Numerous publications have listed an end-of-the-year in memoriam of the passing of famous figures we lost in 2017. Here’s list of actors that are still with us, but have slipped from the limelight.
Vera Miles
Sporadic post 1990 work. Retired
Angie Dickinson
Retired from film in 2009
Rip Torn
Still active with obscure films, Video Games, VO.
Don Stroud
Sporadic work on obscure films in 90s until bit part in 2012’s Django Unchained. Retired
Kim Novak
Uneven sporadic work on obscure TV Films. Retired 1991
John Saxon
Active. Low-budget films
Sally Struthers
Low budget TV, Films, VO through 2017
Tippi Hedren
Barely active through 2016
Shelley Duvall
Retired 2002
Lorna Luft
Sporadic career through 2014
Andy Robinson
Low budget films/TV through 2005 (claim to fame: Dirty Harry & Charley Varrick, baby)
Linda Evans
Retired 1997
Ronee Blakley
Retired 1990
Bud Cort
Active with bit parts, VO, etc
Bo Derek
Active, but barely
Barbara Harris
Barely active up to 1997
Tina Louise
Working, but obscure TV & films
Katharine Ross
Working, but obscure TV & films
Paula Prentiss
Sporadic work on obscure TV Films
Ken Wahl
Retired 1996
Talia Shire
Still working a lot, but in only obscure films
Gianni Russo
Still working a lot, but in only obscure films (Carlo in Godfather)
Diahnne Abbott
Sporadic work TV, VO, shorts (De Niro’s former wife)
Shelley Hack
Retired 1997
Gene Hackman
Retired 2004
Allen Garfield
Sporadic work through 2000
Buck Henry
Shorts, bit parts
Tony Roberts
Obscure shorts, bit parts
Carol Kane
Active, TV series
Sondra Locke
Inactive since 2000
Teri Garr
Inactive since 2010
Tom Hulce
Inactive since 2008
Paul Le Mat
Inactive since 2009
Justin Henry
Inactive since 2014
Josef Sommer
Inactive since 2010
Craig Wasson
Barely active
Jim Metzler
Barely active as of 2014
Frederic Forrest
Active ‘til 2006
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Anna Karina
Barely working
Bulle Ogier
Still working a lot, but in only obscure French TV & films
Stéphane Audran
Retired since 2008
Dominique Sanda
Still working, but in only obscure TV & films
Stefania Sandrelli
Still working, but in only foreign TV & films (still wildly popular in Italy)
Gastone Moschin
Retired since 2000 (Godfather ll & the Conformist)
Brigitte Bardot
Retired since 1973
Marie-Christine Barrault
Still working, but in only obscure TV & films
Françoise Fabian
Still working, but in only obscure TV & films
Jane Birkin
Still working, but in only obscure TV & films
Anouk Aimée
After limelight, worked on obscure TV & films; nothing since 2012
Michael York
Still working, but in only obscure TV, VO films
Marthe Keller
Still working, but in only obscure TV & films
Anny Duperey
Primarily French TV series
Kelly LeBrock
Still working sporadically on commercials, obscure TV Films
Aurore Clement
Small film parts through 2015
Brigitte Fossey
Only on obscure French TV
Marianne Faithfull
Very uneven career, but mainly sound tracks/songs on films
Alain Delon
Active until 2012, basically French TV movies
Jean-Paul Belmondo
Retired 2009. Prior obscure TV, etc
Miou-Miou
Still active in low-budget French films
Joan Collins
Active. BS TV movies
Joan Ann
Retired 2009
Pattie Boyd
Playing herself
Billie Whitelaw
Inactive since 2007 Sorry RIP
Bibi Andersson
Retired 2010
Liv Ullmann
Retired 2012
Raoul
January 12, 2018 at 9:41 pm
Very interesting. I didn’t know some of these “oldies” were still working. And I also thought others like Michael York had already died.
Perhaps this might interest others too. Here’s a list of celebrities who have passed away:
http://www.imdb.com/list/ls000026765/