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|Appeared in two {{wp|Harold Lloyd}} silent shorts in 1918, ''{{wp|On the Jump}}'' and ''{{wp|Hey There!}}''. Would later have a lengthy film, stage, and TV career.
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|[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0831891/ Georgie Stone]
|[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0831891/ Georgie Stone]
|{{birth date|1909|9|3}}
|{{birth date|1909|9|3}}
|{{death date and age|2010|4|25|1909|9|3}}
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|Appeared in 49 silent films from 1914 to 1923.
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|{{wp|Doris Eaton Travis}}
|{{wp|Doris Eaton Travis}}
|{{birth date|1904|3|14}}
|{{birth date|1904|3|14}}
|{{death date and age|2010|5|11|1904|3|14}}
|{{death date and age|2010|5|11|1904|3|14}}
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|Debuted opposite {{wp|Billie Dove}} in 1921's ''At the Stage Door'', and would appear in several other silent films throughout the decade.
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|{{wp|Rosa Rio}}
|{{wp|Rosa Rio}}
|{{birth date|1902|06|02}}
|{{birth date|1902|06|02}}
|{{death date and age|2010|05|13|1902|06|02}}
|{{death date and age|2010|05|13|1902|06|02}}
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|Organist who worked on a number of silent films in the 20s, including ''{{wp|The Phantom of the Opera (1925 film)|The Phantom of The Opera}}'', ''{{wp|The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923 film)|The Hunchback of Notre Dame}}'' and ''{{wp|The Birth of a Nation}}''. The last surviving behind-the-scenes musical figure of the silent era.
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|{{wp|Yvonne Howell}}
|{{wp|Yvonne Howell}}
|{{birth date|1905|07|31}}
|{{birth date|1905|07|31}}
|{{death date and age|2010|05|27|1905|07|31}}
|{{death date and age|2010|05|27|1905|07|31}}
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|Appeared in 11 films during the silent era.
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|{{wp|Daisy D'ora}}
|{{wp|Daisy D'ora}}
|{{birth date|1913|02|26}}
|{{birth date|1913|02|26}}
|{{death date and age|2010|06|12|1913|02|26}}
|{{death date and age|2010|06|12|1913|02|26}}
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|Acted in several German silent films, beginning with ''{{wp|Pandora's Box (1929 film)|Pandora's Box}}'' in 1929.
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|{{wp|Eva von Berne}}
|{{wp|Eva von Berne}}
|{{birth date|1910|7|8}}
|{{birth date|1910|7|8}}
|{{death date and age|2010|11|9|1910|7|8}}
|{{death date and age|2010|11|9|1910|7|8}}
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|Austrian actress who debuted in the now-lost silent film ''{{wp|The Masks of the Devil}}''.
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|{{wp|Marie Osborne Yeats|Baby Marie Osborne}}
|{{wp|Marie Osborne Yeats|Baby Marie Osborne}}
|{{birth date|1911|11|05}}
|{{birth date|1911|11|05}}
|{{death date and age|2010|11|11|1911|11|05}}
|{{death date and age|2010|11|11|1911|11|05}}
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|Prominent child star of the 1910s, appearing in several dozen films.
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|{{wp|Miriam Seegar}}
|{{wp|Miriam Seegar}}
|{{birth date|1907|9|1}}
|{{birth date|1907|9|1}}
|{{death date and age|2011|1|2|1907|9|1}}
|{{death date and age|2011|1|2|1907|9|1}}
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|Appeared in several silent films during the late 1920s.
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|[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0869374/ Jack Totheroh]
|[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0869374/ Jack Totheroh]
|{{birth date|1914|8|8}}
|{{birth date|1914|8|8}}
|{{death date and age|2011|5|20|1914|8|8}}
|{{death date and age|2011|5|20|1914|8|8}}
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|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.
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|[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0096030/ Brigitte Borchert]
|[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0096030/ Brigitte Borchert]
|{{birth date|1910|11|15}}
|{{birth date|1910|11|15}}
|{{death date and age|2011|8|7|1910|11|15}}
|{{death date and age|2011|8|7|1910|11|15}}
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|Appeared in 1930's ''{{wp|People on Sunday}}'', one of the last German silent films.
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|[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1748827/ Jane Margaret Truesdell]
|[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1748827/ Jane Margaret Truesdell]
|{{birth date|1911|4|29}}
|{{birth date|1911|4|29}}
|{{death date and age|2011|8|23|1911|4|29}}
|{{death date and age|2011|8|23|1911|4|29}}
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|Appeared in 1913's ''Thus Saith the Lord''.
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|{{wp|Barbara Kent}}
