50 of the oldest actors still working

– Age: 70 – Date of birth: Dec. 25, 1949 Born in Quitman, Texas, Sissy Spacek came into the world on Christmas as Mary Elizabeth Spacek. She got her start in television with “Love, American Style” and “The Waltons,” though Spacek’s breakthrough role came when she played a young girl with telekinetic powers in the Brian De Palma film “Carrie.” She continues to work and loves acting on television where she had a recent run on the series “Homecoming.” Jason Davis/FilmMagic // Getty Images

Age: 71 – Date of birth: Aug. 21, 1949 With roles in everything from a hit Broadway musical to a 1990s slasher film, Loretta Devine is a force. Her standout roles include the 1995 film “Waiting to Exhale” and the 1996 film “The Preacher’s Wife.” One of her most recent credits includes a return to the role of lovable campus cop in a remake of the slasher-film classic “Urban Legend.” Devine also won an outstanding guest actress Primetime Emmy in 2011 for her role as Adele on television’s “Grey’s Anatomy.” – Age: 71 – Date of birth: May 26, 1949 Pam Grier got her start in director Roger Corman’s 1971 film “The Big Doll […]

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