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November 1958 in Film & Television

Events in Film & TV

  • Nov 5 KGLD (now KSNG) TV channel 11 in Garden City, KS (NBC) 1st broadcast
  • Nov 10 WUFT TV channel 5 in Gainesville, FL (PBS) begins broadcasting
  • Nov 17 KAII TV channel 7 in Wailuku, HI (NBC) begins broadcasting
  • Nov 28 KCOO (now KABY) TV channel 9 in Aberdeen, SD (ABC) begins broadcasting
  • Nov 30 WKBW TV channel 7 in Buffalo, NY (ABC) begins broadcasting

Birthdays in Film & TV

  • Nov 1 Rachel Ticotin, American actress (Grace-For Love & Honor, Total Recall), born in NYC, New York
  • Nov 4 Anne Sweeney, American television executive (Disney), born in Kingston, New York
  • Nov 5 Robert Patrick, American actor (Terminator 2: Judgment Day), born in Marietta, Georgia
  • Nov 6 Trace Beaulieu, American actor (Mystery Science Theater 3000), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • Nov 10 George Lowe, American voice actor (Space Ghost Coast to Coast), born in Dunedin, Florida
  • Nov 10 Stephen Herek, American film director (Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors), born in San Antonio, Texas
  • Nov 11 Carlos Lacamara, Cuban-born American Actor
  • Nov 12 Megan Mullally, American actress (Will & Grace), born in Los Angeles, California
  • Nov 16 Marg Helgenberger, North Bend Nebraska, actress (China Beach)
  • Nov 17 Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, actress (Color of Money), born in Oak Park, Illinois
  • Nov 18 Oscar Nunez, Cuban American actor
  • Nov 19 Charlie Kaufman, American screenwriter (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind), born in NYC, New York
  • Nov 19 Terrence "T.C." Carson, American actor

Person of interestJamie Lee Curtis

Nov 22 Jamie Lee Curtis, American actress (Halloween, True Lies), born in Los Angeles, California

Actress Jamie Lee Curtis
Actress
Jamie Lee Curtis
  • Nov 23 David Wallace, actor (General Hospital, Babysitter, Humongus), born in Miami, Florida
  • Nov 24 Alain Chabat, actor (French Twist, Six Days Six Night)
  • Nov 29 Pamela Prati, Million $ Cap (1984)/actress, born in Rome, Italy

Weddings in Film & TV


LoveWedding of Interest

Nov 26 Model Bettie Page (35) weds Armond Walterson in Florida

Queen of Pinups Bettie Page
Queen of Pinups
Bettie Page

Deaths in Film & TV

  • Nov 15 Tyrone Power, American actor (The Mark of Zorro), dies of a heart attack at 44

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