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John1956PA

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Mon Apr 7, 2014, 09:17 AM Apr 2014

Mickey Rooney was the last surviving actor whose career included a major number of pre-WWII movies. [View all]

I posted this same comment this morning in a general discussion thread regarding the news of the death Mickey Rooney.

It is my understading that, other than Luise Rainer, an actress who won two academy awards in the 1930s and who retired shortly thereafter, there is now no surviving actor or actress who had major roles in movies produced before World War II. If I have overlooked a surviving actor or actress from that era, please correct me.

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