Their ages defy belief, but it’s their resilience that truly stuns. Elizabeth Waldo, born in 1918, has spent a lifetime rescuing indigenous music from oblivion, turning memory into melody. Karen Marsh Doll carries the last living threads to Hollywood’s golden age, her life a bridge from the sets of The Wizard of Oz and Gone with the Wind to a world that barely recognizes the studio system that made them. Ray Anthony, at 103, still embodies the swing and swagger of big band nights that once defined American romance.
Around them, a constellation of icons keeps shining. June Lockhart, Eva Marie Saint, and Dick Van Dyke remind us that warmth and wit can outlast decades. Mel Brooks, William Shatner, and Barbara Eden still create, still mentor, still step into the light. Clint Eastwood, Sophia Loren, and Michael Caine prove that artistry doesn’t retire; it evolves. Julie Andrews, Shirley MacLaine, Al Pacino, and Jane Fonda carry their activism and craft into a restless century, showing younger generations that relevance is not a matter of age, but of courage. Their presence is a living archive—and a challenge to anyone who thinks time has the final word.
