Name
|
Date of birth
|
Date of death and age
|
Notes
|
June Havoc
|
(1912-11-08)November 8, 1912
|
March 28, 2010(2010-03-28) (aged 97)
|
Appeared in two Harold Lloyd silent shorts in 1918, On the Jump and Hey There!. Would later have a lengthy film, stage, and TV career.
|
Georgie Stone
|
(1909-09-03)September 3, 1909
|
April 25, 2010(2010-04-25) (aged 100)
|
Appeared in 49 silent films from 1914 to 1923.
|
Doris Eaton Travis
|
(1904-03-14)March 14, 1904
|
May 11, 2010(2010-05-11) (aged 106)
|
Debuted opposite Billie Dove in 1921's At the Stage Door, and would appear in several other silent films throughout the decade.
|
Rosa Rio
|
(1902-06-02)June 2, 1902
|
May 13, 2010(2010-05-13) (aged 107)
|
Organist who worked on a number of silent films in the 20s, including The Phantom of The Opera, The Hunchback of Notre Dame and The Birth of a Nation. The last surviving behind-the-scenes musical figure of the silent era.
|
Yvonne Howell
|
(1905-07-31)July 31, 1905
|
May 27, 2010(2010-05-27) (aged 104)
|
Appeared in 11 films during the silent era.
|
Daisy D'ora
|
(1913-02-26)February 26, 1913
|
June 12, 2010(2010-06-12) (aged 97)
|
Acted in several German silent films, beginning with Pandora's Box in 1929.
|
Eva von Berne
|
(1910-07-08)July 8, 1910
|
November 9, 2010(2010-11-09) (aged 100)
|
Austrian actress who debuted in the now-lost silent film The Masks of the Devil.
|
Baby Marie Osborne
|
(1911-11-05)November 5, 1911
|
November 11, 2010(2010-11-11) (aged 99)
|
Prominent child star of the 1910s, appearing in several dozen films.
|
Miriam Seegar
|
(1907-09-01)September 1, 1907
|
January 2, 2011(2011-01-02) (aged 103)
|
Appeared in several silent films during the late 1920s.
|
Jack Totheroh
|
(1914-08-08)August 8, 1914
|
May 20, 2011(2011-05-20) (aged 96)
|
Debuted as a baby in the 1915 short The Bachelor's Baby. Would appear in a second silent short, Try and Get It, in 1922.
|
Brigitte Borchert
|
(1910-11-15)November 15, 1910
|
August 7, 2011(2011-08-07) (aged 100)
|
Appeared in 1930's People on Sunday, one of the last German silent films.
|
Jane Margaret Truesdell
|
(1911-04-29)April 29, 1911
|
August 23, 2011(2011-08-23) (aged 100)
|
Appeared in 1913's Thus Saith the Lord.
|
Barbara Kent
|
(1907-12-16)December 16, 1907
|
October 13, 2011(2011-10-13) (aged 103)
|
The last surviving actor to have starring roles in silent films as an adult, in a career beginning with Flesh and the Devil in 1926.
|
Johannes Heesters
|
(1903-12-05)December 5, 1903
|
December 24, 2011(2011-12-24) (aged 108)
|
Dutch actor who appeared in the 1924 silent film Cirque hollandais.
|
Frederica Sagor Maas
|
(1900-07-06)July 6, 1900
|
January 5, 2012(2012-01-05) (aged 111)
|
Silent film screenwriter on works such as The Plastic Age. Last surviving Hollywood silent film behind-the-scenes figure, and the last to have a substantial silent film career as an adult.
|
Carol Adams
|
(1918-03-15)March 15, 1918
|
April 9, 2012(2012-04-09) (aged 94)
|
Actress of the 30s and 40s whose career began in the 1923 silent short film Navy Blues.
|
Isuzu Yamada
|
(1917-02-05)February 5, 1917
|
July 9, 2012(2012-07-09) (aged 95)
|
Japanese actress whose lengthy career began in the 1930 silent Ken o Koete. The silent era in Japan would last into the mid-1930s, despite its earlier phasing out in other countries.
|
Vondell Darr
|
(1919-04-18)April 18, 1919
|
September 10, 2012(2012-09-10) (aged 93)
|
Child actress in a number of silents throughout the mid-to-late 1920s.
|
Peggy Ahern
|
(1917-03-09)March 9, 1917
|
October 24, 2012(2012-10-24) (aged 95)
|
1920s child actress best known for her appearances in the Our Gang series of shorts.
|
Jack Hanlon
|
(1916-02-15)February 15, 1916
|
December 13, 2012(2012-12-13) (aged 96)
|
1920s Our Gang child actor also thought to be the last surviving cast member of the acclaimed Buster Keaton silent The General, released in 1926.
