times for Best Actress. Kerr never officially won, but was awarded an Honorary Oscar in 1994. âXFINITY Entertainment Staff (Baron/Getty) The opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Comcast. Jack Lemmon: 6 L...

Jack Lemmon, who starred in more than 60 films over the course of his career, lost out on an Oscar six times. Lemmon finally did win Best Supporting Actor for his role in "Mister Rogers," and Best Actor for his role in "Save the Tiger." âXFINITY Entertainment Staff (AP Photo/Columbia Pictures) The opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Comcast. Thelma Ritter: 6... Thelma Ritter was nominated six times for Best Supporting Actress between 1950 and 1962. Ritter, who starred in classics like "All About Eve" and "Pillow Talk," was never able to beat out the competition. âXFINITY Entertainment Staff (Photo: 20th Century Fox) The opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Comcast. Richard Burton: ... Between 1962 and 1969, Richard Burton was nominated six times in the Best Actor category. In 1977, he picked up yet another nomination for Best Supporting Actor.

Despite his impressive track record of nominations, Burton was never able to get his hands on the big prize. âXFINITY Entertainment Staff (Photo: Keystone/Getty) The opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Comcast. Al Pacino: 7 Los... Al Pacino's role as Frank Slade in "Scent of a Woman" won him the Oscar for Best Actor in 1993 after previously losing seven times. âXFINITY Entertainment Staff (Photo: Riccardo De Luca/AP) The opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Comcast. Geraldine Page: ... Geraldine Page was nominated a total of eight times for her work in film, and lost seven times. Page eventually took home the Oscar for Best Actress in 1985 for her role as Mrs. Carrie Watts in "The Trip to Bountiful." âXFINITY Entertainment Staff (AP Photo) The opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Comcast. Spencer Tracy: 7...

Spencer Tracy, who starred in 74 films from 1930 to 1967, lost out on an Academy Award seven times. Tracy was nominated a total of nine times throughout his career, and finally took home the big award in 1937 for "Captains Courageous" and in 1938 for "Boys Town." âXFINITY Entertainment Staff (AP Photo) The opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Comcast. Martin Scorsese:... Martin Scorsese went 0-4 at the Academy Awards for Best Director, losing an additional two times in the Best Writer category. He finally took home the Best Director statue in 2007 for "The Departed," which also won Best Picture. He was nominated again for Best Director in 2012 for "Hugo" and in 2014 for "The Wolf of Wall Street," but walked away empty-handed.âXFINITY Entertainment Staff (Photo: Mark J. Terrill/AP) The opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Comcast. Bette Davis: 8 L...

Film, television and stage actress Bette Davis was nominated ten times for various Academy Awards, but only won twice. âXFINITY Entertainment Staff (AP Photo) The opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Comcast. Katharine Hepbur... Despite the fact that she holds the record for the most Best Actress wins out of any actress in history, Katharine Hepburn is also one of Oscars' biggest losers. The actress, who has been nominated a total of 12 times, has only won four statues. âXFINITY Entertainment Staff (AP Photo) The opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Comcast. Peter OâToole: 8... "Lawrence of Arabia" star Peter O'Toole was nominated for a total of eight Academy Awards, and holds the record for most Academy Award acting nominations without a win. O'Toole was given an Honorary Academy Award in 2003. âXFINITY Entertainment Staff (Photo: Central Press, Hulton Archive/Getty Images) The opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Comcast. Jack Nicholson: ...

Jack Nicholson holds the record as the most-nominated male actor in Academy Awards history with 12 (eight for Best Actor and four for Best Supporting Actor). Despite his large number of nominations, Jack has only won Best Actor twice: for "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" and "As Good as It Gets," and Best Supporting Actor once: for the 1983 film "Terms of Endearment." âXFINITY Entertainment Staff (AP Photo/Matt Sayles) The opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Comcast. Paul Newman: 9 L... The late Paul Newman racked up a total of 10 Academy Award nominations throughout his amazing career. Newman only took home the Oscar in 1986 for his role in "The Color of Money." âXFINITY Entertainment Staff (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson) The opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Comcast. Laurence Olivier... Despite being nominated 10 times, actor Laurence Olivier was never able to nab an Oscar.

He finally won Best Actor in 1948 for his role in "Hamlet." Guess 11th time's the charm. âXFINITY Entertainment Staff (Photo: Cleland Rimmer/Getty Images) The opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Comcast. 'The Turning Poi... 1977's "The Turning Point," starring Shirley MacLaine and Anne Bancroft, was nominated for an impressive 11 Oscars. Among them were two noms for Best Actress, a nomination for Best Picture and an additional nod for Best Director. Sadly, the film didn't win a single prize on Oscar night. âXFINITY Entertainment Staff (Photo/Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation) The opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Comcast. 'The Color Purpl... The Steven Spielberg-directed film adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play "The Color Purple" was nominated for 11 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress. Sadly, the film won none.

âXFINITY Entertainment Staff (Photo/Warner Brothers) The opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Comcast. Meryl Streep: 15... Not counting this year's awards, Meryl Streep has earned a total of 18 Oscar nominations in acting categories, but only took the trophy home on three occasions. After winning the award for her roles in "Kramer vs. Kramer" and "Sophie's Choice," the actress was nominated 12 straight times without a win. She finally broke the streak with her 2012 Oscar for "The Iron Lady." âXFINITY Entertainment Staff (Julien M. Hekimian/Getty) The opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Comcast. Kevin O'Connell:... Sound editor Kevin O'Connell, who earned noms for films such as "Pearl Harbor" and "Transformers," holds the record for most Academy Award nominations without a win. O'Connell has been nominated a total of 20 times, and has walked away empty-handed each time.

âXFINITY Entertainment Staff (Photo: Chris Carlson/AP) The opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Comcast. 11 Academy Award Best Actor Nominees Who Should Have Won The Oscar - Top 10 Films Top 10 Films Tag: academy awards , al pacino , aliens , Carrie Sissy Spacek , dustin hoffman , Ellen Burstyn , fatal attraction , Glenn Close , Good Morning Vietnam , lawrence of arabia , Mickey Rourke , midnight cowboy , oscars , Peter O'toole , robin williams , Serpico , Shirley MacLaine , sigourney weaver , The Apartment , the exorcist , the wrestler Hang on a minute! Who’d you say won Best Actor! The Oscars is once again upon us, ready & raring to bestow the highest accolades on cinema’s most deserving work. But the Academy Awards often gets it wrong … The Academy Awards are considered the highest accolade any movie or person within the industry can receive. But you only have to look at the countless reviews, movie blogs and online chatter to see how much a film’s merits can divide audiences.

