Events in Film & TV
- Nov 1 KUON TV channel 12 in Lincoln, NB (PBS) begins broadcasting
Radio Premiere
Nov 2 BBC radio comedy "Hancock's Half Hour" debuts starring Tony Hancock and Sid James, written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson
Historic Publication
Nov 11 Publication of "Two Towers", 2nd volume of "Lord of the Rings", by J. R. R. Tolkien by George Allen and Unwin in London
Birthdays in Film & TV
- Nov 2 Pat Croce, American entrepreneur, sports team executive and owner, TV personality (Philadelphia 76ers), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Nov 3 Brigitte Lin, Taiwanese actress (Red Dust, Swordsman II), born in Taipei, Taiwan
- Nov 7 Kamal Haasan, Indian actor (Vishwaroopam), born in Paramakudi, Tamil Nadu
- Nov 8 David Bret, British biographer and broadcaster, born in Paris
- Nov 9 Sue Upton, English actress (The Benny Hill Show) and dancer, born in Chadwell Heath, Essex, England
- Nov 12 Levine Andrade, Indian-British violinist (Arditti Quartet, 1974-90), film score composer and conductor, born in Bombay, India (d. 2018)
- Nov 13 Chris Noth, American actor (Law and Order, The Good Wife), born in Madison, Wisconsin
- Nov 18 Carter Burwell, American film composer (Coen Brothers films, Twilight Saga), born in New York City
- Nov 19 Kathleen Quinlan, American actress (Never Promised You a Rose Garden), born in California
- Nov 21 Thomas Rothman, American film executive
- Nov 24 Emir Kusturica, Serbian-French filmmaker (When Father Was Away on Business; Black Cat, White Cat), and punk rock bassist (No Smoking), born in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina
- Nov 27 Kimmy Robertson, American actress (Lucy Moran in TV series Twin Peaks), born in Hollywood, California
- Nov 27 Patricia McPherson, American actress (Knight Rider), born in Oak Harbor, Washington
- Nov 29 Joel Coen, American filmmaker (Fargo, No Country for Old Men), born in St. Louis Park, Minnesota
- Nov 30 Simonetta Stefanelli, Italian Actress (The Godfather)
Weddings in Film & TV
John Wayne
Nov 1 Actor John Wayne (47) weds actress Pilar Pallete in Kona, Hawaii
Vera-Ellen
Nov 19 Actress Vera-Ellen (33) weds millionaire Victor Rothschild at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Los Angeles
Divorces in Film & TV
John Wayne
Nov 1 Actor John Wayne (47) divorces actress Esperanza Baur (34) due to drunken violence after 8 years of marriage
Deaths in Film & TV
- Nov 13 Fay Baker, actress (Sorority Girl), dies at 60
Lionel Barrymore (1878-1954)
Nov 15 American actor (It's A Wonderful Life; Dr. Kildare (films); Key Largo), dies at 76
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