|{{wp|Barbara Kent}}
|{{birth date|1907|12|16}}
|{{birth date|1907|12|16}}
|{{death date and age|2011|10|13|1907|12|16}}
|{{death date and age|2011|10|13|1907|12|16}}
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|The last surviving actor to have starring roles in silent films as an adult, in a career beginning with ''{{wp|Flesh and the Devil}}'' in 1926.
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|{{wp|Johannes Heesters}}
|{{wp|Johannes Heesters}}
|{{birth date|1903|12|5}}
|{{birth date|1903|12|5}}
|{{death date and age|2011|12|24|1903|12|5}}
|{{death date and age|2011|12|24|1903|12|5}}
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|Dutch actor who appeared in the 1924 silent film ''{{wp|Cirque hollandais}}''.
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|{{wp|Frederica Sagor Maas}}
|{{wp|Frederica Sagor Maas}}
|{{birth date|1900|7|6}}
|{{birth date|1900|7|6}}
|{{death date and age|2012|1|5|1900|7|6}}
|{{death date and age|2012|1|5|1900|7|6}}
|Last surviving silent film screenwriter.
|Silent film screenwriter on works such as ''{{wp|The Plastic Age (film)|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.
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|{{wp|Carol Adams (actress)|Carol Adams}}
|{{wp|Carol Adams (actress)|Carol Adams}}
|{{birth date|1918|3|15}}
|{{birth date|1918|3|15}}
|{{death date and age|2012|4|9|1918|3|15}}
|{{death date and age|2012|4|9|1918|3|15}}
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|Actress of the 30s and 40s whose career began in the 1923 silent short film ''Navy Blues''.
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|{{wp|Isuzu Yamada}}
|{{wp|Isuzu Yamada}}
|{{birth date|1917|2|5}}
|{{birth date|1917|2|5}}
|{{death date and age|2012|7|9|1917|2|5}}
|{{death date and age|2012|7|9|1917|2|5}}
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|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.
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|{{wp|Vondell Darr}}
|{{wp|Vondell Darr}}
|{{birth date|1919|4|18}}
|{{birth date|1919|4|18}}
|{{death date and age|2012|9|10|1919|4|18}}
|{{death date and age|2012|9|10|1919|4|18}}
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|Child actress in a number of silents throughout the mid-to-late 1920s.
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|{{wp|Peggy Ahern}}
|{{wp|Peggy Ahern}}
|{{birth date|1917|3|9}}
|{{birth date|1917|3|9}}
|{{death date and age|2012|10|24|1917|3|9}}
|{{death date and age|2012|10|24|1917|3|9}}
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|1920s child actress best known for her appearances in the ''{{wp|Our Gang}}'' series of shorts.
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|{{wp|Jack Hanlon}}
|{{wp|Jack Hanlon}}
|{{birth date|1916|2|15}}
|{{birth date|1916|2|15}}
|{{death date and age|2012|12|13|1916|2|15}}
|{{death date and age|2012|12|13|1916|2|15}}
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|1920s ''{{wp|Our Gang}}'' child actor also thought to be the last surviving cast member of the acclaimed {{wp|Buster Keaton}} silent ''{{wp|The General (1926 film)|The General}}'', released in 1926.
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|{{wp|Mickey Moore}}
|{{wp|Mickey Moore}}
|{{birth date|1914|10|14}}
|{{birth date|1914|10|14}}
|{{death date and age|2013|3|4|1914|10|14}}
|{{death date and age|2013|3|4|1914|10|14}}
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|Child actor of the 1920s. Post-silents, he would later have a lengthy lengthy career as an adult.
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|{{wp|Mickey Rooney}}
|{{wp|Mickey Rooney}}
|{{birth date|1920|9|23}}
|{{birth date|1920|9|23}}
|{{death date and age|2014|4|6|1920|9|23}}
|{{death date and age|2014|4|6|1920|9|23}}
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|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 ''{{wp|Mickey McGuire (film series)|Mickey McGuire}}'' shorts released throughout the final years of the silent era.
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|{{wp|Hanna Maron}}
|{{wp|Hanna Maron}}
|{{birth date|1923|11|22}}
|{{birth date|1923|11|22}}
|{{death date and age|2014|5|30|1923|11|22}}
|{{death date and age|2014|5|30|1923|11|22}}
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|German-born Israeli actress who appeared in several German silents of the late 1920s.
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|{{wp|Carla Laemmle}}
|{{wp|Carla Laemmle}}
|{{birth date|1909|10|20}}
|{{birth date|1909|10|20}}
|{{death date and age|2014|6|12|1909|10|20}}
|{{death date and age|2014|6|12|1909|10|20}}
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|The niece of {{wp|Universal Pictures}} co-founder {{wp|Carl Laemmle}}, Carla Laemmle appeared in bit parts in several silent films, beginning with 1925's ''{{wp|The Phantom of the Opera (1925 film)|The Phantom of the Opera}}''.
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|{{wp|Manoel de Oliveira}}
|{{wp|Manoel de Oliveira}}
|{{birth date|1908|12|11}}
|{{birth date|1908|12|11}}