Rotten Tomatoes is a great indicator of just how much opinion can differ. So it is unsurprising that the Oscars’ choice for Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director and all the rest can, and often does, see film fans arguing over whether the winner deserved the accolade or not. Sometimes we can almost unanimously agree on its choices but its more likely that we’ll find flaws and history tells us the Academy Awards often gets it completely wrong . In “11 Academy Award Best Actor Nominees who should have Won the Oscar” I look at great actors and actresses who deserved the Oscar but were pipped to the post… 10. 2009 – Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler (lost to Sean Penn, Milk) It isn’t easy arguing against Sean Penn winning the Best Actor Oscar for his typically confident turn in 2008 drama Milk but there was something extra special that year about Mickey Rourke in Darren Aronofsky’s The Wrestler. Rourke had almost disappeared from the movie business, turning his attentions to professional boxing in the early 1990s. This saw his film output drop off significantly with occasional roles or bit parts in largely forgettable cinema.

In 2000, he was invited by Sly Stallone to feature in his update on Get Carter and was incredible as a transvestite prisoner in Animal Factory but Rourke once again all but disappeared until 2005’s Sin City. It wasn’t until 2008 that the 1980s pin-up fully reinstated his credentials. In Darren Aronofsky’s film he plays a professional wrestler who was once famous in the 1980s but now, way past his prime, desperately clings on to his faded star despite severe health issues that could see his next fight turn fatal. The irony is not lost on the director, actor or audience – this is Mickey Rourke’s film and it’s also reminiscent of his real life. Rourke’s performance is that of a man who once acted to live, and now lives to act. It is so perfectly nuanced there isn’t a moment when you query whether or not this character had been a professional fighter his whole life.

With moments of true tenderness, mainly centred around him rekindling his relationship with an estranged daughter, alongside authentic, sweat-covered muscle-on-muscle action in the ring, The Wrestler is enthralling, surprising and heartbreaking. And it is all brought together by Mickey Rourke who delivers his greatest ever performance. 9. 1963 – Peter O’Toole – Lawrence of Arabia (lost to Gregory Peck, To Kill A Mockingbird) Lawrence of Arabia and To Kill a Mockingbird need few words. They are classics and continue to be loved by audiences today. Each featured two powerhouse performances from a pair of Hollywood greats who have incredibly only won one Academy Award between them. And it was this year – in 1963 – when that single award went to Peck. Yet, the Academy saw fit to reward O’Toole’s film with the most prestigious accolades of the night as it won Best Picture and Best Director. So why didn’t O’Toole take home the prize for acting, and, perhaps more interestingly, how is it possible that the man originally from Leeds in West Yorkshire, England never received the Best Actor Oscar despite being nominated eight times.

Indeed, he holds the record for the most Academy Award nominations (eight) in acting without winning. Tie – 8. 1988 – Robin Williams – Good Morning, Vietnam (lost to Michael Douglas, Wall Street) Sometimes even an actor’s best ever performance isn’t good enough to win the Academy Award. Yet, despite Robin Williams dividing audiences in his credentials as a leading man, surely Good Morning, Vietnam was his moment to take home the Best Actor Oscar. But wait, it was Michael Douglas’ year too. Bringing ruthless corporate raider Gordon Gekko to life in Oliver Stone’s Wall Street, Douglas took top honours so Williams was left seated when the winner was announced. Perhaps this was the year they could have had a tie? Tie – 8. 1988 – Glenn Close – Fatal Attraction (lost to Cher, Moonstruck) The same year that saw Robin Williams’ career best performance in Good Morning, Vietnam lose to Michael Douglas’ career best performance for Wall Street, saw Glenn Close miss out to another – you guessed it – career best performance, this time from Cher.

To make the link between these films even more acute, Close starred opposite Douglas in Fatal Attraction for which she was nominated for Best Actress. Her measured psychological destruction following the breakdown of her affair with a married man is the key ingredient behind one of cinema’s greatest female villains. Perhaps this was another example of the Academy favouring more straight forward drama over much darker thrills. 7. 1977 – Sissy Spacek – Carrie (lost to Faye Dunaway, Network) Faye Dunaway claimed her only Best Actress Academy Award the same year Sissy Spacek rose to prominence with her shy, introverted teenager Carrie White in Brian De Palma’s horror Carrie. Perhaps it was too soon for Spacek, the Academy giving the more seasoned Dunaway her first and only top honour but Spacek’s performance was more worthy. Network is a fine film from a fine filmmaker, and its message feels as fresh today as it did in the 1970s, but it should have won Best Picture and Best Director in addition to its Best Actor for Peter Finch.

Dunaway’s performance is strong but it isn’t as nuanced as Spacek’s and given how the character has become so iconic within the horror genre it highlights what a powerhouse Spacek was even during her fledgling years. 6. 1987 – Sigourney Weaver – Aliens (lost to Marlene Matlin, Children of a Lesser God) As commendable as Marlene Matlin’s performance in Randa Haines’ Children of a Lesser God is, Sigourney Weaver should have bagged the Best Actress Oscar at the 59th Academy Awards. Weaver’s character Ripley is the epitome of the female hero. In an age dominated by male action stars flexing their biceps, Weaver showed that women could possess similar prowess. In Aliens she exhibits a tough exterior and an even tougher interior but her courage comes in many forms. She defies the misogyny and scepticism of her mainly male colleagues, she rises to the challenge of trying to survive and defeat the same monster that nearly killed her in the previous film, and draws on her maternal instincts to help a frightened young child.

Retrospect teaches us many things and if the Academy Award for Best Actress went to the film that was going to stand the test of time and be just as loved thirty years after its release, then Aliens and Sigourney Weaver would take the prize. 5. 1987 – James Woods – Salvador (lost to Paul Newman, The Color of Money) Oh, Paul Newman is up for Best Actor – we better give him the award then. Newman shouldn’t have won for The Color of Money. Notwithstanding the fact it is neither one of his best films nor performances, there were stronger candidates in the field. William Hurt in Children of a Lesser God would have been a good fit since his co-star won Best Actress but I would have given the award to the brilliant James Woods for his portrayal of loose-cannon photojournalist Richard Boyle in Oliver Stone’s film about war torn El Salvador. 4. 1960 – Shirley MacLaine – The Apartment (lost to Elizabeth Taylor, Butterfield 8) If we are honest, The Apartment should have cleaned up at the 33rd Academy Awards ceremony.

Billy Wilder’s romantic comedy-drama was bestowed top honours in both the Best Picture and Best Director categories but, despite its leading stars MacLaine and Jack Lemmon getting nominations in starring roles, neither won, losing to Elizabeth Taylor and Burt Lancaster respectively. MacLaine is so radiant and lovable and layered and beautiful you wonder how her “manic pixie” could have been overlooked. 3. 1970 – Dustin Hoffman – Midnight Cowboy (lost to John Wayne, True Grit) Out with the old, in with the new: not in the Academy’s case. The Oscars nearly forgot all about Hollywood icon John Wayne until 1970 when they decided they better give him a Best Actor Oscar before it was too late. Despite having the opportunity earlier in his career to bestow the man born Marion Robert Morrison with the highest accolade an actor in Hollywood can achieve, the Academy waited until young upstart Dustin Hoffman delivered the greatest performance of the year – by far – to fix their oversight. Indeed, Hoffman’s Midnight Cowboy performance has rarely been bettered by the actor despite him later receiving Oscars for his turns in Kramer Versus Kramer and Rain Man. Perhaps that was the Academy atoning for this error.

