As a kid, I was absolutely transfixed by Night of 100 Stars (aired March 8, 1982, would love to know when it was taped?), a lavish, tacky, nostalgic, heart-warming, spirited tribute to the 100th anniversary of the Actors' Fund. For me, it was also a way to learn more about the stars of yesteryear, a subject always close to my heart.
What's odd is that these days, kids have more access to old movies and old movie stars' stories via the Internet, but I don't think they make the same effort like the previous generation did—we had to track down books, wait for old movies to pop up on limited channels on TV and rely on information from friends.
And, of course, watch stuff like Night of 100 Stars! (Where else do you get to see Ken Howard, Milton Berle, Lynn Swan, Theodore Bikel and Burt Lancaster, in that order, in a chorus line?)
Hollywood: Please air this event again! (There was a II in 1985 and a III in 1990.)
Because I am sick and need help immediately when it comes to long posts, especially long posts about Old Hollywood, I wondered how many of the 100 stars from 1982—32 years later—are still with us. Interestingly enough, the actual number of stars who showed up was 197...and exactly 100 remain alive today!
After the jump, the results of my research...
The numbering is for my purposes and does not correspond with the number each star was assigned on the telecast...
1 Jane Alexander (b. October 28, 1939)
2 Peter Allen (February 10, 1944—June 18, 1992)
3 Steve Allen (December 26, 1921—October 30, 2000)
4 June Allyson (October 7, 1917—July 8, 2006)
5 Don Ameche (May 31, 1908—December 6, 1993)
6 Loni Anderson (b. August 5, 1945)
7 Susan Anton (b. October 12, 1950)
8 Lucie Arnaz (b. July 17, 1951)
9 Bea Arthur (May 13, 1922—April 25, 2009)
10 Ed Asner (b. November 15, 1929)
11 Christopher Atkins (b. February 21, 1961)
12 Lauren Bacall (September 16, 1924—August 12, 2014)
13 Catherine Bach (b. March 1, 1954)
14 Pearl Bailey (March 29, 1918—August 17, 1990)
15 Kaye Ballard (b. November 20, 1925)
16 Martin Balsam (November 4, 1919—February 13, 1996)
17 Priscilla Barnes (b. December 7, 1958)
18 Warren Beatty (b. March 30, 1937)
19 Harry Belafonte (b. March 1, 1927)
20 Tony Bennett (b. August 3, 1926)
21 Milton Berle (July 12, 1908—March 27, 2002)
22 Theodore Bikel (b. May 2, 1924)
23 Tom Bosley (October 1, 1927—October 19, 2010)
24 Barry Bostwick (b. February 24, 1945)
25 Danielle Brisebois (b. June 28, 1969)
26 Jack Buetel (September 5, 1915—June 27, 1989)
27 George Burns (January 20, 1896—March 9, 1996)
28 Ellen Burstyn (b. December 7, 1932)
29 James Caan (b. March 26, 1940)
30 James Cagney (July 17, 1899—March 30, 1986)
31 Diahann Carroll (b. July 17, 1935)
32 Lynda Carter (b. July 24, 1951)
33 Nell Carter (September 13, 1948—January 23, 2003)
34 Patrick Cassidy (b. January 4, 1962)
35 Richard Chamberlain (b. March 31, 1934)
Wyell, hyell-o...Hollywood!
