Alerts Norman Lloyd at The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences’ Presents The 60th Anniversary Screening Of “Limelight” at AMPAS Samuel Goldwyn Theater in 2012. Photo: Valerie Macon (Getty Images) Norman Lloyd, who was known as the oldest working actor in Hollywood with a career spanning over nine decades, has died. Deadline reports that Lloyd died on May 10 in his sleep at his Los Angeles home, which was confirmed by a family friend. He was 106. Advertisement Born November 8, 1914, in Jersey City, New Jersey, Lloyd developed an early love of performing arts after his mother, Sadie Horowitz Perlmutter, placed him in singing and dancing lessons. By the time he was 9, Lloyd was already a professional child performer, having appeared in vaudeville benefits and shows at the local women’s club. After graduating from high school at the age of 15, he briefly pursued a law degree at New York University before dropping out after his sophomore year.