John Wayne is an American institution – a pin-up for masculinity, prowess and the Hollywood hero – but the late 1960s saw a sea change in Hollywood as the American new wave directors began stamping their authority. The Academy Awards recognised this by awarding Midnight Cowboy the top honours – both Best Picture and Best Director – but unfortunately not Best Actor for Hoffman. 2. 1974 – Al Pacino – Serpico (lost to Jack Lemmon, Save the Tiger) There is a case to be heard that Oscars go to actors almost in hindsight, either to ensure they get at least one having missed out previously in their career, or to reward them for a sustained period of excellence. It felt like that with Martin Scorsese. Having made the likes of Taxi Driver, Mean Streets, Raging Bull and Goodfellas, by 2006 he incredibly still hadn’t won an Academy Award for Best Director. So he got one for The Departed. Yes, the film is typical of the director – superbly photographed, edited and paced, a joy to watch and re-watch, and full of great characters and sparkling performances – but is it more deserving than any of his others.

Of course, it depends what the competition is every year but until The Departed gave Scorsese his much-deserved Best Director gong, there was a distinct feeling the Academy had wrongly missed him off the “winners” list. At the awards in 1974, Hollywood great Jack Lemmon was bestowed the Best Actor award for his role in Save the Tiger which, similar to Dustin Hoffman missing out in 1970 for Midnight Cowboy, felt like old, classic Hollywood triumphing over new wave Hollywood. It was also another example of the Academy seemingly rewarding Lemmon for the cumulative quality of his efforts as he hadn’t achieved such heights with either of his most well known films – The Apartment and Some Like It Hot. Al Pacino, sitting in the wings, his understated real life demeanour masking his ability to explode theatrically in front of a movie camera, was left as one of four unlucky losers (the others were Marlon Brando for Last Tango in Paris, Jack Nicholson for The Last Detail, and Robert Redford for The Sting). Similar to Scorsese, he would later get the big prize for a lesser if still stellar performance in Martin Brest’s Scent of a Woman. 1.

1974 – Ellen Burstyn – The Exorcist (lost to Glenda Jackson, A Touch of Class) If ever there was a case of the Academy damning the horror genre, preferring instead to celebrate the easy-on-the-eye delights of comedy-melodrama, then 1974 was the year. Horror has never sat well with the Academy but if one film was to ever change that trend it would be The Exorcist. Sadly it didn’t. The film was nominated for ten awards (clearly highlighting its significant contribution to cinema that year and the qualities it contained) but only took home two for its exceptional sound design and William Peter Blatty’s adapted screenplay. The Sting is a much-loved film and delighted the Academy voters enough that year to bring it the key accolades of Best Picture and Best Director but, as enjoyable as it is, director George Roy Hill’s movie has not had the same profound effect on audiences, then or now, as The Exorcist.

But aside from whether or not The Exorcist should have been given the top prizes at the 46th Academy Awards held at the Dorothy Chandler Pavillion in Los Angeles in April 1974, Ellen Burstyn should have received the Best Actress gong. She was up against Glenda Jackson whose portrayal of a British divorcee in Melvin Frank’s amusing A Touch of Class saw the actress enter into a love affair with an American played by Peter Segal. There’s some nice moments in the film with its elements of awkward sexually-frustrated farce drawing plenty of laughs underneath the theme of marriage breakdown and middle-aged rebirth but it’s slight and forgettable compared to The Exorcist. And Jackson’s performance, though admirable, is nothing compared to Burstyn’s groundbreaking turn as a mother fighting desperately for the wellbeing of her daughter against a foe neither she or anyone else understands. Burstyn’s incredible raw energy is enlivened by her role as matriarch, depicting so beautifully the strength and the fragility that comes from harbouring an undying love for one’s daughter.

Aided by The Exorcist director William Friedkin’s passionate megalomania, Burstyn grounds the film’s overarching paranormal themes to give us something that is both natural, authentic and, importantly, believable. She is an incredible actress and the early 1970s saw her produce her finest work but she should have received the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1974 for her role as Chris MacNeil. It’s no surprise the Academy saw the error of its ways and gave her the accolade one year later for Scorsese’s Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore. Written and compiled by Dan Stephens Over to you: where did the Oscars get it wrong in your opinion? What do you think of the performances listed above – did they deserve the Academy Award or were the recipients more deserving? Most Nominations (Acting) - Who Has Won The Most Oscars? Academy Award Records - AskMen Who Has Won The Most Oscars? Academy Award Records © 20th Century Fox Who Has Won The Most Oscars? Academy Award Records Who’s Been Burned The Most At The Oscars?

0 Shares At the 2016 Oscars there is no safer bet than Leonardo DiCaprio winning the Best Actor award. Poor old Leo has waited 22 years since his first nomination, for What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, and if he does in fact win for The Revenant it will finally kill the many memes about his many Oscar snubs . Here are a few Oscars records, including people who were unsuccessfully nominated loads more times than Leo but didn’t get memes (because the world is unfair). Most Acting Nominations Without A Win Paramount Pictures Leonardo DiCaprio’s four acting nominations without a win (The Revenant is his fifth) is actually not that high. Amy Adams (five nominations), Deborah Kerr and Glenn Close (six nominations each) and Richard Burton (seven nominations) all have him beat, but Peter O’Toole is the most unsuccessfully nominated with an enormous eight times the bridesmaid and never the bride. He was given an honorary award in 2003, but that’s just what they give you when they’re worried you may die before you can win a proper one, which he did. Listed in chronological order, eldest first.

1900 ~ 1909 Frederica Sagor Maas July 6, 1900 An American playwright, screenwriter, memoirist and author, the youngest daughter of Russian immigrants. Maas is best known for her incredibly detailed, tell-all memoir of her time spent in early Hollywood. She is also one of very few supercentenarians (persons of 110 years of age or older) known. At 111 years old (as of 2011) she is considered the oldest living entertainer alive.She is also currently the 54th-oldest verified living person in the world and the 21st-oldest verified living person in the United States. Sadley she passed away at the age of 111, Jan 5 2012 (See RIP 2012) Johan Marius Nicolaas "Johannes" Heesters December 5, 1903 is a Dutch actor, singer and entertainer with a 90-year career, almost exclusively in the German-speaking world.In Germany and Austria, Heesters is mainly known for his acting career.

In his native Netherlands, he is a controversial figure due to his having performed for the National Socialist government of Germany during World War II. As of 2011, aged 107, Heesters holds the record of being the oldest performer worldwide who is still active, both on the stage and on television. Sadley he passed away at the age of 108, December 28 2011 (See RIP 2011) Norrie Bugler-Woodhall December 18 1905 - English stage actress and the last surviving member of the Hardy Players, a theatrical group based around the work of poet Thomas Hardy, whom Woodhall knew personally after an encounter in 1924. The Hardy Players became defunct in 1928, shortly after Hardy's death, but after its reformation in 2005 she decided to return to the stage at the age of 101. In 2010 it was revealed that a collection of Hardy's work was to be sold at charity events.