36 Carol Channing (b. January 31, 1921)
37 Cher (b. May 20, 1946)
38 Dick Clark (November 30, 1929—April 18, 2012)
39 James Coco (March 21, 1930—February 25, 1987)
40 Joan Collins (b. May 23, 1933)
41 Peter Cook (November 17, 1937—January 9, 1995)
42 Bud Cort (b. March 29, 1948)
43 Howard Cosell (March 25, 1918—April 23, 1995)
44 Cathy Lee Crosby (b. December 2, 1944)
45 Christopher Cross (b. May 3, 1951)
46 Arlene Dahl (b. August 11, 1925)
47 Sammy Davis Jr. (December 8, 1925—May 16, 1990)
48 Bette Davis (April 5, 1908—October 6, 1989)
49 Pam Dawber (b. October 18, 1951)
50 Robert De Niro (b. August 17, 1943)
51 Frances Dee (November 26, 1909—March 6, 2004)
52 Danny DeVito (b. November 17, 1944)
53 Colleen Dewhurst (June 3, 1924—August 22, 1991)
54 Joyce DeWitt (b. April 23, 1949)
55 Plácido Domingo (b. January 21, 1941)
56 Alfred Drake (October 7, 1914—July 25, 1992)
57 Sandy Duncan (b. February 20, 1946)
58 Nancy Dussault (b. June 30, 1936)
59 Linda Evans (b. November 18, 1942)
60 Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. (December 9, 1909—May 7, 2000)
61 Morgan Fairchild (b. February 3, 1950)
62 Lola Falana (b. September 11, 1942)
63 Peter Falk (September 16, 1927—June 23, 2011)
64 Alice Faye (May 5, 1915—May 9, 1998)
65 José Ferrer (January 8, 1912—January 26, 1992)
66 Peggy Fleming (b. July 27, 1948)
67 Jane Fonda (b. December 21, 1937)
68 John Forsythe (January 29, 1918—April 1, 2010)
69 Phyllis Frelich (February 29, 1944—April 10, 2014)
70 Eva Gabor (February 11, 1919—July 4, 1995)
71 Anthony Geary (b. May 29, 1947)
72 Andy Gibb (March 5, 1958—March 10, 1988)
73 Melissa Gilbert (b. May 8, 1964)
74 Lillian Gish (October 14, 1893—February 27, 1993)
75 Ruth Gordon (October 30, 1896—August 28, 1985)
76 Farley Granger (July 1, 1925—March 27, 2011)
77 Linda Gray (b. September 12, 1940)
78 Rocky Graziano (January 1, 1919—May 22, 1990)
79 Joel Grey (b. April 11, 1932)
80 Charles Grodin (b. April 21, 1935)
81 Harry Guardino (December 23, 1925—July 17, 1995)
82 Robert Guillaume (b. November 30, 1927)
83 Larry Hagman (September 21, 1931—November 23, 2012)
84 Margaret Hamilton (December 9, 1902—May 16, 1985)
85 Valerie Harper (b. August 22, 1939)
86 Julie Harris (December 2, 1925—August 24, 2013)
87 Goldie Hawn (b. November 21, 1945)
88 Helen Hayes (October 10, 1900—March 17, 1993)
89 Florence Henderson (b. February 14, 1934)
90 Doug Henning (May 3, 1947—February 7, 2000)
91 Judd Hirsch (b. March 15, 1935)
92 Dustin Hoffman (b. August 8, 1937)
93 Celeste Holm (April 29, 1917—July 15, 2012)
94 Lena Horne (June 30, 1917—May 9, 2010)
95 Ken Howard (b. March 28, 1944)
96 Barnard Hughes (July 16, 1915—July 11, 2006)
97 George S. Irving (b. November 1, 1922)
98 Kate Jackson (b. October 29, 1948)
99 Judith Jamison (b. May 10, 1943)
100 Anne Jeffreys (b. January 26, 1923)
101 Ann Jillian (b. January 29, 1950)
102 Van Johnson (August 25, 1916—December 12, 2008)
103 James Earl Jones (b. January 17, 1931)
104 Diane Keaton (b. January 5, 1946)
105 Howard Keel (April 13, 1919—November 7, 2004)
106 Gene Kelly (August 23, 1912—February 2, 1996)
107 Grace Kelly (November 12, 1929—September 14, 1982)
108 Deborah Kerr (September 30, 1921—October 16, 2007)
109 Richard Kiley (March 31, 1922—March 5, 1999)
110 Robert Klein (b. February 8, 1942)
111 Jack Klugman (April 27, 1922—December 24, 2012)
112 Ted Knight (December 7, 1923—August 26, 1986)
113 Ed Koch (December 12, 1924—February 1, 2013)
114 Laura La Plante (November 1, 1904—October 14, 1996)
115 Burt Lancaster (November 2, 1913—October 20, 1994)
116 Frank Langella (b. January 1, 1938)
117 Linda Lavin (b. October 15, 1937)
118 Michael Learned (b. April 9, 1939)
119 Michele Lee (b. June 24, 1942)
120 Janet Leigh (July 6, 1927—October 3, 2004)
121 Jack Lemmon (February 8, 1925—June 27, 2001)
122 David Letterman (b. April 12, 1947)
123 Hal Linden (b. March 20, 1931)
124 John V. Lindsay (November 24, 1921—December 19, 2000)
125 Gina Lollobrigida (b. July 4, 1927)
126 Priscilla Lopez (b. February 26, 1948)
127 Dorothy Loudon (September 17, 1925—November 15, 2003)
Bette Davis and Myrna Loy at the show's rehearsal...looking like they mean business!
