Events in Film & TV
The Wizard of Oz
Nov 3 1939 film "The Wizard of Oz" televised for 1st time - hosted by Bert Lahr and 10 year old Liza Minnelli, as the finale of the Ford Star Jubilee series (CBS-TV)
Television Debut
Nov 5 "The Nat King Cole Show" debuts on NBC, the first variety program to be hosted by an African-American
Film Premiere
Nov 8 Biblical drama film "The Ten Commandments", directed by Cecil B. DeMille, starring Charlton Heston and Yul Brynner premieres at the Criterion Theater in NYC
Pro Wrestling
Nov 9 Lou Thesz beats Whipper Billy Watson in St Louis, to become NWA wrestling champion
- Nov 26 TV game show "The Price Is Right", hosted by Bill Cullen, debuts on NBC
Birthdays in Film & TV
- Nov 3 Gary Ross, American film director
- Nov 3 Kevin Murphy, American actor and puppeteer
- Nov 7 Judy Tenuta, American stand-up comedienne and accordion player, born in Oak Park, Illinois (d. 2022)
- Nov 8 Randi Brooks, American actress (Man With 2 Brains, Tightrope), born in NYC, New York
- Nov 8 Richard Curtis, British screenwriter (Blackadder, Four Wedding and a Funeral), born in Wellington, New Zealand
- Nov 10 Matt Craven, Canadian actor (Juror, Killer, K2), born in Port Colborne, Ontario
- Nov 10 Sinbad [David Adkins], American comedian and actor (First Kid, Vibe), born in Benton Harbor, Michigan
- Nov 12 Rhonda Shear, American comedian (Up All Night), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
- Nov 13 Ginger Alden, American actress, born in Memphis, Tennessee
- Nov 19 Ann Curry, American journalist (NBC), born in Agaña, Guam
- Nov 19 Glynnis O'Connor, American actress (California Dreaming, Ode to Billy Joe), born in NYC, New York
- Nov 19 Scott Jacoby, American actor (Bad Ronald, Return to Horror High), born in Chicago, Illinois
- Nov 20 Bo Derek [Mary Collins], American actress (10, Tarzan the Ape Man), born in Long Beach, California
- Nov 21 Cherry Jones, American stage and TV actress (Doubt, 24), born in Paris, Tennessee
- Nov 21 Terri Welles [Knepper], American playboy model (Dec 1980, Playmate of the Year 1981), born in Santa Monica, California
- Nov 22 Richard Kind, American actor
- Nov 26 Dale Jarrett, American auto racer (Daytona 500 1993, 96, 2000; NASCAR Winston Cup Series 1999) and broadcaster (ESPN, ABC, NBC), born in Conover, North Carolina
- Nov 26 Don Lake, Canadian television writer (The Bonnie Hunt Show), born in Toronto, Ontario
- Nov 27 William Fichtner, American actor (Prison Break), born at Mitchel Air Force Base, New York
- Nov 28 Lucy Gutteridge, actress (Top Secret, Trouble With Spies)
- Nov 29 Hinton Battle, American Tony Award-winning singer, dancer, and actor (The Wiz), born in Neubrücke, Hoppstädten, West Germany
- Nov 29 Leo Laporte, American television personality (The Tech Guy), born in New York City
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