Woodhall, along with support from institutions such as the University of Exeter and Dorset County Museum, launched a campaign to raise £58,000 to buy the collection. Sadley She passed away at the age of 105, October 25 2011 (See RIP 2011) Magda Foy March, 8 1906 known as the 'The Solax Kid' in the Silent Film era, she didn't go on to make talking pictures. Barbara Kent December 16, 1906 a former Canadian actress who was popular in silent movies. Following the death of Miriam Seegar (See RIP 2011), was considered to be the only remaining american actor/actress to have achieved substantial fame during the silent era as an adult. She herself Passed away Oct 13 2011 (See RIP 2011) Dorothy Young (May 3, 1907 – March 20, 2011 Age 103) is an American entertainer who worked as a stage assistant to legendary magician Harry Houdini from 1925-1926.

She left the act two months prior to his death on October 31, 1926. She appears in the 2005 television documentary Houdini: Unlocking the Mystery. After his death, Young appeared on Broadway in Jarnegan (1928-1929), Conquest (1933), and New Faces of 1936. After leaving acting, she and her second husband, Gilbert Kiamie, toured the world as the popular Latin dancing team of "Dorothy and Gilbert".She is the author of two novels loosely based on her life: Diary Without Dates and Dancing on a Dime, the latter of which was made into a feature film in 1940 by Universal Studios, as well as the booklet Touring with Houdini, published in 2003.Young, the last living member of Houdini's touring show, currently resides in Ocean Grove, New Jersey. Rebecca Isabelle "Carla" Laemmle October 20, 1909 an American actress and the niece of Universal Pictures founder Carl Laemmle.

She was a movie actress in the 1920s and 1930s. In 2009 the book Growing Up With Monsters: My Times at Universal Studios in Rhymes, co-authored by Carla Laemmle and Daniel Kinske, was released. The book details her life at Universal Studios from 1921 to 1937. On October 20, 2009, she celebrated her 100th birthday with a guest list which included Ray Bradbury, George Clayton Johnson, Bela Lugosi, Jr., Sara Karloff and Ron Chaney. On October 3, 2010 she appeared in BBC Four documentary A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss, sharing memories of her early film work and Lon Chaney and Bela Lugosi in particular. She also recited her opening lines from Dracula. In November 2010 she made an appearance in the documentary Moguls and Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood for Turner Classic Movies. 1910 ~ 1919 Luise Rainer January 12, 1910 German film actress.

Known as The "Viennese Teardrop", she was the first woman to win two Academy Awards, and the first person to win them consecutively. She was discovered by MGM talent scouts while acting on stage in Austria and Germany and after appearing in Austrian films. Lupita Tovar July 27, 1910 Mexican actress, best known for her starring role in the 1931 Spanish language version of Dracula, filmed in Los Angeles by Universal Pictures at night using the same sets as the Bela Lugosi version, but with a different cast and director. In 1932, Tovar became engaged to Universal Pictures executive Paul Kohner. Lupita has a daughter, Susan Kohner, who was nominated for an Oscar before retiring in 1964 to marry designer John Weitz. Also, her grandchildren, Chrisand Paul Weitz, are successful film directors in Hollywood, having helmed films such as American Pie, Antz, and About a Boy. Mary Carlisle February 3, 1912 American actress and singer.

In 1934, Carlisle was featured opposite Ralph Bellamy and Fay Wray in Once to Every Woman, based on a story by A.J. Cronin. She also starred with Robert Armstrong and Richard Cromwell, for Producers Releasing Corporation, in Baby Face Morgan (1942).Mary retired from films in 1942. Carlisle recently received a "star" on the Hollywood Walk of Fame Harry Morgan April 10, 1915 An American actor. He was widely known for his roles as Pete Porter in both December Bride (1954–1959) and Pete and Gladys (1960–1962), Detective Bill Gannon on Dragnet (1967–1970), Amos Coogan on Hec Ramsey (1972–1974), and Colonel Sherman T. Potter in M*A*S*H (1975–1983) and AfterMASH (1983-1984). Additionally, Morgan appeared in more than 100 films - Passed December 7, 2011 Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.

(96) Olivia de Havilland July 1, 1916. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1946 and 1949. De Havilland appeared as Hermia in A Midsummer Night's Dream, her first stage production, at the Hollywood Bowl. The stage production was later turned into a 1935 movie, her film debut. Although the stage cast was largely replaced with Warner Bros. contract players, she was hired to reprise her role as Hermia. After appearing with Joe E. Brown in Alibi Ike and James Cagney in The Irish in Us, she played opposite Errol Flynn in such highly popular films as Captain Blood, The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936), and as Maid Marian to Flynn's Robin Hood in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938). Overall, she starred opposite Flynn in eight films. She played Melanie Hamilton Wilkes in Gone with the Wind (1939) and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance. In 1941.

Michael Gough born November 23, 1916 is a British character actor who has appeared in over 100 films. He is perhaps best known to international audiences by his recurring role as Alfred Pennyworth in all four movies of the Burton/Schumacher Batman franchise, beginning with Batman (1989). Kirk Douglas December 9, 1916 American stage and film actor, film producer and author. He is #17 on the American Film Institute's list of the greatest male American screen legends of all time. In 1996, he received the Academy Honorary Award"for 50 years as a creative and moral force in the motion picture community". Ernest Borgnine January 24, 1917 American actor of television and film. His career has spanned more than six decades. He was an unconventional lead in many films of the 1950s, including his Academy Award-winning turn in the 1955 film Marty.

On television, he is best known for playing Quinton McHale in the 1962-66 series McHale's Navy, costarring in the mid-1980s action series Airwolf, and voicing the character Mermaid Man in the animated series SpongeBob SquarePants. Borgnine earned an Emmy nomination at age 92 for his work on the series ER. Passed at 95 08 July 2012 ZsaZsa Gabor February 6, 1917 a Hungarian American actress on stage, film and television. She acted on stage in Vienna, Austria at the age of 15, and was crowned Miss Hungary in 1936 when she was 19. She emigrated to the United States in 1941 and became a sought-after actress. Celeste Holm April 29, 1917 an American stage, film, and television actress, known for her Academy Award-winning performance in Gentleman's Agreement (1947), as well as for her Oscar-nominated performances in Come to the Stable (1949) and All About Eve (1950).

Passed at 93 15 July 2012. Joan Roberts July 15, 1917 American actress, most famous for creating the role of Laurey in the original Broadway production of Oklahoma! in 1943 passed at 95 on August 13, 2012. Herbert Lom September 11, 1917 a Czech film actor, best-known for his role as Chief Inspector Charles Dreyfus in the Pink Panther movie series. Passed on 27 September 2012 Joan Fontaine October 22, 1917 a British American actress. She is the younger sister of actress Olivia de Havilland. Along with her sister, Fontaine is one of the last surviving leading ladies from Hollywood of the 1930s. Fontaine is the only thespian to have won an Academy Award for a performance in a film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Passed 15 December 2013 Ann Rutherford, born Therese Ann Rutherford, November 2, 1917 Canadian-American actress in film, radio, and television.