128 Myrna Loy (August 2, 1905—December 14, 1993)
129 Gavin MacLeod (b. February 28, 1931)
130 Penny Marshall (b. October 15, 1943)
131 Mary Martin (December 1, 1913—November 3, 1990)
132 James Mason (May 15, 1909—July 27, 1984)
133 Marcello Mastroianni (September 28, 1924—December 19, 1996)
134 Joel McCrea (November 5, 1905—October 20, 1990)
135 Michael McDonald (b. Februay 12, 1952)
136 Maureen McGovern (b. July 27, 1949)
137 Ethel Merman (January 16, 1908—February 15, 1984)
138 Dina Merrill (b. December 9, 1925)
What a fun threesome!
139 Ann Miller (April 12, 1923—January 22, 2004)
140 Liza Minnelli (b. March 12, 1946)
141 Anna Moffo (June 27, 1932—March 10, 2006)
142 Dudley Moore (April 19, 1935—March 27, 2002)
143 Mary Tyler Moore (b. December 29, 1936)
144 Roger Moore (b. October 14, 1927)
145 Paul Newman (January 26, 1925—September 26, 2008)
146 Leonard Nimoy (b. March 26, 1931)
147 Jerry Orbach (October 20, 1935—December 28, 2004)
148 Frank Oz (b. May 25, 1944)
149 Al Pacino (b. April 25, 1940)
150 Hildy Parks (March 15, 1926—October 7, 2004)
151 Gregory Peck (April 5, 1916—June 12, 2003)
152 Anthony Perkins (April 4, 1932—September 12, 1992)
153 Christopher Plummer (b. December 13, 1929)
154 Jane Powell (b. April 1, 1929)
155 Stefanie Powers (b. November 2, 1942)
156 Robert Preston (June 8, 1918—March 21, 1987)
I object to this outfit as a matter of Principal.
157 Victoria Principal (b. January 3, 1950)
158 Anthony Quinn (April 21, 1915—June 3, 2001)
159 Charlotte Rae (b. April 22, 1926)
160 Tony Randall (February 26, 1920—May 17, 2004)
161 Robert Reed (October 19, 1932—May 12, 1992)
162 Christopher Reeve (September 25, 1952—October 10, 2004)
163 Lionel Richie (b. June 20, 1949)
164 Jason Robards (July 26, 1922—December 26, 2000)
165 Pernell Roberts (May 18, 1928—January 24, 2010)
166 Cliff Robertson (September 9, 1923—September 10, 2011)
167 Ginger Rogers (July 16, 1911—April 25, 1995)
168 Mickey Rooney (September 23, 1920—April 6, 2014)
169 John Rubinstein (b. December 8, 1946)
170 Jane Russell (June 21, 1921—February 28, 2011)
171 Isabel Sanford (August 29, 1917—July 9, 2004)
172 John Schneider (b. April 8, 1960)
173 Ricky Schroder (b. April 13, 1970)
174 George Segal (b. February 13, 1934)
175 William Shatner (b. March 22, 1931)
176 Brooke Shields (b. May 31, 1965)
177 Sylvia Sidney (August 8, 1910—July 1, 1999)
178 Alexis Smith (June 8, 1921—June 9, 1993)
179 Allison Smith (b. December 9, 1969)
180 Maureen Stapleton (June 21, 1925—March 13, 2006)
181 Robert Sterling (November 13, 1917—May 30, 2006)
Jimmy, Jimmy
182 James Stewart (May 20, 1908—July 2, 1997)
183 Beatrice Straight (August 2, 1914—April 7, 2001)
184 Lee Strasberg (November 17, 1901—February 17, 1982)
185 Donald Sutherland (b. July 17, 1935)
186 Lynn Swann (b. March 7, 1952)
187 Elizabeth Taylor (February 27, 1932—March 23, 2011)
188 Daniel J. Travanti (b. March 7, 1940)
189 Cicely Tyson (b. December 19, 1933)
190 Liv Ullmann (b. December 16, 1938)
191 Peter Ustinov (April 16, 1921—March 28, 2004)
192 Ben Vereen (b. October 10, 1946)
193 Jack Warden (September 18, 1920—July 19, 2006)
194 Orson Welles (May 6, 1915—October 10, 1985)
195 Robin Williams (July 21, 1951—August 11, 2014)
196 Treat Williams (b. December 1, 1951)
197 Henry Winkler (b. October 30, 1945)
Looks like the first to die was Lee Strasberg...he wasn't even alive when the special aired!
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