As of September 2008, Jean Darling is the second most senior living "Our Gang" cast member. The oldest currently living is Peggy Ahearn who was in 7 silent Our Gang shorts between 1924 and 1927. Peggy was born March 9, 1917 and is currently 92 years old.
Her husband, Reuben Bowen, was once billed as "Kajar, The Magician."
In the late 1970s, Jean appeared on Saturday morning television as the presenter of "Auntie Poppy's Story Time" on Irish television programme "Anything Goes". She also told children's stories on Irish radio in the same period.