She has had a long career starring and co-starring in films, playing Polly Benedict on the big screen of the 1930s and 1940s in the Andy Hardy series, and on The Bob Newhart Show as Newhart's character's mother-in-law. Passed June 11, 2012 [See 1920] Leonardo Cimino (November 4, 1917 – March 3, 2012) 60 Year Character actor, an American film, television and stage actor who in 1937 appeared in the original stage production of Marc Blitzstein's The Cradle Will Rock. Leonardo's most well known roles are in the 1983 science fiction miniseries, V as Abraham Bernstein and the 1987 feature film The Monster Squad as the "scary German guy." Passed March 3 2012 chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at his home in Woodstock, New York Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. November 30, 1918 an American actor known for his starring roles in the television series 77 Sunset Strip and The F.B.I.

He is also known as the voice behind the character Alfred Pennyworth in Batman: The Animated Series and its numerous spin-offs. Betty Garrett May 23, 1919 an American actress, comedienne, singer and dancer who originally performed on Broadway before being signed to a film contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. While there, she appeared in several musical films before returning to Broadway and making guest appearances on several television series.Later, she became known for the roles she played in two prominent 1970s sitcoms: Archie Bunker's liberal neighbor Irene Lorenzo in All in the Family and landlady Edna Babish in Laverne and Shirley.In later years, Garrett has appeared in television series such as Grey's Anatomy, Boston Public and Becker as well as several Broadway plays and revivals Nehemiah Persoff August 2, 1919 an American film and television character actor. In 1947, he was accepted into the Actor's Studio and eventually began appearing in films.

His film credits include: On the Waterfront, Some Like It Hot, Al Capone, The Greatest Story Ever Told, Voyage of the Damned, The Comancheros, Yentl (portraying Barbra Streisand's character's father), Twins and the American Tail (animated-film series) (voiced, "Papa Mousekewitz") & too numerous to mention, TV roles. 1920 ~ 1929 Betty Mary Driver, MBE May 20, 1920 an English singer, actress and author, most noted for her role as Betty Williams on the British soap Coronation Street. [She passed 15 October 2011](See RIP 2011) Maureen O'Hara August 17, 1920 an Irish film actress and singer. The famously red-headed O'Hara has been noted for playing fiercely passionate heroines with a highly sensible attitude. She often worked with director John Ford and longtime friend John Wayne. Her autobiography, 'Tis Herself , was published in 2004.

Mickey Rooney September 23, 1920 an American film actor and entertainer whose film, television, and stage appearances span nearly his entire lifetime. During his career he has won multiple awards, including an Honorary Academy Award, a Golden Globe and an Emmy Award. Working as a performer since he was a small child, he was a superstar as a teenager for the films in which he played Andy Hardy, and he has had one of the longest careers of any actor. Passed on 6 April 2014 Ann Rutherford November 2, 1920 A Canadian-American actress in film, radio, and television. She has had a long career starring and co-starring in films, playing Polly Benedict on the big screen of the 1930s and 1940s in the Andy Hardy series, and on The Bob Newhart Show as Newhart's character's mother-in-law. Played Scarlett O'Hara's younger sister, Carreen, in the 1939 movie Gone with the Wind.

Passed June 11, 2012 [See 1917] Noel Neill November 25, 1920 American actress in motion pictures and television. She is best known as her portrayal of Lois Lane in the film serials Superman (1948) and Atom Man vs. Superman (1950), and on the 1950s television series Adventures of Superman. "Abe" Vigoda February 24, 1921 an American movie and television actor. Vigoda is well known for his portrayal of Sal Tessio in The Godfather, and for his portrayal of Detective Sgt. Phil Fish on the sitcom television series Barney Miller from 1975–1977 and on its spinoff show Fish that aired from February 1977 to June 1978 on ABC. Vigoda was still also appearing on Barney Miller at the same time as he was on Fish during the 1976–1977 TV season; at the start of the 1977–1978 season, his character retired from the police force and left Barney Miller to focus full time on the spinoff.

Jane Russell June 21, 1921 February 28, 2011 (age 89) an American film actress and was one of Hollywood's leading sex symbols in the 1940s and 1950s. (See RIP 2011) Esther Williams August 8, 1921~ although some sources cite 1922 American competitive swimmer and MGM movie star with 28 Films to her credit. Took LSD said that it seemed like instant psychoanalysis. Passed June 6, 2013 at 91 see photo in comments below article Phyllis Thaxter November 20, 1921 - August 14, 2012, (90) An American actress, she worked on Broadway in the 1930s. In 1944, she signed a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Her movie debut was opposite Van Johnson in the war-time film "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo". In 1948, she played a cattle owner's daughter alongside Barbara Bel Geddes in "Blood on the Moon".

At MGM, she routinely portrayed the ever-patient wife to a number of leading men. She moved to Warner Brothers in the 1950s, but usually played the same type of roles. Thaxter's career stalled after an attack of infantile paralysis in 1952. She made a comeback in television series such as Rawhide, Wagon Train and Cannon, The Twilight Zone, and Alfred Hitchcock Presents. In 1978, Thaxter was cast along with Glenn Ford as Ma and Pa Kent in Superman. She passed on August 14, 2012 in Longwood, Florida, USA after a nine-year battle with Alzheimer's disease. [See RIP 2012] Deanna Durbin December 4, 1921 – c. April 20, 2013 Known more for her singing career than acting, Durbin retired from acting and singing in 1949, and withdrew from public life. She married film producer-director Charles Henri David in 1950, and the couple moved to a farmhouse near Paris. Carol Channing January 31, 1921 an American singer, actress, and comedienne.

She is the recipient of three Tony Awards (including one for lifetime achievement), a Golden Globe and an Oscar nomination. Channing is best remembered for originating, on Broadway, the musical-comedy roles of bombshell Lorelei Lee in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, and matchmaking widow Dolly Gallagher Levi in Hello, Dolly! Betty White January 17, 1922, an American actress, comedian, author, and former game show host. She is best known to modern audiences for her television roles as Sue Ann Nivens on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Rose Nylund on The Golden Girls. As of 2010, she is currently starring as Elka Ostrovsky in the TV Land sitcom Hot in Cleveland. She has also released several books over the span of her career. In August 2010, she entered a deal with G.P. Putnam Sons to produce two more books, the first of which is scheduled for release in 2011. Doris Day April 3, 1922 an American actress and singer, and an outspoken animal rights activist since her retirement from show business. Her entertainment career began in the 1940s as a big band singer.

