Born before 1900
256 performers in this catalogue were born in the nineteenth century and have three or more productions attached. Willie Edouin was born in 1846. Victor Moore in 1876. They worked in a theatre lit by gas and finished in one with a sound desk.
20 people in the catalogue.
| 1897–1986 | Margalo Gillmore | 38 productions |
| 1897–1971 | Dennis King | 37 productions |
| 1889–1973 | Ernest Truex | 36 productions |
| 1878–1959 | Taylor Holmes | 35 productions |
| 1884–1964 | Nicholas Joy | 35 productions |
| 1883–1961 | Florenz Ames | 34 productions |
| 1876–1972 | Margaret Dale | 33 productions |
| 1890–1955 | Tom Powers | 33 productions |
| 1891–1955 | Philip Loeb | 31 productions |
| 1892–1978 | Peggy Wood | 30 productions |
| 1898–1992 | Shirley Booth | 30 productions |
| 1865–1929 | Raymond Hitchcock | 29 productions |
| 1891–1967 | Joseph Macaulay | 29 productions |
| 1899–1973 | Art Smith | 28 productions |
| 1871–1961 | Blanche Ring | 27 productions |
| 1881–1937 | George Hassell | 26 productions |
| 1882–1965 | Mary Boland | 26 productions |
| 1890–1952 | Jose Ruben | 25 productions |
| 1897–1987 | Vera Allen | 25 productions |
| 1865–1949 | Robert Cummings | 24 productions |