|{{death date and age|2015|4|2|1908|12|11}}
|{{death date and age|2015|4|2|1908|12|11}}
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|Portuguese film director whose appeared as an extra in the 1928 silent ''Fátima Milagrosa''. His first released film, the 1931 documentary ''{{wp|Douro, Faina Fluvial}}'', was also a silent.
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|{{wp|Jean Darling}}
|{{wp|Jean Darling}}
|{{birth date|1922|8|23}}
|{{birth date|1922|8|23}}
|{{death date and age|2015|9|4|1922|8|23}}
|{{death date and age|2015|9|4|1922|8|23}}
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|Prolific ''{{wp|Our Gang}}'' child actor, having appeared in 46 silent-era ''Our Gang'' shorts.
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|{{wp|Dickie Moore (actor)|Dickie Moore}}
|{{wp|Dickie Moore (actor)|Dickie Moore}}
|{{birth date|1925|9|12}}
|{{birth date|1925|9|12}}
|{{death date and age|2015|9|7|1925|9|12}}
|{{death date and age|2015|9|7|1925|9|12}}
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|Actor whose 30-year career began as a child actor in the silent era, debuting as the baby version of {{wp|John Barrymore}}'s character in the 1927 film ''{{wp|The Beloved Rogue}}''.
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|{{wp|Shep Houghton}}
|{{wp|Shep Houghton}}
|{{birth date|1914|6|4}}
|{{birth date|1914|6|4}}
|{{death date and age|2016|12|15|1914|6|4}}
|{{death date and age|2016|12|15|1914|6|4}}
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|Actor whose career was mostly bit part roles, beginning with the 1927 silent film ''{{wp|Underworld (1927 film)|Underworld}}''.
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|{{wp|Dorothy Morrison (actress)|Dorothy Morrison}}
|{{wp|Dorothy Morrison (actress)|Dorothy Morrison}}
|{{birth date|1919|1|3}}
|{{birth date|1919|1|3}}
|{{death date and age|2017|10|18|1919|1|3}}
|{{death date and age|2017|10|18|1919|1|3}}
|Child actress in several silent ''{{wp|Our Gang}}'' shorts.
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|[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0368860/ Silas Hathaway]
|[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0368860/ Silas Hathaway]
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|Child actress with a substantial silent career, including in 1927's ''{{wp|Uncle Tom's Cabin (1927 film)|Uncle Tom's Cabin}}'' and a number of ''{{wp|Our Gang}}'' shorts.
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|{{wp|Watson family|Louise Watson}}
|{{wp|Watson family|Louise Watson}}
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|Child actor in the early half of the 1920s.
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|{{wp|Mary Carlisle}}
|{{wp|Mary Carlisle}}
|{{birth date|1914|2|3}}
|{{birth date|1914|2|3}}
|{{death date and age|2018|8|1|1914|2|3}}
|{{death date and age|2018|8|1|1914|2|3}}
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|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''.
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|{{wp|Kathleen O'Malley}}
|{{wp|Kathleen O'Malley}}
|{{birth date|1924|3|31}}
|{{birth date|1924|3|31}}
|{{death date and age|2019|2|25|1924|3|31}}
|{{death date and age|2019|2|25|1924|3|31}}
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|Actress with a career spanning over 70 years that began as an infant in the 1926 silent ''{{wp|My Old Dutch (1926 film)|My Old Dutch}}''.
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|{{wp|Fay McKenzie}}
|{{wp|Fay McKenzie}}

Revision as of 23:11, 30 October 2021

This article lists the actors who were still living as of 2010, that started in or appeared in silent film, including those with uncredited roles. The silent era existed from c. 1896 until the first full-length sound feature or "talkie" The Jazz Singer, was released in 1927. The silent film era ended in about 1929 in American cinema, and later in other countries. All of the surviving silent actors on this list were child actors.

Living silent film actors

Name Date of birth and age Notes
Billy Watson (1923-12-25) December 25, 1923 (age 100) 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.
Mildred Kornman (1925-07-10) July 10, 1925 (age 98) American child actress who appeared in 18 silent Our Gang films as an extra (the series also starred her older sister Mary Kornman). She later became an adult extra at 20th Century Fox, and was later known professionally as Ricki VanDusen.
Garry Watson (1928-09-27) September 27, 1928 (age 95) American child actor who debuted in 1929. Along with elder brother Billy (born 1923), he is one of the last of the nine Watson siblings. He debuted in the film Drag. The film was long thought to be a lost film but was later rediscovered. The film originally had two versions, a sound version and a silent version. He had other silent film appearances in The Isle of Lost Ships and Love, Live and Laugh.

Silent film actors and personnel who died in 2010 or later

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.
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