November 1979 in Film & Television History

Events in Film & TV

Nov 8 ABC broadcasts "Iran Crisis: American Held Hostage" with Frank Reynolds (forerunner to "Nightline")

Film & TV History

Nov 8 Bernard Slade's stage comedy "Romantic Comedy", starring Mia Farrow and Anthony Perkins, opens at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, NYC; runs for 396 performances

Nov 15 ABC-TV announces it would broadcast nightly specials on Iran hostage

Television Premiere

Nov 17 "Salem's Lot", American two-part miniseries based on the horror novel of the same name by Stephen King, premieres in the United States

Nov 24 "Salem's Lot", American two-part miniseries based on the horror novel of the same name by Stephen King, concludes in the United States
Nov 30 Ted Koppel becomes anchor of late nightly news on Iran "America Held Hostage" (ABC)

Birthdays in Film & TV

Nov 2 Julie Lund, Danish actress (What Goes Around), born in Copenhagen, Denmark
Nov 4 Daisy Eagan, American actress (The Secret Garden), born in Brooklyn, New York
Nov 4 Jesse Camp, American TV personality (Wanna Be a VJ), born in Granby, Connecticut
Nov 4 Trishelle Cannatella, American reality TV castmember and model, born in Cut Off, Louisiana
Nov 7 Barney Harwood, English CBBC presenter, born in Blackpool, Lancashire, England
Nov 7 Joey Ryan, American professional wrestler, born in Los Angeles, California
Nov 8 Dania Ramírez, Dominican-American television and film actress, born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Nov 9 Caroline Flack, British television presenter (Love Island), born in Enfield Town, United Kingdom (d. 2020)
Nov 12 Cote de Pablo, Chilean American actress (NCIS), born in Santiago, Chile
Nov 12 Matt Cappotelli, American professional wrestler, born in Caledonia, New York
Nov 14 Mavie Hörbiger, German actress

Olga Kurylenko (43 years old)

Nov 14 Ukrainian-French model and actress who played Bond girl Camille Montes in Quantum of Solace, born in Berdyansk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union

Nov 14 Steve Cash, YouTube personality (Talking Kitty Cat), born in Springfield, Missouri (d. 2020)
Nov 16 Michael Faustino, actor (brother of David), born in Los Angeles, California
Nov 23 Kelly Brook, English actress/model, born in Rochester, United Kingdom
Nov 28 Daniel Henney, Korean model-actor
Nov 28 Joel Maximo, American professional wrestler
Nov 29 Simon Amstell, English comedian and television presenter, born in Gants Hill, Ilford, United Kingdom

Deaths in Film & TV

Nov 5 Amedeo Nazzari [Buffa], Italian actor (Nights of Cabiria; Chains; Caravaggio), dies from cardiac arrest at 71
Nov 7 Paolo Carlini, Italian actor (It Started in Naples), dies at 53
Nov 8 Sydney Tafler, English actor (Too Many Crooks), dies at 63
Nov 9 Lewis Charles [Cholost], American stage and screen actor (Topaz; The Rose Tattoo), dies of cancer at 67
Nov 11 Dimitri Tiomkin, Russian-American film score composer and conductor (Academy Award 1954-High & Mighty), dies at 85
Nov 15 Jed Harris, Austrian-born American theatre producer and director (Billy Rose Show, Operation Mad Ball), dies at 79
Nov 23 Merle Oberon, British actress (That Uncertain Feeling, Wuthering Heights), dies from a stroke at 68
Nov 26 Marcel L'Herbier, French director and screenwriter (El Dorado), dies at 91
Nov 30 Joyce Grenfell (Adventure for Two), actress, dies at 69
Nov 30 Zeppo Marx [Herbert Manfred Marx], American comedian and actor (Marx Brothers), dies at 78