November 1975 in Film & Television

Events in Film & TV

  • Nov 3 Good Morning America premieres on ABC (David Hartman & Nancy Dussault)
  • Nov 7 8th San Diego Comic-Con International opens at El Cortez Hotel

Film Release

Nov 19 Film adaptation of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" based on book by Ken Kesey, directed by Milos Forman and starring Jack Nicholson and Louise Fletcher, is released (Academy Awards Best Picture 1976)

  • Nov 28 "As the World Turns" and "The Edge of Night", the final two American soap operas that had resisted going to pre-taped broadcasts, air their last live episodes.

Birthdays in Film & TV

  • Nov 2 Danny Cooksey, American actor (Sam-Diff'rent Strokes), born in Moore, Oklahoma
  • Nov 4 Curtis Stone, Australian chef and television personality, born in Melbourne, Australia
  • Nov 4 Heather Tom, American actress (Victoria Howard-Young & Restless), born in Hinsdale, Illinois
  • Nov 5 Keala Settle, American stage and screen actress and singer (Hands on a Hardbody; The Greatest Showman), born in Laie, Hawaii
  • Nov 8 Tara Reid, American actress (Sharknado), born in Wyckoff, New Jersey
  • Nov 10 Chris Lilley, Australian actor and comedian (We Can Be Heroes: Finding The Australian of the Year), born in Sydney, New South Wales
  • Nov 12 Angela Watson, American actress (Step By Step - "Karen"), born in Danville, Illinois
  • Nov 12 Nina Brosh, Israeli model (Drakkar), born in Afula, Israel
  • Nov 18 Anthony McPartlin, British actor and television presenter (Ant and Dec), born in Newcastle Upon Tyne, England
  • Nov 19 Sushmita Sen, Indian actress and model, crowned 43rd Miss Universe in 1994, born in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
  • Nov 21 Cherie Johnson, American actress (Punky Brewster - "Cherie"), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Deaths in Film & TV

  • Nov 1 Doro Merande, actress (That Was The Week That Was), dies at 77
  • Nov 1 Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italian poet, journalist, novelist (Ragazzi di vita), and film director (Teorema; Il fiore delle Mille e una Notte), murdered at 53
  • Nov 4 Sheila Ryan, American actress (Song of Texas, Great Guns), dies at 54
  • Nov 6 Annette Kellermann, Australian swimmer, silent-film actress (A Daughter of the Gods; Venus Of The South Seas), and author, dies at 87
  • Nov 11 Marty May, American actor (Fireball Fun For All), dies at 79
  • Nov 17 Kay Johnson, actress (Real Glory, Of Human Bondage), dies at 70
  • Nov 22 François de Roubaix, French film score composer, dies in diving accident at 36
  • Nov 25 Moyna MacGill, actress (Strange Affair of Uncle Harry), dies