November 1948 in Film & Television History

Events in Film & TV

Nov 4 American humorist Will Rogers commemorated by US Postage Service on 3-cent stamp

Nov 24 "Bicycle Thieves", Italian film directed by Vittorio De Sica, starring himself and Cesare Zavattini, is released (Honorary Academy Award 1950)
Nov 24 WAVE TV channel 3 in Louisville, Kentucky (NBC) begins broadcasting
Nov 25 KING TV channel 5 in Seattle, WA (NBC) begins broadcasting
Nov 29 1st opera to be televised, "Othello", broadcast from the Met (NYC)
Nov 29 KOB TV channel 4 in Albuquerque, NM (NBC) begins broadcasting
Nov 29 Puppet TV show "Kukla, Fran, & Ollie" starring Fran Allison debuts on NBC's WNBQ in Chicago, Illinois

Nov 1 Anna Stuart, American actress (Another World, All My Children), born in Bluefield, West Virginia
Nov 3 Lulu [Marie Lawrie], Scottish singer ("Boom Bang-a-Bang"; "The Boat That I Row"), actress (To Sir, With Love), and television personality, born in Glasgow, Scotland
Nov 3 Tom Shales, TV critic (Washington Post)
Nov 10 Mário Viegas, Portuguese actor (The Jew, Divine Comedy, Funeral of Patrao), born in Santarém, Portugal (d. 1996)
Nov 11 Vincent Schiavelli, American actor (Playroom, Waiting for the Light), born in New York City (d. 2005)
Nov 13 Sheila Frazier, American actress (Gloria-Lazarus Syndrome), born in NYC, New York
Nov 14 Robert Ginty, American actor (Paper Chase, White Fire), born in Brooklyn, New York
Nov 18 Andrea Marcovicci, American actress (Berrengers - "Gloria"; Trapper John, M.D. - "Fran"), born in NYC, New York
Nov 20 Richard Masur, American actor (David-One Day at a Time), born in NYC, New York
Nov 20 Samuel E. Wright, American stage and screen actor (Enos; Ball Four; The Little Mermaid), born in Camden, South Carolina (d. 2021)
Nov 23 Bruce Vilanch, American comedy writer (head writer for the Oscars), born in New York City
Nov 25 Storm Field [Elliot], NY, weatherman (WABC TV, WCBS TV)
Nov 26 Claes Elfsberg, Swedish television presenter, born in Stockholm, Sweden
Nov 28 Agnieszka Holland, Polish actress and director (Europa Europa), born in Warsaw, Poland

Nov 9 Edgar Kennedy, American actor (Little Orphan Annie), dies at 58
Nov 23 Stanner E.V. Taylor, American director and screenwriter (Lucky Jim, Ramona), dies at 71
Nov 25 Charles D. Brown, American actor (Eve Knew Her Apples), dies at 61