These Golden Era Stars You Forgot About Are Still Alive & Doing Better
Jack Nicholson – 1937
Jack Nicholson is an actor who has portrayed many different kinds of roles over the years. In each project that he has appeared in, he has always shown just how dedicated he was to his craft. His career spanned more than sixty years. He is known for playing a number of roles such as comedic roles, supporting roles, romantic roles, and darkly comic roles of anti-heroes and other dark characters.
Many of you might remember him for the roles he had on Terms of Endearment and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. Nicholson is already eighty-three years old today and his net worth is at an impressive $400 million. He hasn’t done any new acting projects since his How Do You Know film of 2010 but he says that he isn’t retired yet and you never know you may soon find him playing a new character on the screen with elan.
Loni Anderson — 1945
Who could ever forget the lovely receptionist Jennifer Marlowe in the TV sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati? The beloved role of Loni Anderson on the CBS sitcom had won her several award nominations. She was compared to actresses of the past like Marilyn Monroe and Jayne Mansfield, which led to her star in a made-for-TV movie about the latter’s life story.
She starred in films such as All Dogs Go to Heaven, The Lonely Guy, and Stroker Ace. Aside from her career, Loni is most famous for being the woman who caught actor Burt Reynolds’ heart. Sadly, their relationship ended in divorce. She is now happily living with her husband Bob Flick, one of the founders of ‘The Brothers Four’, a folk band.
Lee Majors – 1939
Lee Majors is an American film, television, and voice actor repute. Majors has played several key roles, one of them being Heath Barkley in the American television Western series The Big Valley in the sixties. He also starred in an Americal television science fiction action series, namely Colonel Steve Austin. He played Colt Seavers in the American television action series The Fall Guy.
His portrayal of Heath Barkley in the series in the Big Valley catapulted into instant fame and rose to household fame in America and his work was acknowledged by one and all. But his big break came when he took the lead role in The Six Million Dollar Man. The actor had a tough childhood as his father passed away before his birth and his mother left him alone when he was a kid. He was raised by his aunt.
Barbara Eden – 1931
Barbara Eden became a common name in the industry due to her role in I Dream Of Jeannie. From then onwards, Barbara pursued acting mostly instead of following her dream to become a singer. Since then, she got various versatile roles in theatre plays, television shows, and films. She started off her TV career with The Johnny Carson Show in 1955 and appeared in a number of other shows that followed.
Though she left 20th Century Fox, yet her stint on TV and few films in MGM, Universal, and Columbia continued for some time. While she’s 88 at present, she’s still active in the industry, and with that net worth; she doesn’t need to worry about her life insurance at all! For now, she should concentrate more on her health and well-being, instead of taking undue stress about professional commitments.
Richard Dean Anderson – 1950
Richard Dean Anderson became a household name with his breakthrough character as Angus MacGyver in the television action series MacGyver during the mid-80s. The classic action hero in the series nicknamed Mac played as a secret agent who loves to save humanity from evil powers.
Like his on-screen character MacGyver, Anderson was raised in Minnesota, who used to be a mime before venturing into film. Aside from MacGyver, his other notable roles are in Today’s FBI, General Hospital, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Stargate SG-1,, etc.
But what has the 80s famous action hero been up to lately? Following his last appearance in Don’t Trust the B—- in Apartment 23, Anderson is now far away from Tinseltown, actively doing philanthropic and environmental works. Being a member of the famous environmental group, Board of Advisors of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, the veteran actor has a great post-retirement life.