November 1955 in Film & Television History

Events in Film & TV

Nov 19 KXMB TV channel 12 in Bismarck, North Dakota (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting
Nov 21 KTVO TV channel 3 in Ottumwa-Kirksville, IA (ABC) begins broadcasting

Nov 26 Sandy Wilson's musical "The Boy Friend", featuring the Broadway debut of Julie Andrews, closes at Royale Theater, NYC, after 483 performances

Nov 1 Beth Leavel, American Broadway actress and singer (Baby It's You; The Drowsy Chaperone), born in Raleigh, North Carolina
Nov 3 Phil Simms, American NFL quarterback (Super Bowl 1986 [MVP], 90; NY Giants) and broadcaster (ESPN, NBC CBS), born in Springfield, Kentucky
Nov 4 Peter Boynton, American actor (Tonio-As the World Turns), born in Damariscotta, Maine

Nov 5 American businesswoman and TV personality (Keeping Up with the Kardashians), born in San Diego, California

Nov 5 Nestor Serrano, American actor (Navi Araz-24), born in The Bronx, New York
Nov 6 Maria Shriver, American newscaster (Sunday Today) and ex-wife of Arnold Schwarzenegger, born in Chicago, Illinois
Nov 9 Fernando Meirelles, Brazilian film director (The Constant Gardener), born in São Paulo, Brazil
Nov 9 Karen Dotrice, British actress (Mary Poppins), born in Guernsey, Channel Islands
Nov 10 Roland Emmerich, German film producer and director (2012, The Day After Tomorrow), born in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Nov 13 American comedian, actress (The Color Purple; Sister Act), singer, and TV host (The View), born in NYC, New York

Nov 15 Ildikó Enyedi, Hungarian film director and screenwriter (On Body and Soul), born in Budapest, Hungary
Nov 15 Oliver Conant, American actor (Summer of '42), born in NYC, New York
Nov 17 Yolanda King, actress (Fluke, Ghosts of Mississippi)
Nov 19 Gloria Guida, Italian actress, born in Merano, Italy
Nov 19 Peter Aykroyd, Canadian actor, comedian, and writer (SNL, 1980; PSI Factor), born in Ottawa, Ontario (d. 2021)
Nov 19 Sam Hamm, American screenwriter (Batman), born in Charlottesville, Virginia
Nov 20 Thea Vidale, American actress and comedian (Thea, Family Matters), born in Washington D. C.
Nov 23 Ludovico Einaudi, Italian pianist, classical and film composer (Divenire), born in Turin, Piedmont, Italy

Nov 27 American TV host and science presenter (Bill Nye the Science Guy) and engineer, born in Washington D.C.

Nov 28 Jeffrey Byron, American actor
Nov 29 Howie Mandel, Canadian comedian (Dr Wayne Fiscus-St Elsewhere), born in Toronto, Ontario
Nov 30 Kevin Conroy, American actor (Tour of Duty: Batman- The Animated Series), born in Westport, Connecticut (d. 2022)