At Almost 103, He is the Oldest Living Star

They are more than survivors; they are living arguments against erasure. Elizabeth Waldo turned a century of listening into a shield for cultures others tried to silence, proving that memory can be an act of rebellion. Karen Marsh Doll, once a child on the sets of The Wizard of Oz and Gone with the Wind, now stands as a fragile, irreplaceable bridge between mythic Hollywood and a digital age that scrolls past what it doesn’t understand.Around them, June Lockhart, Eva Marie Saint, Dick Van Dyke, Mel Brooks, William Shatner, Barbara Eden, Clint Eastwood, Sophia Loren, Michael Caine, Julie Andrews, Shirley MacLaine, Al Pacino, and Jane Fonda refuse to disappear on cue. They work, mentor, protest, grieve, and laugh in public. Their very presence is a quiet revolution: a reminder that time can wrinkle skin, but it cannot touch purpose, courage, or the need to be seen.