In 1945 she had her first hit recording, "Sentimental Journey". In 1948, she appeared in her first film, Romance on the High Seas. During her entertainment career, she appeared in 39 films, recorded more than 650 songs, received an Academy Award nomination, won a Golden Globe and a Grammy Award, and, in 1989, received the Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement in motion pictures. As of 2009, Day was the top-ranking female box office star of all time and ranked sixth among the top ten box office performers (male and female). There's a Facebook group trying to get her an honorary Oscar. [Doris Day to be (finally) Honored by the Oscars? Sir Christopher Lee, CBE, CStJ May 27, 1922 an English actor and musician. Lee initially portrayed villains and became famous for his role as Count Dracula in a string of Hammer Horror films.

Other notable roles include Lord Summerisle in The Wicker Man (1973), Francisco Scaramanga in The Man with the Golden Gun (1974), Count Dooku in Star Wars (2002, 2005) and Saruman in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy. Lee considers his most important role to have been his portrayal of Pakistan's founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah in the biopic Jinnah (1998).He is well known for his deep, strong voice. Lee has performed roles in 266 films since 1948 making him the Guinness book world record holder for most film acting roles ever, and was knighted in the Queen's Birthday Honours in 2009. Jackie Cooper September 15, 1922 - May 3 2011) an American actor, TV director, TV producer and executive. He was a child actor who managed to transition to an adult career. As of 2011, Cooper's Oscar-nominated performance in Skippy is the earliest nomination (1931) in any Academy Award category in which the nominee is still living.

He is also the youngest performer to be nominated in a leading role in the Academy's entire history. Passed in May 2011(See RIP 2011) Charles Durning February 28, 1923 an American actor. With appearances in over 100 films, Durning's memorable roles include police officers in the Oscar-winning The Sting (1973) and crime drama Dog Day Afternoon (1975), along with the comedies Tootsie and The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (both 1982), the latter of which earned him an Academy Award nomination for best supporting actor. He won a Tony award for his portrayal of Big Daddy in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof in 1990 Rhonda Fleming (born Marilyn Louis in Hollywood, California, August 10, 1923) American film and television actress. She acted in more than 40 films, mostly in the 1940s and 1950s, and became renowned as one of the most beautiful and glamorous actresses of her day.

She was nicknamed the "Queen of Technicolor" because her fair complexion and flaming red hair photographed exceptionally well in Technicolor. William Windom September 28, 1923 (88) American actor. He was perhaps best known for his work on television, including several episodes of The Twilight Zone; playing the character of Glen Morley, a congressman from Minnesota like his own great-grandfather and namesake in The Farmer's Daughter; the character of John Monroe on the sitcom My World and Welcome to It, for which he won an Emmy Award for Best Actor in a Comedy Series; as Commodore Matt Decker, commander of the doomed U.S.S. Constellation in the Star Trek episode "The Doomsday Machine"; the character Randy Lane in the Emmy-nominated Night Gallery episode "They're Tearing Down Tim Riley's Bar"; perhaps the most common recurring character on the Emmy-winning series Murder, She Wrote, Dr. Seth Hazlitt, and for voicing Puppetino in Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night.

Passed August 18, 2012 [See RIP 2012] Mike Connors (born Krekor Ohanian, August 15, 1925) 87 is an American actor best known for playing detective Joe Mannix in the CBS television series, Mannix. Before that, he had played a crime-fighting investigator, wielding a .38 handgun hidden in his back, in another CBS series, Tightrope. Richard Attenborough, CBE August 29, 1923 is an English actor, director, producer and entrepreneur. Attenborough has won two Academy Awards, four BAFTA Awards and three Golden Globes "Cliff" Robertson September 9, 1923 is an American actor with a film and television career that spans half of a century. Robertson won the 1968 Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in the movie Charly. He is perhaps best known to contemporary audiences for playing Uncle Ben Parker in the Spider-Man film series.

Passed September 10, 2011 (See RIP 2011) Eva Marie Saint July 4, 1924 an American actress who has starred in films, on Broadway, and on television in a career spanning seven decades. Saint won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in On the Waterfront (1954), and later starred in Alfred Hitchcock's classic thriller North by Northwest (1959). She received Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations for A Hatful of Rain (1957) and won anEmmy Award for the miniseries People Like Us (1990). Her film career also includes roles in Raintree County (1957), Because of Winn-Dixie (2005), andSuperman Returns (2006). Lauren Bacall September 16, 1924 an American film and stage actress and model, known for her distinctive husky voice and sultry looks.

She first emerged as leading lady in the film noir genre, including appearances in The Big Sleep (1946) and Dark Passage (1947), as well as a comedian inHow to Marry a Millionaire (1953) and Designing Woman (1957). Bacall has also worked in the Broadway musical, gaining Tony Awards for Applause in 1970 and Woman of the Year in 1981. Her performance in the movie The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996) earned her a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award nomination. In 1999, Bacall was ranked as one of the 25 actresses on the AFI's 100 Years... 100 Stars list by the American Film Institute. In 2009, she was selected by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to receive an Academy Honorary Award at the inaugural Governors Awards.

Sidney Lumet June 25, 1924 an American film director, with over 50 films to his name, including 12 Angry Men (1957), Dog Day Afternoon (1975), Network (1976) and The Verdict (1982), all of which earned him Academy Award nominations for Best Director. George Harris Kennedy, Jr. February 18, 1925 an American actor who has appeared in over 200 film and television productions. He is perhaps most familiar as the convict Dragline in Cool Hand Luke (for which he won an Academy Award), airline troubleshooter Joe Patroni in the Airport series of disaster movies from the 1970s and as Captain Ed Hocken in the Naked Gun series of comedy films. Gloria DeHaven July 23, 1925 an American actress and a former contract star for MGM She began her career as a child actor with a bit part in Charlie Chaplin's Modern Times (1936).

She was signed to a contract with MGM Studios, featured roles in such films as The Thin Man Goes Home (1944) and Summer Stock (1950), She portrayed her mother in the Fred Astaire film Three Little Words (1950).DeHaven also appeared as a regular in the television series and soap operas As the World Turns, Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman and Ryan's Hope. Arlene Carol Dahl August 11, 1925 an American actress and former MGM contract star, who achieved notability during the 1950s. She is the mother of actor Lorenzo Lamas. Dahl met actor Lex Barker in the early 1950s, and on April 16, 1951, Dahl and Barker wed. A year later she and Barker divorced, and Dahl would go on to marry another matinee idol, Fernando Lamas. Barker went on to marry Lana Turner. In 1958 Dahl and Lamas had their only son, Lorenzo Lamas. Shortly after giving birth to Lorenzo, Dahl slowed and eventually ended her career as an actress, although she still appeared in movies and on television occasionally.

