Birthdays in Film & TV on November 8

1883 Ethel Clayton, American actress (Hotel Continental), born in Champaign, Illinois (d. 1966)
1892 John Miljan, American actor (The Ten Commandments, Possessed, Final Extra, Susan Lenox), born in Lead City, South Dakota (d. 1960)
1898 Marie Prevost, Canadian actress (The Marriage Circle, The Racket), born in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada (d. 1937)
1912 June Havoc [Ellen Evangeline Hovick], Canadian-born American stage and screen actress, born in Vancouver, British Columbia (d. 2010)
1913 Robert Strauss, American actor (Stalag 17, The Seven Year Itch), born in NYC, New York (d. 1975)
1914 Norman Lloyd, American actor, producer and director (Dead Poets Society, Alfred Hitchcock Presents), born in Jersey City, New Jersey
1920 Esther Rolle, Bahamian American actress (Good Times, Maude), born in Pompano Beach Florida (d. 1998)
1921 Gene Saks, American actor and director (One & Only, Prisoner of 2nd Ave), born in NYC, New York (d. 2015)
1921 Jerome Hines [Heinz], American basso (I am The Way), born in Hollywood, California
1924 Joseph "Joe" Flynn, American character actor (McHale's Navy, Batman), born in Youngstown, Ohio (d. 1974)
1927 Ken Dodd, British singer and comedian described as "the last great music hall entertainer," born in Knotty Ash, Liverpool, England (d. 2018)
1931 Morley Safer, Canadian American TV newscaster (60 Minutes), born in Toronto, Canada (d. 2016)
1932 Stephane Audran, French actress (Just Before Nightfall), born in Versailles, France
1935 Alain Delon, French actor (Honor Among Thieves, Return of Zorro)
1938 Pleuni Touw, Dutch actress (Bride Flight, Dokter Deen), born in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
1938 Pleuntje "Pleuni" Cordon, actress (Dear Guys)

1951 Mary Hart, American TV hostess (Entertainment Tonight), born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota
1952 Alfre Woodard, American actress (Primal Fear, Cross Creek), born in Tulsa, Oklahoma
1954 David Bret, Anglo-French biographer and broadcaster
1956 Randi Brooks, American actress (Man With 2 Brains, Tightrope), born in NYC, New York
1956 Richard Curtis, British screenwriter (Blackadder, Four Wedding and a Funeral), born in Wellington, New Zealand
1959 Chi Chi LaRue [Larry David Paciotti], American gay alternative film director and drag queen, born in Hibbing, Minnesota
1960 Oleg Menshikov, Russian actor
1960 Michael Nyqvist, Swedish actor (Girl with A Dragon Tattoo), born in Stockholm, Sweden
1961 Leif Garrett, American singer and actor (Devil x 5, 3 for the Road), born in Hollywood, California
1965 Craig Chester, American actor and screenwriter, born in West Covina, California
1966 Gordon Ramsay, British chef and reality television personality, born in Johnstone, Scotland
1967 Courtney Thorne-Smith, American actress (Day by Day, Lucas, Summer School), born in San Francisco, California
1968 Parker Posey, American actress (Tess Shelby-As the World Turns), born in Baltimore, Maryland
1968 Zara Whites, Dutch actress, born in Hoeksche Waard, Netherlands
1969 Roxana Zal, American actress, born in Malibu, California
1971 Carlos Atanes, Spanish film director, born in Barcelona, Spain
1972 Gretchen Mol, American actress, born in Deep River, Connecticut
1973 Vanesa Littlecrow, Puerto Rican cartoonist, dancer, writer and model, born in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico
1975 Tara Reid, American actress, born in Wyckoff, New Jersey
1979 Dania Ramírez, Dominican-American television and film actress, born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
1982 Sam Sparro, Australian producer, songwriter, performer, former child actor
1983 Kat Shoob, British television presenter, born in Rochford, United Kingdom
1985 Jack Osbourne, English television star, born in St John's Wood, London
1987 Samantha Droke, American actress, born in De Leon, Texas
1991 DanTDM [Daniel Middleton], British professional gamer and YouTube personality (The Diamond Minecraft), born in Aldershot, England