An end-of-year retrospective of celebrities who passed on in 2010 led me to
do a check on who's the oldest surviving TV mom and TV dad. I define it
as they first appeared on their respective shows the longest time ago. And
I could yet be proven wrong, but this is what I've found so far:
The oldest TV dad: none other than Sheriff Taylor himself, Andy Griffith,
whose show premiered in October 1960. He gained the honor last year,
unfortunately, when John Forsythe ("Bachelor Father") passed away. Not far
behind is Dick Van Dyke ("The Dick Van Dyke Show," 1961).
The oldest TV mom: Marjorie Lord, Kathy Williams from "Make Room for
Daddy"/"The Danny Thomas Show," whose first appearance was April 4, 1957.
When
the show had its fifth season premiere (October 7, 1957) she was already
married to Danny. Marjorie narrowly edges out the two surviving Lassie
mothers, Cloris Leachman and June Lockhart. And of course, TAGS was spun off
from "The Danny Thomas Show."
The oldest surviving TV couple: Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore.
Dixon
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