Dahl would go on to work as a beauty columnist and as a writer. Rose Marie (born August 15, 1923) 89 is an American actress. As a child performer she had a successful singing career as Baby Rose Marie. A veteran of vaudeville, Rose Marie's career includes film, records, theater, night clubs, and television. Her most famous role was television comedy writer Sally Rogers on the CBS situation comedy The Dick Van Dyke Show. She later portrayed Myrna Gibbons on CBS's The Doris Day Show and was also a frequent panelist on the game show Hollywood Squares. "Dick" Van Dyke December 13, 1925 an American actor, comedian, writer, and producer with a career spanning six decades. He is the older brother of Jerry Van Dyke, and father of Barry Van Dyke. He is best known for his starring roles in the films Bye Bye Birdie, Mary Poppins, and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, and the television series The Dick Van Dyke Show, and Diagnosis: Murder.

Irene Papas September 3 1926 Greek actress and occasional singer, who has starred in over seventy films in a career spanning more than fifty years. In 1978, Papas collaborated with composer Vangelis in an electronic rendition of eight Greek folk songs, issued as a record called "Odes". They collaborated again in 1986 for "Rhapsodies", an electronic rendition of seven Byzantine liturgical hymns. In 1982, she appeared in the film Lion of the Desert, together with Anthony Quinn, Oliver Reed, Rod Steiger, and Sir John Gielgud Shirley Jane Temple April 23, 1928 later Shirley Temple Black, is an American film and television actress, singer, dancer, autobiographer, and former U.S. Ambassador to Ghana and Czechoslovakia. She began her film career in 1932 at the age of three, and in 1934, found international fame in Bright Eyes, a feature film designed specifically for her talents.

She received a special Juvenile Academy Award in February 1935, and film hits such as Curly Top and Heidi followed year after year during the mid-to-late 1930s. Licensed merchandise that capitalized on her wholesome image included dolls, dishes, and clothing. Her box office popularity waned as she reached adolescence, and she left the film industry at the age of 12 to attend high school. She appeared in a few films of varying quality in her mid-to-late teens, and retired completely from films in 1950 at the age of 22. She was the top box-office draw four years in a row (1935–38) in a Motion Picture Herald poll. She is No. 18 on the American Film Institute's list of the greatest female American screen legends of all time, making her the highest-ranked living person on the list. Ann Marie Blyth August 16, 1928 American actress and singer, often cast in Hollywood musicals, but also successful in dramatic roles. Her performance as Veda Pierce in the 1945 film Mildred Pierce was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

Vera Miles August 23, 1929 American actress who worked closely with Alfred Hitchcock, notably in Psycho, playing the sister of the Janet Leigh character, which she reprised in Psycho II. Her other films included The Wrong Man, The Searchers, Follow Me Boys! andThe Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. 1930 ~ 1939 Peter O'Toole August 2, 1932 one of the most prolific actors in the history of world cinema. He was shot to instantaneous international stardom and acclaim as the title character of the epic Lawrence of Arabia. He went on to become a highly-honoured film and stage actor. He has been nominated for eight Academy Awards, and holds the record for most competitive Academy Award acting nominations without a win. He has won four Golden Globes, a BAFTA, an Emmy and was the recipient of an Honorary Academy Award in 2003 for his body of work. Passed 15 December 2013 Vanessa Redgrave, CBE January 30, 1937 is an English actress of stage, screen and television.

She rose to prominence in 1961 playing Rosalind in As You Like It with the Royal Shakespeare Company and has since made more than 35 appearances on London's West End and Broadway, winning both the Tony and Olivier Awards. On screen, she has starred in more than 80 films; She was also the recipient of the 2010 BAFTA Fellowship "in recognition of an outstanding and exceptional contribution to film." Honorable Mentions: (Non Hollywood or No Films to credit but nevertheless prominent in the industry.) Lelita Rosa aka Maria Rosa Maccari July 19, 1908 in São Paulo, Brazil ~ Brazilian Actress in late 1920's early 30's Dorothy Bartlam November 8, 1908 ~ English Actress in late 1920's early 30's ~ 21 Films George Beverly "Bev" Shea February 1, 1909 a Grammy Award-winning Canadian centenarian, a bass-baritone singer of gospel music and the composer of several hymns and hymn tunes.

Shea has often been described as "America's Beloved Gospel Singer" and is considered "the first international singing 'star' of the gospel world," as a consequence of his solos at Billy Graham Crusades and his exposure on radio, records, and television According to the Guinness Book of Records, Shea holds the world record for singing in person to the most people ever, with an estimated cumulative live audience of 220 million people. George passed at 104 on April 16, 2013 Dolores Hope, May 27, 1909 an American singer, philanthropist and the widow of actor Bob Hope. Passed September 19, 2011 (See RIP 2011) Bea Wain, April 30, 1917 an American Big Band-era vocalist, she had four #1 hits: "Cry, Baby, Cry", "Deep Purple", "Heart and Soul" and her signature song, "My Reverie" Bill Kerr (born 1922) is an Australian film and television actor.

Barbara Walters September 25, 1929 an American broadcast journalist and author, who has hosted morning television shows (Today andThe View), the television newsmagazine (20/20), and co-anchor of the ABC Evening News and correspondent on ABC World News (then ABC Evening News). "Casey" Kasem April 27, 1932 American radio personality and voice actor who is best known for voicing Shaggy in the popular Saturday morning cartoon franchise Scooby-Doo and for being the host of the nationally syndicated Top 40 countdown show, American Top 40. Fun Stuff: Ernest Borgnine, the oldest living best actor Oscar winner, looks back at six golden decades in T.O. appearance An 'Eternity' in Hollywood (Best actress winners Luise Rainer and Olivia de Havilland are both older.) Barbara Kent - born Barbara Cloutman December 16, 1907 - Gadsby, Alberta, Canada October 13, 2011 (103) Palm Desert, California, U.S.A. A Canadian-born U.S.-based silent film actress.

Following the death of Miriam Seegar, she was the last North American actress to have achieved substantial fame during the silent film era as an adult. It is in the nature of cinema that an actor who made her last film appearance more than seven decades ago, and who retreated from public view in the late 1940s, refusing photographs and interviews ever since, can still be appreciated on screen as young, as lovely and as fresh as ever. Barbara Kent, who has died aged 103, was one of the last surviving stars of the silent era. She appeared in the last great silent American film, Lonesome (1928), Paul Fejos's masterpiece of urban poetry. Kent played Mary, a switchboard operator, who meets Jim (Glenn Tryon), a factory worker, in Coney Island. They spend the day together, fall in love, and then lose each other in the crowd. The simple tale of "little people" is raised by the sincerity of the performances and by the director's expressive use of location, camera movement and montage. Kent was offered a contract with Universal even though she had never acted before.

Photograph: Clarence Sinclair Bull/Getty Images Unfortunately, Universal Studios, to whom Kent was under contract, insisted on adding three stilted, incongruous talkie sequences to the film to demonstrate the newfangled sound technique. (There was already a music score and sound effects.) Despite allowances made for the crude recording system, Kent's voice came over as rather tinny and there were fears that she, like other silent screen stars, might fall by the wayside. But with voice lessons, her career survived and she reached the peak of her popularity as Harold Lloyd's girlfriend in his first two talkies, Welcome Danger (1929) and Feet First (1930). She was born Barbara Cloutman in Alberta, Canada, and moved to California with her family in her teens. After winning the title of Miss Hollywood 1925, she was immediately offered a contract with Universal, although she had never acted before. Her first role was as the only woman in Prowlers of the Night (1926), a western directed by Ernst Laemmle, the nephew of Carl Laemmle, the owner of Universal.