|
Mickey Moore
|
(1914-10-14)October 14, 1914
|
March 4, 2013(2013-03-04) (aged 98)
|
Child actor of the 1920s. Post-silents, he would later have a lengthy lengthy career as an adult.
|
Mickey Rooney
|
(1920-09-23)September 23, 1920
|
April 6, 2014(2014-04-06) (aged 93)
|
Prominent film star whose 88-year film career began as a silent child star, debuting in the 1926 release Not to be Trusted and starring in the numerous Mickey McGuire shorts released throughout the final years of the silent era.
|
Hanna Maron
|
(1923-11-22)November 22, 1923
|
May 30, 2014(2014-05-30) (aged 90)
|
German-born Israeli actress who appeared in several German silents of the late 1920s.
|
Carla Laemmle
|
(1909-10-20)October 20, 1909
|
June 12, 2014(2014-06-12) (aged 104)
|
The niece of Universal Pictures co-founder Carl Laemmle, Carla Laemmle appeared in bit parts in several silent films, beginning with 1925's The Phantom of the Opera.
|
Manoel de Oliveira
|
(1908-12-11)December 11, 1908
|
April 2, 2015(2015-04-02) (aged 106)
|
Portuguese film director whose appeared as an extra in the 1928 silent Fátima Milagrosa. His first released film, the 1931 documentary Douro, Faina Fluvial, was also a silent.
|
Jean Darling
|
(1922-08-23)August 23, 1922
|
September 4, 2015(2015-09-04) (aged 93)
|
Prolific Our Gang child actor, having appeared in 46 silent-era Our Gang shorts.
|
Dickie Moore
|
(1925-09-12)September 12, 1925
|
September 7, 2015(2015-09-07) (aged 89)
|
Actor whose 30-year career began as a child actor in the silent era, debuting as the baby version of John Barrymore's character in the 1927 film The Beloved Rogue.
|
Shep Houghton
|
(1914-06-04)June 4, 1914
|
December 15, 2016(2016-12-15) (aged 102)
|
Actor whose career was mostly bit part roles, beginning with the 1927 silent film Underworld.
|
Dorothy Morrison
|
(1919-01-03)January 3, 1919
|
October 18, 2017(2017-10-18) (aged 98)
|
Child actress in several silent Our Gang shorts.
|
Silas Hathaway
|
(1919-03-04)March 4, 1919
|
2017 (aged 97–98)
|
Portrayed the Kid as an infant in 1921's The Kid. Last surviving cast member of a silent film starring Charlie Chaplin.
|
Lassie Lou Ahern
|
(1920-06-25)June 25, 1920
|
February 15, 2018(2018-02-15) (aged 97)
|
Child actress with a substantial silent career, including in 1927's Uncle Tom's Cabin and a number of Our Gang shorts.
|
Louise Watson
|
(1919-11-22)November 22, 1919
|
June 5, 2018(2018-06-05) (aged 98)
|
3rd-last surviving member of the Watson family.
|
Jack C. Edwards
|
(1920-09-26)September 26, 1920
|
July 16, 2018(2018-07-16) (aged 97)
|
Child actor in the early half of the 1920s.
|
Mary Carlisle
|
(1914-02-03)February 3, 1914
|
August 1, 2018(2018-08-01) (aged 104)
|
Later known for her career as an adult in the first decade of talkies, she debuted in a bit part role in the 1923 silent Long Live the King.
|
Kathleen O'Malley
|
(1924-03-31)March 31, 1924
|
February 25, 2019(2019-02-25) (aged 94)
|
Actress with a career spanning over 70 years that began as an infant in the 1926 silent My Old Dutch.
|
Fay McKenzie
|
(1918-02-19)February 19, 1918
|
April 16, 2019(2019-04-16) (aged 101)
|
Debuted as a baby in 1918's Station Content, released several months after her birth. The first known actor to live to see the centennial anniversary of their film debut.
|
Diana Serra Cary
|
(1918-10-29)October 29, 1918
|
February 24, 2020(2020-02-24) (aged 101)
|
One of the most popular child stars of the silent era under the stage name "Baby Peggy". The last surviving silent film actor with a leading role in a silent film.
|
Jack Dixon
|
(1916-07-04)July 4, 1916
|
October 15, 2020(2020-10-15) (aged 104)
|
His obituary in the Los Angeles Times notes him having made his silent film debut in 1920, though which films he appeared in are not currently known.
|
Don Marion Davis
|
(1917-10-09)October 9, 1917
|
December 10, 2020(2020-12-10) (aged 103)
|
The last known living actor who made their film debut in the 1910s, having appeared in two 1919 films. Also the second known actor to live a century after their film debut.
|
Billy Watson
|
(1923-12-25)December 25, 1923
|
February 17, 2022(2022-02-17) (aged 98)
|
American child actor who debuted in 1925. Along with younger brother Garry (born 1928), he is one of the last of nine siblings, dubbed "Hollywood's first family," The Watsons.
|