In the same year, Kent was given fourth billing in Clarence Brown's Flesh and the Devil, in which she played a 15-year-old girl, hopelessly in love with John Gilbert, who has eyes only for vamp Greta Garbo. In No Man's Law (1927), which starred Rex the Wonder Horse and Oliver Hardy in one of his rare non-comic roles as a villain, Kent is very cute, first seen in a pair of oversized pyjamas and then swimming in the "nude", a scene that caused controversy despite the fact that she was wearing a flesh-coloured bathing suit. She is the sweet inamorata of a football hero (Richard Barthelmess) in The Drop Kick (1927) and, in Modern Mothers (1928), of a playwright (Douglas Fairbanks Jr), who returns to her after a fling with her mother. Lonesome gave Kent a further boost, and she appeared in William Wyler's The Shakedown (1929), a touching drama once thought lost and only recently rediscovered and restored, about a girl (Kent), a prize fighter and an orphan boy. Kent entered the sound era in Welcome Danger.

When they first meet, Kent, with her hair tucked back, in overalls trying to fix her broken-down car, is mistaken by Lloyd for a boy. Playing along, she later reveals her femininity, and they fall in love. Kent again showed her mischievous streak in Feet First, in which she is a secretary whom Lloyd, as a lowly clerk, mistakes for his boss's daughter. In Leo McCarey's Indiscreet (1931), which the director himself described as lousy, Kent was effective as Gloria Swanson's sister. She was an adequate Amelia Sedley in an inadequate, updated adaptation of Vanity Fair in 1932 and exuded kindness as Rose Maylie in the first talkie version of Oliver Twist, in 1933. In 1932 she married Harry Edington, an agent who was to become, for a short period, an executive producer at RKO. When she saw herself slipping down the credits, she retired in 1935, aged 28. After Edington died in 1949, Kent married Jack Monroe, an engineer. Monroe died in 1998.

Towards the end of her life, Kent lived in a retirement home in Sun Valley, Idaho, where most of her friends and neighbours were unaware that she was once a Hollywood star. Barbara Kent obituary Guardian UK LA Times Obit Copyright © 2011, Los Angeles Times Miriam Seegar Born September 1, 1907, Greentown, Indiana, U.S. Died January 2, 2011 (103) Pasadena, California, U.S. Miriam Seegar Whelan, 103, an actress from the early days of talking films who was married to director Tim Whelan, died Sunday of age-related causes at her home in Pasadena, said her daughter-in-law Harriet Whelan. After her acting career ended, Whelan became an interior designer in Los Angeles. Born in Greentown, Indiana, she made her film debut in 1928. Her first film was The Price of Divorce, in which she starred alongside Frances Day and Rex Maurice. The film was never released, but was adapted for sound and released two years later as Such Is the Law. She followed that with a lead role in Valley of the Ghosts the same year.

She starred in four films in 1929 and six films in 1930, including New Movietone Follies of 1930 and The Dawn Trail opposite Western film star Buck Jones. In 1931 and 1932, she made a total of six films, all B-movies, and retired from acting in 1933, after which she married and had children, later finding employment as an interior decorator. In 2000, Seegar appeared in the documentary I Used to Be in Pictures, which featured commentary from many of her contemporaries. Seegar died on January 2, 2011, according to her daughter-in-law Harriet Whelan. She was 103 years old. Her death leaves, aside from child performers such as Mickey Rooney and Baby Peggy, only Barbara Kent (last silent adult actress) and Frederica Sagor Maas (adult silent screen writer) as silent film veterans still alive as of January 2011. Frederica Sagor Maas born Jul 6 1900.

Norrie Woodhall Born Norrie Bugler 18 December 1905 Died 25 October 2011 (105) Dorset, England The last surviving member of a Dorchester theatre group set up by Thomas Hardy has died at the age of 105. Norrie Woodhall was among a handful of Dorset actors who performed plays based on the author's works in 1924, rehearsing at Hardy's home at Max Gate. Later Ms Woodhall became president of the New Hardy Players. On its website the group said it would miss her "inspiration and guidance" after her death on Tuesday. Ms Woodhall's mother is believed to have inspired the character Tess of the D'Urbervilles. And her sister, Gertrude Bugler who was said to have inherited her mother's looks, was later given the role of Tess by Hardy. 'Wonderful person' Speaking to BBC Inside Out earlier this year, Ms Woodhall said: "Tess is described as being dark and very beautiful, my sister was. "My mother was milking a cow, when he [Hardy] saw her.

"He said later on: 'I must have seen your mother milking a cow and that put me in mind of Tess all those years ago'." Ms Woodhall played Tess's sister, Liza-Lu, alongside her sister in a staging of Tess of the D'Urbervilles by the Hardy Players. Hardy wrote in extra lines for her part. The play was a hit, however, Hardy never gave permission for it to be put on stage in London. Ms Woodhall carried on performing and became president of the New Hardy Players when it was set up in 2005. She had also been involved in fundraising for Dorset County Museum, which has many items of memorabilia from the original Hardy Players. Her friend Alistair Chisholm, who is also a member of the New Hardy Players, said: "She was a wonderful, wonderful person. "To hear her read Thomas Hardy, to hear her read aloud The Ruined Maid in the style of a much earlier period was absolutely wonderful." Obituary BBC News-Dorset Harry Morgan (born Harry Bratsberg), Born April 10, 1915, Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A.

Died December 7, 2011 Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. An American actor. He was widely known for his roles as Pete Porter in both December Bride (1954–1959) and Pete and Gladys (1960–1962), Detective Bill Gannon on Dragnet (1967–1970), Amos Coogan on Hec Ramsey (1972–1974), and Colonel Sherman T. Potter in M*A*S*H (1975–1983) and AfterMASH (1983-1984). Additionally, Morgan appeared in more than 100 films LOS ANGELES — Emmy-winning character actor Harry Morgan, whose portrayal of the fatherly Col. Potter on television's "M-A-S-H" highlighted a show business career that included nine other TV series, 50 films and the Broadway stage, died Wednesday. He was 96. His daughter-in-law, Beth Morgan, told The Associated Press the actor died at his home in Brentwood after having pneumonia.

"He was side-splittingly funny, a very gent and loving father-in-law," Beth Morgan said. "He was very humble about having such a successful career." Obituary 'M-A-S-H' star Harry Morgan dies at age 96 'M-A-S-H' star Harry Morgan dies at age 96 Esther Williams passed June 6, 2013 (aged 91) Mickey Rooney Passed April 6, 2014, 93

Question: Which actor holds the record for the most Academy Award nominations for acting without a win, having been nominated on eight occasions?
Answer: PETER O'TOOLE